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First impression driving a decent distance with the balancing beads is good. While the tires seemed really smooth without any balancing, they're even smoother now. For $30, I'm very pleased. I doubt I'll ever have tires conventionally balanced again. I guess there is a reason so many commercial users buy them.

 

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First impression driving a decent distance with the balancing beads is good. While the tires seemed really smooth without any balancing, they're even smoother now. For $30, I'm very pleased. I doubt I'll ever have tires conventionally balanced again. I guess there is a reason so many commercial users buy them.

 

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Aren't they supposed to help extend the life of the tires too? Because every time you drive they rebalance the tire?

 

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Coby7 Senior Enthusiast

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minus the cracked dash :(

Mine is an eleven, do you have a picture of where it cracked?

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3 places on pass side.showed up a few yrs after a Labor Day weekend trip out of the blue. This is the worst

 

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Mine is an eleven, do you have a picture of where it cracked?

I have a post on here somewhere that I made a few years back with pictures of the areas prone to cracking...I looked at 15 different used Chevy/GMC trucks/SUVs on the used car lots around here one night. Of the 15, there were 12 that had the cracks all in the same place. The cracks appear at the corners of the dash surrounding the passenger airbag

 

Not my picture but you can see where they occur here (corner closest to the center of the dash and the corner closest to the A-pillar

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/152570-cracked-dash-2008-silverado-ltz-cc-vmax/?p=1559141

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Aren't they supposed to help extend the life of the tires too? Because every time you drive they rebalance the tire?

 

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Yes. I had them on my sportbike back a few years ago. Never had a problem on it, and I would frequent 100+mph and hit 156mph one and felt comfortable...until a wind gust came and made me realize I was stupid haha. I haven't used them on my truck, but I might when I replace the stock rubber.

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Aren't they supposed to help extend the life of the tires too? Because every time you drive they rebalance the tire?

 

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That's the idea. They're just ceramic beads that roll around in the tire. I've decided conventional tire balancing is pointless since the tires generally wear enough in 10,000 miles (or less) that the balancing is off.

 

I didn't plan it this way, but I essentially got a control test without any balancing. I was surprised how smooth it was with none. But the beads did make a positive difference.

 

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Yeah I hear those things work pretty good. They were always used in truck tires when I was driving TT and straight jobs. The guys there told me they had been running those beads for years.

 

I figure if they can balance a tire that weighs 100 lbs. + , they should have no problem doing anything smaller. :)

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Coby7 Senior Enthusiast

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Anybody on here have the pinout for a 2005 Mustang GT Instrument Panel. I don't normally work on these clusters but I have a 10 thump buddy who insist I repair his Mustang cluster. Please help, he can be so annoying!!!

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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now you need a case :)

 

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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The case is overpriced. Want a case, go buy a small Pelican

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Anybody on here have the pinout for a 2005 Mustang GT Instrument Panel. I don't normally work on these clusters but I have a 10 thump buddy who insist I repair his Mustang cluster. Please help, he can be so annoying!!!

 

I did a stepper motor on a '05 V6 Mustang. No pinout though - was just cave-man work, lucky for me. :lol:

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Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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The case is overpriced. Want a case, go buy a small Pelican

 

 

What is that?

 

 

now you need a case :)

 

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Yea I would like to have one, $50 is pretty salty though.

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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What is that?

 

 

 

 

 

Yea I would like to have one, $50 is pretty salty though.

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I know you have prime so free shipping

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