I swear Snap On will own my soul soon

[Kraven251]

tools and guns, the bane of wallets everywhere, but damn are they great to have

[Colorado Osprey]

Are the Snap On wheel balancers better than the COATS balencers these days... I know the Snap On has always been more expensive but in the past they weren't any better--- circa pre-2000

[tmleadr03]

Are the Snap On wheel balancers better than the COATS balencers these days... I know the Snap On has always been more expensive but in the past they weren't any better--- circa pre-2000

This one is pretty top of the line as far as I can tell. Never played with one before. It will tire to rim match for better balance. It will hid sticky weights behind the spokes. I have one of my wheels on there now but I haven't ordered any wheel weights yet so I am just playing more then anything. My tires do need balancing though so I will be ordering some weights and knocking that out tomorrow or Friday.

[JMBD2112]

This one is pretty top of the line as far as I can tell. Never played with one before. It will tire to rim match for better balance. It will hid sticky weights behind the spokes. I have one of my wheels on there now but I haven't ordered any wheel weights yet so I am just playing more then anything. My tires do need balancing though so I will be ordering some weights and knocking that out tomorrow or Friday.

Never used a snap on tire balancer, but we got a brand new hunter machine that has a red dot laser designator for weights that is pretty tits, regardless thats a nice machine.

[tmleadr03]

Never used a snap on tire balancer, but we got a brand new hunter machine that has a red dot laser designator for weights that is pretty tits, regardless thats a nice machine.

They have some really slick tire balancers these days. Carquest sent some guy to show me the latest and greatest. It used lazers to read the tread, look for damage, show the wear of the tread or sidewall, balance it and everything. If I was a tire store I would need one. But I am a repair shop that also does tires so I don't quite need all that. The volume matters.

[tmleadr03]

Never used a snap on tire balancer, but we got a brand new hunter machine that has a red dot laser designator for weights that is pretty tits, regardless thats a nice machine.

I meant to use it today on my X5 but I was slammed all day and tomorrow looks just as good.

ETA: I did spin one of my wheels on it and it showed it being out of balance, which I knew already I can feel it at certain speeds. The sad part of that is these tires were put on right before I bought it and have less then 4k miles on them. So the guy who did the job must be blind in one eye and not have his other one. Easy to use, but what tire balancer isn't?