whoknew1985 5 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Good afternoon. I was considering two options for my tires. The first option is replacing the air with nitrogen. The second is running balance beads in my tires. I have researched the beads for my past motorcycles and used them. The beads actually gave me an extra 5000 miles on my rear motorcycle. In my research for smaller car tires, I find that the beads will not balance the tire without an initial tire balance. Our tire size is just too small. Once the tires are balanced though, the beads will maintain the balance for the life of the tire. Does anyone have any information on doing this? It will be complicated to do, because the tires will have to be broken down and remounted to place the beads inside the tire. The beads will not fit through the air stem as the TMPS sensors are located there. What do you think? Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Air is 80% nitrogen, unless you need the known thermal expansion of a pure gas for racing, it is wasted money. Link to post Share on other sites
whoknew1985 5 Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Greg - I have looked closely at your statement and researched it. You are correct. For average drivers, such as I, it is better to just check my tire pressure regularly and fill it with air. It makes for a more cost prohibative method to lengthen tire life when using pure nitrogen. Do you have any idea about the dino beads? Have you heard of anybody using them in smaller tire sizes such as ours? Edited September 18, 2013 by whoknew1985 Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 The beads seem to be like Voodoo, I have not put a wheel with beads on a balancer so I won't comment because I haven't used them. Link to post Share on other sites
tommyspark 24 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I know.a.few dudes thatve used the beads but only.in big.mud tires.... they say they're legit.so I don't see why they wouldn't work in our tires?! Link to post Share on other sites
whoknew1985 5 Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hmm, I guess I will try them. I am going to buy 3 oz's of beads per tire and have them placed in my tires. I should know if they work by the amount of miles I get on them. I will get the tires remounted and balanced. Tire rotations should be the only thing I need to maintain after the bead install. If this works out, then the new tires I buy next time will have the beads in place from the first mile. Experimentation 101. Link to post Share on other sites
tommyspark 24 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I've never heard a negative about em. Link to post Share on other sites
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