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Post by mmagnumpi9 on May 27, 2006 21:21:12 GMT -3
Today i went to walmart and bought two boxes of air soft BB's. I put 10oz of BB's in each of my tires and stripped off the wheel weights. My jeep has never driven so smooth on the road its amazing.
I know axle just put "equal" in his tires and was saying how well they balanced out.
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Post by 2000Cherokee on May 27, 2006 22:24:50 GMT -3
i have heard great things about using bbs to balance tires. i may have to try it with mine at some point.. not sure if i feel like going thru the hassle tho
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Post by mprayii on May 27, 2006 23:17:43 GMT -3
how is it at lower speeds?
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Post by bluerocket on May 28, 2006 0:02:13 GMT -3
It worked very well, good enough that we picked up some airsoft pellets for my tires while we were out on the test drive.
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Post by mprayii on May 28, 2006 0:20:49 GMT -3
Nice to know, I may be riding out to walmart this weekend...
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Post by chrometj on May 28, 2006 3:05:03 GMT -3
how is it at lower speeds? x2
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Post by bchcky on May 28, 2006 5:15:09 GMT -3
airsoft ones are the plastic ones right?
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Post by bluerocket on May 28, 2006 8:10:16 GMT -3
yeah
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Post by axle on May 28, 2006 8:14:47 GMT -3
awsome!
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Post by tstaples on May 28, 2006 9:33:30 GMT -3
so how do you get them in there? wouldn't you have to deflate completely and pull the tire off? or is there another way?
what is the science behind doing this? centrifical acceleration presses the bbs to the outside of the tire, but my question is, why does this help exactly? why does this make a smoother ride?
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Post by axle on May 28, 2006 10:16:14 GMT -3
The weight of them will go where it is needed, constantly balancing thr tire. Bob
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Post by twistedsymphony on May 28, 2006 13:37:00 GMT -3
lots of stuff on NAXJa about this. ive posted it a few times. do a search on NAXJA and there is lots of info there. I might try it when i get new tires.
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Post by tstaples on May 28, 2006 18:04:54 GMT -3
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Post by bchcky on May 29, 2006 1:04:40 GMT -3
can you hear them when you're slowing down?
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Post by bluerocket on May 29, 2006 1:47:37 GMT -3
Getting the tire off the rim enough to put the BB's in is easy. Pouring them down the valve stem seems like more work than breaking the bear. No you cannot hear them when slowing down.
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