DIY balancing/fitting wheels

DIY balancing/fitting wheels

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Tunku

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7,703 posts

229 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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I've got my winter tyres delivered today, and I'n sitting here looking at them. I used to fit and balance my own motorbike tyres, because none of the local tyre places catered for bike tyres, so I got to thinking about how to do the car tyres. Has anyone done this? I think being able to home balance your car tyres would be good if it was as cheap and easy as doing a bike tyre. I've got a couple of ideas about how to do that. Fitting them would seem to be heavy duty though. Getting the new beads to pop on would probably be the difficult bit.
Anyone here do their own car tyres, without the benefit of tyre shop equipment?

This is just idle curiousity on my behalf.

Tunku

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7,703 posts

229 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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I'll reiterate - This is just idle curiousity on my behalf. Do any of you actually bloody read ? biggrin
(except Twazzock)

Edited by Tunku on Tuesday 29th November 01:38

Tunku

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7,703 posts

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Tuesday 29th November 2011
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twazzock said:
I can't be arsed to read, I just want to make comments about your financial wellbeing biggrin
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Tunku

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7,703 posts

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Tuesday 29th November 2011
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twazzock said:
Tunku said:
twazzock said:
I can't be arsed to read, I just want to make comments about your financial wellbeing biggrin
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You gyppo wink

Seriously though, I think the link I posted will be of great help to all gyppos with access to the internet, and all of their friends.
I've gone beyond. I'm now trying to figure out what the coloured lines on the tyres are for.