Anyone know what this is?

Ck00 · 10-07-2020, 10:27 PM

Stupid question. Anyone know what this plastic thing is? I plan to powder coat the rims and not sure what this does. Thanks!

boredM · 10-07-2020, 10:32 PM

wheel weight
used during balancing

Ck00 · 10-07-2020, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boredM

wheel weight
used during balancing

Thank you!!!!!

Maverik259 · 10-08-2020, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ck00

Stupid question. Anyone know what this plastic thing is? I plan to powder coat the rims and not sure what this does. Thanks!

Should be on every wheel of every car you own. May look slightly different but the same. They can be removed and reapplied if you remember where they went exactly. Or you'll have to be rebalanced.

Aronis · 10-09-2020, 10:39 AM

I spit out my coffee as I read this.................

LMAO....

Sorry...

Hey do you know how to change a flat tire? Check your oil? Perhaps replace the blinker fluid this weekend.

Mike

Ck00 · 10-09-2020, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aronis

I spit out my coffee as I read this.................

LMAO....

Sorry...

Hey do you know how to change a flat tire? Check your oil? Perhaps replace the blinker fluid this weekend.

Mike

Thanks for this encouraging and positive post! This is the real reason I love this forum.

Hope you spit out more coffee the rest of the day.....

Aronis · 10-09-2020, 11:06 AM

LOL, come on, lighten up.....another thread is trashing a guy who DIED in a car accident. And teasing you for not knowing what a wheel weight was is mean?

Mike

Archimedes65 · 10-09-2020, 12:37 PM

OP, they're just busting your balls. That's not a wheel weight, it's a Fetzer valve. Standard on all German made cast wheels. Easy to replace.

Aronis · 10-09-2020, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Archimedes65

OP, they're just busting your balls. That's not a wheel weight, it's a Fetzer valve. Standard on all German made cast wheels. Easy to replace.

dying laughing...

Mike

KoenG · 10-09-2020, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Should be on every wheel of every car you own. May look slightly different but the same. They can be removed and reapplied if you remember where they went exactly. Or you'll have to be rebalanced.

Even more, when you change tire, the weight is removed and the wheel has to get rebalanced. So best not consider it to be a fixed attribute to the rim, it's supposed to be removed and a new one with another weight will get attached on another place on the rim when you change tires.

YanoM5 · 10-09-2020, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aronis

I spit out my coffee as I read this.................

LMAO....

Sorry...

Hey do you know how to change a flat tire? Check your oil? Perhaps replace the blinker fluid this weekend.

Mike

RUDE! lol

Maverik259 · 10-09-2020, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoenG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Should be on every wheel of every car you own. May look slightly different but the same. They can be removed and reapplied if you remember where they went exactly. Or you'll have to be rebalanced.

Even more, when you change tire, the weight is removed and the wheel has to get rebalanced. So best not consider it to be a fixed attribute to the rim, it's supposed to be removed and a new one with another weight will get attached on another place on the rim when you change tires.

Umm what?

ashmostro · 10-09-2020, 09:54 PM

It’s an RFID chip. They’re watching.

Ck00 · 10-09-2020, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ashmostro

It's an RFID chip. They're watching.

Gassy · 10-10-2020, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoenG

Even more, when you change tire, the weight is removed and the wheel has to get rebalanced. So best not consider it to be a fixed attribute to the rim, it's supposed to be removed and a new one with another weight will get attached on another place on the rim when you change tires.

How do they remove the steering wheel to rebalance it

spuntyb · 10-10-2020, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archimedes65

OP, they're just busting your balls. That's not a wheel weight, it's a Fetzer valve. Standard on all German made cast wheels. Easy to replace.

It's all ball bearings these days

Pazzo009 · 10-10-2020, 08:37 AM

I refrained....I knew this wasn't going to go well for the OP.

ashmostro · 10-10-2020, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boredM

wheel weight
used during balancing

The hero of this thread is boredm, because he answered correctly in the first post, releasing the rest of us charming folk to our devices...

Ck00 · 10-10-2020, 12:07 PM

Alright I give in. This was supposed to be an easy question/answer post. Im new to this forum, didn't realize it's this kind of forum. Lesson learned. I do appreciate the initial posters boredM and Maverik259 for their responses.
I live in the west coast and have always leased my cars. Cars have been mini vans or station wagons for the family and leased for less than 3 years at a time. So this is my first fun car. Never modded or had to worry about changing rims or re balancing before. I'm learning!
Btw I did preface in my post that it's gonna be a stupid question.
Alright that should be enough fuel for you guys. Let the flames begin!!!

gblansten · 10-10-2020, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ck00

Alright I give in. This was supposed to be an easy question/answer post. Im new to this forum, didn't realize it's this kind of forum. Lesson learned. I do appreciate the initial posters boredM and Maverik259 for their responses.
I live in the west coast and have always leased my cars. Cars have been mini vans or station wagons for the family and leased for less than 3 years at a time. So this is my first fun car. Never modded or had to worry about changing rims or re balancing before. I'm learning!
Btw I did preface in my post that it's gonna be a stupid question.
Alright that should be enough fuel for you guys. Let the flames begin!!!

This is a great forum. This particular subforum is not malicious. People just kid around with each other. Have a thick skin and stay on with us.

MacOSR · 10-10-2020, 01:25 PM

And here I thought it was the new BMW M Performance Wheel Velocity Accelerator I’ve heard rumors about.

MysticBlue · 10-10-2020, 02:32 PM

If you have your wheels powder coated, tires and wheel weights will have to be removed. Then, obviously will have to be rebalanced after the tires are remounted.
This can be a helpful forum, but like anything on the internet, you have to have thick skin and not take things personally. Honestly, I thought you got off pretty lightly. I can't think of a single adult I would know that drives a car that wouldn't know what wheel weights are. But, maybe you're a prodigy concert pianist, or a genius neurosurgeon and live in a world where you were never exposed to such mundane things such as wheel weights. We all have our own unique talents and blind spots.
Anyway, who is doing your powder coating? Is it a shop that will take care of everything, or are you going to have to get the tires dismounted and just take them wheels?

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Ck00 Private First Class 304 Rep 159 Posts Drives: x5 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Cali iTrader: (0)	Alright I give in. This was supposed to be an easy question/answer post. Im new to this forum, didn't realize it's this kind of forum. Lesson learned. I do appreciate the initial posters boredM and Maverik259 for their responses. I live in the west coast and have always leased my cars. Cars have been mini vans or station wagons for the family and leased for less than 3 years at a time. So this is my first fun car. Never modded or had to worry about changing rims or re balancing before. I'm learning! Btw I did preface in my post that it's gonna be a stupid question. Alright that should be enough fuel for you guys. Let the flames begin!!!
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