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10 Jul 2011 19:03 #18789 by awebb

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anybody used these? do they work?

www.devon4x4.com/index.php?option=com_vi...ory_id=214&Itemid=14

iv been to a few tyres fitting places and they have all said they cant balance my tyres (215,80r15 malatesta kaimans) so might give these a go.
cheers

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10 Jul 2011 19:41 #18793 by facade

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Amazingly, by all accounts they do.

You can get the same effect from that tyre slime stuff that is supposed to seal punctures (it doesn't) and lubricates the inside for when you run flat (it does)

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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10 Jul 2011 21:04 #18799 by vitara_mad

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have they even tryed to ballance them or is it that they don't have the correct size adaptor for the wheel center as i found that alot of tyre fitters don't have the right one but i know of 2 places local to me now that have it & ive had no probs getting any tyres ballanced no matter how agresive they are

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11 Jul 2011 07:23 #18801 by ooky_123

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I was wondering the same.
My Diamond Backs are pretty nasty remoulds ... I have an absolute load of balance weights on each wheel to get them in balance.
My tyre fitter actually commened the tyres are the worst he has ever had to balance ... but has never been defeated yet !!!...

Former owner of Little "Ooky", who has now started a new life in Shetland

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11 Jul 2011 16:05 #18824 by mcjimny

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I was wondering the same too.
I know remoulds are notorious for being hard to balance but i don't know anywhere local to me that wouldn't do it.

Black Jimny's don't get stuck!

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11 Jul 2011 18:27 #18829 by myers647

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hi mate,
iv only heard of these being used on wagons as a lorry wheel is too big. All iv ever had put in when i have a new tyre fitted is these balance bags. Its basically a bag of sand inside the tyre that spreads out when its turning using centrifugal force.
this could work on your tyre's but personally i would find a garage to do them the traditional way with proper weights.

hope this helps mate

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12 Jul 2011 15:50 #18874 by zulu2

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I used to use these on my discovery, I found it a lot better than normal balancing weights as they can't be ripped off when off roading.

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15 Jul 2011 17:16 #19005 by awebb

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il try a few more places i think first before i buy them, all the places have just looked at them and said it cant be done, any way heres a quick vid from tong last weekend

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15 Jul 2011 19:12 - 15 Jul 2011 19:16 #19014 by supergaz

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Quality! Jimny made it look so easy. Fancy trying those beads in my special tracs. :silly:

Last edit: 15 Jul 2011 19:16 by supergaz.

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15 Jul 2011 20:31 #19021 by facade

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Did that coiler fall over into the puddle in the end? Looked like it was ready to fall over to me.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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16 Jul 2011 08:35 #19029 by awebb

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no it made it through, but the blue sj in the background rolled after that

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