When a GT3 is delivered would you expect to see tape weights on the wheels? I saw a brand new GT3 on a showroom floor with black wheels and silver tape weights. Aside from the fact that it's an unappealing color combination, it surprised me that tape weights would have been affixed to
brand new factory wheels. Is that normal on newly-delivered cars?

 

Yep. my black wheels came with weights. Any new wheel/tire will need balancing.

 

Perfectly normal. Even if the wheel is in perfect balance, the tire isn't. Something has to be used to balance the wheel/tire. If it's out of balance then say hello to vibration.

 

Thanks. Were they black or silver tape weights? And do you have any idea whether the balancing was done at the factory or at the dealership as part of the pre-delivery prep?

 

It's done at the factory on the line, right before the wheels are mounted on the car. The tires are mounted and inflated in something like 10 seconds. Then they are balanced.

You can always use a sharpie and color the weights black.

 

They always come silver from the factory.

A little black enamel paint does the trick.

 

Yes they are silver, but the brake dust mostly covers them

Don't know when and where balanced but my guess would be at the factory when the tires were mounted. I asked my dealer when the car was delivered if they check the CL wheel torque spec and he said no. So I'm pretty sure they don't touch the wheels.

 

Every new car I've bought in the last 20+ years was delivered with wheels balanced with adhesive-backed weights.

They may not match the color of your wheel but won't mar the wheel rim like the old clip-on weights.

 

Just took delivery last weekend. My platinum wheels have tape weights, the wheels are likely balanced at the factory.

If you don't like the fact that they contrast with a black wheel, cover them with a piece of black duct tape. On my race car I tape over the weights to ensure they stay put!

Ryan

 

No weights on mine.

 

if you have black wheels, a black sharpie can cover up those silver tape weights.

 

Yes, and if you have silver wheels, the aluminum tape at hardware stores for furnaces does nicely (I like to use that stuff for extra security at the track - helps keep weights attached at speed).

 

All wheels have weights. Look closely.

 

The weights are in the center of the wheels on my blacks so i don't see them except when i wash the car.

 

Depending on each wheel and how it balances, they could be on the center, outer, inner barrel. Some wheels needing more/less weight too.