What's next????
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:44 pm
Wanna have monster aggressive look on your babe 4x4? You lift it, slap
bigger tires and ad few performance mods?.. Wonderful?.
Consequences???
I will focus on one aspect in this write-up.
Yeah, heavier tires translates extra load on your axles, U joints, and
surely will load the breaks. You might not feel it directly but the impact
is higher as the tire upgrade is bigger.
In addition to that, the bigger tires mean more tricky balancing job,
especially if the rims do not have lips to clip on the balancing weights
and can only take the stick-on type. Keeping in mind you are doing the job
at a professional workshop, measuring the rim size, selecting the valve
location, selecting the correct rim type on the machine and removing the
old/existing balancing weights before starting the new job.
On top of that, they need to ensure the tire/rim is centered on the machine
and hopefully they do the regular machine calibration??.
How often balancing is required? Well it all depends on your driving style,
but roughly speaking, after offroad trips. It's cause after deflating the
tires possibly shift/slide on the rim from quick sharp turns, stiff breaks
or quick starts wheel spinning.
So, the moral of the story is a solution that should be flexible and
dynamic to avoid the repeated cost of balancing, your valuable time to do
the balancing job and surely possible impact on tire tear and wear.
After searching on the net and reading various opinions on this subject.. I
found the following solution, but as usual its available in the States and
the only supplier ships Intl is very expensive. Please check the link for
the product description etc.
http://www.centramatic.com/New_Catalog/index.php
I have already contacted one supplier but refused the job, I will contact
Quadratec and ask them if they can add this product to their product line
to place orders.
Your comments are invited for the product itself and also for possible
solutions to bring in the balancers if Quadratec refuses to deal with it.
bigger tires and ad few performance mods?.. Wonderful?.
Consequences???
I will focus on one aspect in this write-up.
Yeah, heavier tires translates extra load on your axles, U joints, and
surely will load the breaks. You might not feel it directly but the impact
is higher as the tire upgrade is bigger.
In addition to that, the bigger tires mean more tricky balancing job,
especially if the rims do not have lips to clip on the balancing weights
and can only take the stick-on type. Keeping in mind you are doing the job
at a professional workshop, measuring the rim size, selecting the valve
location, selecting the correct rim type on the machine and removing the
old/existing balancing weights before starting the new job.
On top of that, they need to ensure the tire/rim is centered on the machine
and hopefully they do the regular machine calibration??.
How often balancing is required? Well it all depends on your driving style,
but roughly speaking, after offroad trips. It's cause after deflating the
tires possibly shift/slide on the rim from quick sharp turns, stiff breaks
or quick starts wheel spinning.
So, the moral of the story is a solution that should be flexible and
dynamic to avoid the repeated cost of balancing, your valuable time to do
the balancing job and surely possible impact on tire tear and wear.
After searching on the net and reading various opinions on this subject.. I
found the following solution, but as usual its available in the States and
the only supplier ships Intl is very expensive. Please check the link for
the product description etc.
http://www.centramatic.com/New_Catalog/index.php
I have already contacted one supplier but refused the job, I will contact
Quadratec and ask them if they can add this product to their product line
to place orders.
Your comments are invited for the product itself and also for possible
solutions to bring in the balancers if Quadratec refuses to deal with it.
