• @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    Wheel weights. Their wheels will be unbalanced, meaning their steering will vibrate at certain speeds, depending on what the new balance is.

    It’s not unsafe per se, at least not primarily. It’s annoying as fuck tho.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Holy shit my brother I had seen these things for years, thrown in the ground and always figured they had something to do with cars, only didn’t know WHAT. you sir have scratched that mental itch and my brain lobes are forever thankful

      • snooggums
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        41 year ago

        They are used to balance tires, but only one or a few in the right locations.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Haha no, wheels and tires can’t be produced balanced consistently. So after the tire is put on the wheel, you put those weights on to balance them.

      • Nioxic
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        11 year ago

        Nope. If you walk past cars you will often see this.

        My car has a few one one of the rims

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Oh shit. I had an old beater that would shake apart at certain rpms. It was a hand me down that I drove into the ground and didn’t spend money on, so I never got it inspected. Didn’t know the solution was so easy.

      • at_an_angle
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        11 year ago

        You could randomly stick weights on it and slowly figure out of if you really wanted to.

        To balance a tire properly you need a bubble balancer.