where to have drag tires mounted / balanced in Northern VA

[lindermant]

I have a set of 15x8 Weld RT-S wheels and M/T ET street bias ply tires being delivered soon, and I need a shop recommendation for mounting/balancing; northern Virginia preferably, but I can drive a little bit to have it done correctly.

Thanks!

 

[Why Try]

Is it crazy not to balance M/T rears? I never have. My rim spins in the tire almost 5 mins every time I go to the track so I never worry about it. Smooth up to 130+.

 

[lindermant]

Is it crazy not to balance M/T rears? I never have. My rim spins in the tire almost 5 mins every time I go to the track so I never worry about it. Smooth up to 130+.

I've seen it both ways (balance, don't balance). I had my 17" ET streets balanced on my OEM wheels, so I figured I'd just do the same with the 15's.

My 17's had a bit of spin on the wheel too (drivers side moved about 1/8" each visit to the track), hope to have the 15's mounted with a bit of tacky glue:

 

[SPRAYED DAILY]

No need to balance the rears, just get them mounted at any tire shop. I use to take mine to Pepboys, costed me around $25 to mount a pair.

 

[SYMach1]

Id balance them, I always balance my slicks...If you want to drive to sterling our shop can mount and balance them if you want

 

[GT500RedStripe]

If they move so balancing is pointless. Mine move.

 

[SYMach1]

Thats why you seal them, and or screw them

 

[lindermant]

If you want to drive to sterling our shop can mount and balance them if you want

good to meet you, and thanks for taking care of the tires today. Great shop - it's spotless!

 

[SYMach1]

Glad to help and test fit after we balanced

 

[lindermant]

installed to verify the axle was centered - had to make a small panhard bar adjustment, snapped some crappy cell pics:

15x8 RT-S w/5.5" backspace, 26x10.5-15LT M/T ET Street (35 lbs total per side, OEM wheel/tire is 51 lbs per side)

 

[SYMach1]

Looking good, see you sept 12th

 

[lafeva]

nice meeting you as well! they look great!

 

[lindermant]

nice meeting you as well! they look great!

good to meet you too, and look forward to seeing that notch out and about!

 

[lindermant]

made a few runs last Friday at Capitol - new best 60' of 1.644 (down from 1.652) running them at 18psi cold. Prob too much pressure, but I wanted to compare these tires at 18psi to my old 17" ET streets at 18psi. More tinkering to do with the tire pressure/shock settings/launch rpm - there's a 1.5x in this setup yet...

permatex worked like a charm - the tires didn't move on the rim at all.

 

[SYMach1]

Nice...good news