Wheel Weights and ceramic coatings...

[08 GTI]

So...last October, I detailed a NISMO GTR for a client who tracks the car more that it is driven on the street.
Right before I did the car, he had new tires installed.
The car was gone over completely and I applied a coat of Kamikaze Ceramic Coating to the wheels, both inside and out, as I had pulled them off the car.

Now...the car needs new tires, after about 3800 miles.

Since I coated the back side of the wheels, do you feel the new wheel weights will stick to the wheel where it was coated?

Do I need to strip the back side of the wheels before he has the new tires and weights installed?

Thanks!

[Ronkh]

This was always a worry of mine. So far I haven`t heard anyone with problems...........

[Accumulator]

08 GTI- Won`t you have to reprep the barrels to some extent to re-Coat (due to the different wheel weight positions) anyhow?

I wouldn`t worry (well, much) about the weights sticking, and it *was not a problem* when I had weights applied over top of OptiCoat, I`d be thinking of the now-exposed bare areas where the original weights were located.

[08 GTI]

Yes...I will re-coat soon.

The owner of the GTR is on a tight time schedule...new tires going on and then off to another track event.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Stokdgs]

Every time I have gone to Discount Tire/America`s Tire ( and that has been a zillion times), the tire installer, wipes the spot where they are going to adhere the weights with a cleaner, wipes it dry, and then applies the weight/s each time..

I have to think that every tire shop will do the same thing - all wheels are dirty and to not clean the spot first and apply the weight is just dumb..

So no worry here.. They really don`t want to inconvenience you to have to come back because a tire weight they installed flew off...

Last year, I had new really nice Yokohama tires installed on my Grand Cherokee that had been coated with Opti-Guard (which was still protecting them really good), and I watched the guy balance them, and each time do what I typed above..

Drove back to CA - 2,000 miles - and added a few thousand miles since then, and I have had no wheel balance problems..
Dan F

[nothingface5384]

I`ve coated mine and got stick on weights
Seem fine so far
If customer is worried and it`s stock rim , get the clip ons as they balance better then the stick ons
Or get the beads that install inside of tire

[Sizzle Chest]

He can always put some 100mph/Duct/Gorilla tape on the weights to keep them where they belong. That is what I have always done on my race/track cars for additional insurance against throwing a wheel weight off.