automatic tire balancing ?

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

so, what was the cost of the equal?
cost of the valve stems?
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: automatic tire balancing ?


> I've got the Equal tire balancing product in the big tires on my Toyota
(39"
> tall radials with a small block Chevy turning them).
>
> My truck drives like it has 31's on it...   no vibration, no wandering,
nice
> even tire wear, etc.  Most big (over 37") tires are not radials and are
just
> miserable to drive.  I'm not sure if the good behavior of my truck is
> because of the high quality tires (Michelins, not cheap, and extremely
hard
> to get) or the Equal.
>
> If you are willing to pop the bead, you don't need any special equipment
to
> install the Equal.  It comes in a drop-in bag that you can simply place in
> the tire, re-inflate, and the bag will break apart as you drive.  Each bag
> includes a special filtered valve stem to prevent the Equal from escaping
if
> you want to lower the air pressure, etc.
>
> A friend has a set of the Centramatic balancers...  they work very well,
but
> I would think they'd be too heavy and mess up the looks of your car.
>
> I really like the Equal, but as mentioned above it could just be nice
tires
> :)
>
> John
>
>
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