Shelby C3 wheels. Very Nice....but...

Robot_trainer

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Ok here are my last comments on this subject. Before you consider buying these wheels makes sure you find a tire shop that has the equipment, and is completely familiar with lug centric balancing or you wont have a hope in hell of balancing these wheels. If they get mounted on the balancer incorrectly (even with the lug centric adaptors), they will look like they have excessive runout and you will never get them balanced correctly. In the Toronto area in Canada, I have not been able to find anyone that can do this job. Maybe in the USA you'll have better luck. Just be aware. Its alot of money to spend to have to go through all this grief. I dont understand why they didnt make them hub centric. Even a two year old could balance those.
 

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With them being a PITA like that, I wouldn't even bother with them. There are much better flow formed wheels available without needing "specialized" lug center balancing equipment just to balance.

HRE has a line of flow formed wheels also, they might be a tad more money than these but you know you won't have issues with balancing and the hub bore of their wheels are in the "center" of the wheel.

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What a shame. They are great looking wheels. I had already sent my factory wheels to be widened when I saw these. Looks like I got lucky. Good luck with yours and thanks for posting!
 

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So there is a conclusion. I finally found a shop that know how to balance lug centric wheels. They used a John Beam machine with speed plates (lug adaptors). the wheels that others said were bad balanced with no more than 1-3/4 oz outer and 3/4 inner or less. It can be done but the shop needs to know what they are doing.
 

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