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Baby's Got New Shoes!

Posted by on July 06, 2007 at 07:55 PM UTC in categories Jeep

Baby's Got New Shoes!

The wheels finally came in this week and I had the tires mounted this morning! I used 8oz of Innovative Balancing's ceramic beads per tire. It took about 10-12 mins per tire to add the beads - a real pain in the butt. The advantage to ceramic beads, instead of conventional lead weights, is they can't get dislodged when off-roading. It also balances the tire no matter if there's mud, snow, or ice on the wheel.

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Comments

Posted by on July 09, 2007 at 02:01 PM

Nice!

You will have to explain to me how the hell they stay balanced when there is mud on the tires ...

Posted by on July 09, 2007 at 02:49 PM

The ceramic beads are loose inside the tire and balance it dynamically. Even if the tire slips on the wheel, there's mud caked on the wheel, etc., the tire will still be balanced. Here's a PDF document that explains how the beads work.

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