cooleyjb

The tire guy that I go through around here always mount my tires with duct tape over the weight. I've yet to have a problem with either the tape or the weights coming off. I was smacked in the head a couple of races ago by something that I thought was a wheel weight. It was about the right size and shape of one, made a pretty big racket when hitting me and took a chunk out of my paint.

Please put tape over your wheel weights it's not very nice when one hits ya.

Bull

What were you wearing, war paint????????????????

JC3D

I usually get my wheels from topless performance at the track, and every time I have them mounted, without even asking, they always tape over the wheel weights with the aluminum tape.

cooleyjb

Doesn't everyone??

Z-man

Drive slower!

-Z-man.

kurt M

Sure works for me. Only problem is that the wheels are moving so slowly exiting some of the corners that the weights can fall off when they are at the top.

Clean wheels and foil tape. No tape or cloth tape is not good even when it seems tight. Heat from the tires and the rotors soaks into the wheels and softens the tape or glue.

M758

My Tire guy uses foil tape on all the 944 spec wheels he does. Chucking wheel weights is rarely an issue.

hacker-pschorr

Just use the kind they hammer on the lip of the rim.

Gary R.

I've had weights go right through duct tape, the metal tape is the best bet.

Bull

I have launched those on the highway while trundling along in my wife's Benz (honest I was.....).

dwe8922

The first weight that I mentioned was dangling from a piece of duct tape! I was just embarrassed to say my local tire guy used duct tape to cover the weights. What is the best thing to clean the wheel with to prepare it for sticking on the aluminum tape?

Thanks!

Darren

I'd be suprised Drew if that were the cause -- maybe your inside wheel lifting has something to do with that??? My car was lifting the same place at the same event and I realized afterwards that the rear sway bar bolt disappeared.

Cars work better as cars and not trikes

sechsgang

no, really it is, its already been checked out...and I didnt have the problem at Pocono...but my ABS FAILED in the fun race at Summit Pt. My tire rotates nearly 360 degrees!


part of the problem are the 4wd sensors as well...

GUMBALL

It depends how badly the wheels need cleaning/how much build-up there is.
I have used brakekleen and coarse Scotchbrite.
But if there is a LOT of build-up, use brakekleen and a putty knife, then scotchbrite.....

Darren

What wheels are you using? It just sounds odd. How do you know they didn't rotate twice? How do you know which way they are spinning. I saw a comment that the rears rotate backwards because of accelleration -- I don't know about your car but mine brakes a hell of a lot better than it accels. If the brake balance is reasonable I think I'd expect a lot more resistance to braking on the rear of the car, regardless of weight transfer (e.g. motor in wrong end).