[TR] how they balance allow wheels

[Jim Muller]

My GT6 is running on Cosmic MkII wheels from a Lotus Europa.  At 
least one needs re-balancing.  When the tires were first mounted and 
delivered to me, they were balanced with what seem to be weights 
stuck by adhesive pads to the inside of the inner rims.  There is no 
obvious lip on either inner or outer rim such as on a steel wheel 
where one would clip a weight.

Is this adhesive technique standard?  More to the point, if I take 
the car to any random tire place will they know what to do or will 
they look at them and refuse to do it?  Or do it poorly?  Should I go 
to one of the places around here which display collections of spiffy 
alloy wheels in their windows?

And what if someone sticks adhesive weights to a dirty rim?  What 
would keep them sticking through rain, snow, sleet, and gloom of 
night?  Not that I intend to drive through snow or sleet, but rain 
happens unexpectedly rather often.

Tanks,

-- 
Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+