keeping wide tires balanced?

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Old 05-31-2011, 03:48 PM
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keeping wide tires balanced?

how hard is it for the people running tires 12.50 inches wide and wider to keep the tires balanced? are yall maintaining a stock feel ride after a wide tire install ?
 
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how hard is it for the people running tires 12.50 inches wide and wider to keep the tires balanced? are yall maintaining a stock feel ride after a wide tire install ?
No problems balancing these so far. They ride great for a 10 ply E rated tire.
 
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no problem here,,,,,,,,
 
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hands down my DC FC11 out handle the stock ones, grips the road so much better. Only got them a wk, but great so far
 
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no problem here, had them on for a few months and havent had to balance them again
 
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im running a 18x9 4.5 inch bs with a 33x13 tire, and ive had to get them balanced after 1000 miles cause of vibration bad. its a new set up probley only got 1500 miles on the tires total now, do i just need to get them balanced a few times for it balance to settle in so i can get about 5000 miles in or something or is it just the case with haveing this wide of a tire, there keep clean so i know mud isent kicking the balancing out? thanks for the reply
 
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Old 06-01-2011, 10:25 PM
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since you have aftermarket wheels, make sure they are balancing them correctly, and all the way out to 0.0..ive seen places "balance" out a 35,37" tires and get them down to .5 ounces and give that "ehh" shoulder shrug and say "good enough" or "close enough" and stick the tire on the car
 



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