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Old 06-15-2015, 11:58 AM
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My wheels are balanced or lack there of with weights. My tire guy told me to clean off all the weights and get the equal bags. Their little beads that balance the tires when you drive. Any thoughts , comments , or experience with these
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I prefer standard weights up to a 35" tire.
When I ran 39.5 boggers on my show truck years ago, I used the "equal". It was kinda a guessing game, but it worked ok.
Again, I'd prefer a speed balance & standard or stick weights on the inside for our purposes & up to a 35" tire. Jmo.
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i believe equal pellets are small enough to goof up the wheel sensors (the pellets can fit in the tiny holes of the sensors).

I used to run airsoft pellets in my 34's and i took them out. i found that all the pellets would be slop around and i would get an occasional vibration. to be honest, if it were me, i would only run pellets if i was taking a rock crawler out on the road to get gas and needed to air up for the road and then down for off road....
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Don't bother I attempted them and it was like being on a ice skating rink, took them back to the wheel shop and the damn thing moved the tire balancer about 2 feet across the floor!

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4oz Dynabeads each wheel
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Dyna beads have been good in my trailer tires, and my 35" BFGs on my early Bronco, Dont know if they would mess with the TPS though... Have you looked up Innovative balancing(who I bought my dynabeads from)...
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I have balancing beads in my 35s and so far I have no complaints with them. I'm not sure what brand they are but they keep the tires balanced and haven't messed with the tpms so far.
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Dyna beads in both my trucks tires and my motorcycles tires. They work great!!! I buy them from www.innovativebalancing.com

They will NOT mess up your tire pressure sensors or valve stems. Find your tire size in the charts for proper amount to order.

You will have to break the tires down so you can put them in and never have to balance them ever again.


P.S. You don't put a whole bag in the tires, you pour in the beads and discard the bag.

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Airsoft 20g seamless bbs is what I've been using on my 35s works great
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Thanks for the info folks I'll be tryin this out . hoping for a better outcome than the balance weights!


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