Adding weight to your wheels on your crawler can be very beneficial to handling. It adds weight at the lowest point of your truck and helps lower the cog. It will also aid in getting better traction on the rocks.
What you will need are some automotive stick on wheel balancing weights, the kind they use for mag wheels, and some electrical tape. I had no luck finding them at any of the local automotive parts stores, so I hit the local tire shop and the manager there was more than willing to help out.
I picked up 8 strips of weights that consisted of 12 1/4 ounce weights per strip and a roll of electrical tape.
First thing I did was drill a 1/8 vent hole in the rim.
Next I wrapped the first strip of weights around the center of the rim being careful to not cover the vent hole. One pass around the rim actually took 14 weights so I added two more from another strip. This added 3 1/2 ounces of weight to each rim for the rear rims
Next, since I was working on the front rims I wanted to add around 7 ounces of weight to each wheel, so I wrapped another strip of weights around the rim on top of the first section, this time to go completely around required 16 weights. With the two strips in each front wheel I ended up with 7 1/2 ounces of added weight to each front wheel.
After I had the weight I wanted attached to each rim, I took the electrical tape and wrapped the weights tightly to keep everything held in place.
Now just reassemble the wheels and tires and give it a run. You can add more or less weight depending on what you are looking for, and to tune it to your driving style.
What you will need are some automotive stick on wheel balancing weights, the kind they use for mag wheels, and some electrical tape. I had no luck finding them at any of the local automotive parts stores, so I hit the local tire shop and the manager there was more than willing to help out.
I picked up 8 strips of weights that consisted of 12 1/4 ounce weights per strip and a roll of electrical tape.
First thing I did was drill a 1/8 vent hole in the rim.
Next I wrapped the first strip of weights around the center of the rim being careful to not cover the vent hole. One pass around the rim actually took 14 weights so I added two more from another strip. This added 3 1/2 ounces of weight to each rim for the rear rims
Next, since I was working on the front rims I wanted to add around 7 ounces of weight to each wheel, so I wrapped another strip of weights around the rim on top of the first section, this time to go completely around required 16 weights. With the two strips in each front wheel I ended up with 7 1/2 ounces of added weight to each front wheel.
After I had the weight I wanted attached to each rim, I took the electrical tape and wrapped the weights tightly to keep everything held in place.
Now just reassemble the wheels and tires and give it a run. You can add more or less weight depending on what you are looking for, and to tune it to your driving style.