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Old 15-09-2012, 10:31 AM   #1
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Angry Wheel weights falling off

I just got 8 new tyres for some new 12 wheels im building up(3 sets), had the 8 tyres done at a local bob jane as i know the owner.

First i done 4 wheels, took them home(about 5kms) and when i was puling them out the car all these stick on wheel weights on ll 4 wheels had just fallen off .

I looked at where they were placed and it wasnt on a flat surface

So second trip i had to bring back thses wheels for re-balancing and was getting 4 more wheels done also.I complained about the issue and used wax and greese remover to clean the 4 new wheels so it wouldnt happen again.

The 4 wheels were rebalanced but the 4 wheels i had just ot done, got home and bam 2 wheels had lost the weights again, just fallen off.



So at this point i was very annoyed and thought i would try a different place for the final 4 wheels ,so i went to adelaide for the best tyre place i SA.

Came home very happy but when i went to check the weights,one basically just fell off on my hand and was not stuck own hard, infact some were not even put on a flat surface so i had to move them.

I am primarily talking about the stick on weights used on mag wheels, the glue in them seems so crap its not funny.Im starting to think these places want them to fall off so you will need more repairs in the long run.Consipracy theory!!

Its not machine oil on wheels its the crap glue on the weights and where these twits place them on the rim!.

Has anyone else had any major issues with wheel weights and them always falling off??.

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