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Equal tire balance powder?

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Old May 5, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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Default Equal tire balance powder?

Does anyone use Equal to balance your tires? Any opinions on this stuff? Going to get my new 34 inch Goodyear MTRs with Kevlar installed this friday and was wondering if I should go with traditional weights or powder to balance. I have a feeling the tire place is going to suggest using equal because of the tire size and I have steel rims which I would think make it harder to balance a tire.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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Default Equal tire balance powder?

Originally Posted by Olean NY Jeeper
Does anyone use Equal to balance your tires? Any opinions on this stuff? Going to get my new 34 inch Goodyear MTRs with Kevlar installed this friday and was wondering if I should go with traditional weights or powder to balance. I have a feeling the tire place is going to suggest using equal because of the tire size and I have steel rims which I would think make it harder to balance a tire.
I used dynabeads and they worked great don't know how an artificial sweetner would work to balence a tire....
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Old May 5, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jeepnick
I used dynabeads and they worked great don't know how an artificial sweetner would work to balence a tire....
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Old May 5, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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They used Equal in mine today. Seems to have worked great. It's the first time in 3 sets of tires on my JK that I have had ZERO shimmy/vibs. I'd recommend it.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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ive used dynabeads and equal power... both seemed to work great for me ..im using dynabeads now with good results
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Old May 6, 2010 | 05:36 AM
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If you live in a cold climate where there is freezing in the winter you should throw some antifreeze in the tire with the bead. This will keep them from freezing together so they can do their job.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 05:59 AM
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I put hamsters in my tires. They help balance the tires and I get more power. They complain when I air down though.

What's this Equal stuff and dynabeads? Is this the latest snake oil? Should I be looking into this stuff or is this for hard-core mud-slingin', rock-climbin' rigs with 48" tires?
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Old May 6, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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I have my 37's balanced with powder and I dont really like it I am going to have it vacumed out and steel weights put in
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Old May 6, 2010 | 08:28 AM
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beads and powder....sounds like a few people are going to have a wild party happening.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by TripleJeep_99
beads and powder....sounds like a few people are going to have a wild party happening.
I like your sense of humor
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