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04-11-2008, 12:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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|  Poor Mans Wheel Weights
Rather than buying a ton of wheel weight, which can get expensive if you by a lot of them, I made this simple method. It's cheap, easy and you can add and reduce weight without having to stick on the wheel weights. It worked great for the Proline Tire Shoot Out Test! I was able to try different weights between several different wheels. Had several weights pre-made so I could easily swap them around. 1. Grab some duct tape 2. Tear a strip off and load it up with old bb's 3. Pinch it together, forming a uniform weight 4. Weigh your weight 4. Tape it into the wheel. Done.    Last edited by DirkDigler; 04-11-2008 at 12:57 PM. |
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04-11-2008, 12:42 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Bigger pictures ass! Looks ghetto fabulous as well. |
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04-11-2008, 12:54 PM
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I am ghetto and poor. these things just come to me! Seriously though...works great. | |
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04-11-2008, 12:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh.
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Ghetto fab for sure. I prefer loading mine up with rocks and twigs, even cheaper ;)
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04-11-2008, 12:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Fishing weights will work as well.
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04-11-2008, 01:03 PM
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04-11-2008, 01:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: pasco,Wa
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Cool idea,but i just walk into les schwab and say can i have a couple strips of lead weights and they hand them to me,and i walk out.The first time they asked why,i showed them my crawler and they thought it was bad ass and are happy to help on my project.
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04-11-2008, 01:09 PM
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04-11-2008, 01:16 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mississauga, ONT
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Good idea!  |
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04-11-2008, 01:18 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh
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Dirk! That's Ghetto genius! Far better than hitting up the local tire store and saying "Did you ever run Soap Box Derby as a kid?!?!?!?!?! I just need about ten strips of stick on weights for the under privileged kids in Troupe xxx" Now if that isn't ghetto I don't know what is  It works like a charm though  .Good idea though because I've got a lot of bb's and am running out of chipmunks. Plus they've got help and have started to fight back  |
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04-11-2008, 01:20 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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My vice is pigeons. Seems a lot of them have acquired lead poisoning and don't seem to hang around much.
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04-11-2008, 02:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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you poor guys ever try asking for the wheel weights for free at the local mom and pop tire shop? thats what I did for both rigs... |
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04-11-2008, 02:20 PM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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I'm in, thanks for the chance... Did DJ give you this idea??? |
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04-11-2008, 02:40 PM
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Tried it, and since the little guys are scraping all I got was  Trying the big stores is like pursuing a hot woman. You may get shut down; but if you do get it....................  :-D
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04-11-2008, 02:41 PM
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04-11-2008, 06:49 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Very clever Dirk I like using duck decoys weights but it's hard to very the weight. Your idea works well creating different weight packages.
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04-11-2008, 11:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Empire
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1/4" diameter lead fishing weight. Comes on a spool. Walmart, about $6. |
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04-12-2008, 02:56 AM
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04-12-2008, 06:48 AM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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lol ironic timing. last night i safety wired Four 3oz fishing sinkers to the front of the comp clod. talk about ghetto, they flop everywhere.
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04-12-2008, 07:27 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Come on Stang Killa we're looking at you to be the leader....  |
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