Do I need to have my track tires balanced?
 

I just bought a set of NT01's and I'm also new to the circuit trackworld. So do I need to have track only tires balanced?

Absolutely. Usually who ever installs your tires on the rims, will balance them for you.

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Thanks, what about bead sealer? I am using the OEM wheels.

I've never even heard of that. You've got decent tires going on stout wheels, you should be fine as long as the shop does a decent job, they should be able to just treat them like normal tires.

It's mostly used on tubeless tires and in the 4x4 rock crawling world i'm in. Prevents bead separation due to extreme use.

If you end up in a situation where you are able to separate a tire from the bead you likely have bigger issues. IE you left the track at a high rate of speed.

I don't balance my tires for autox and haven't when I've been to the track in the past.

Couple sessions and your balance will be off on the tire anyways. Unless you like extra weight on the wheel and want to spend more money balancing the tires I don't see the point

Haha, definitely not a plan to do so.

Well I don't do AutoX just circuits with one straight that's 120 mph plus

I've been on Mid-O in my former Z4M going 135+ on the back straight on non-balanced tires.

Track tires, like the ones you're getting will wear unevenly. Unless you believe that a stock tire off of the balancer is going to maintain that SAME balance throughout the life of the tire, then go ahead and keep on assuming that.

I like lots of data and try not to assume, thanks for the info :thumbup:

lol. Okay.

I don't know anything then.

Enjoy your balanced tires and bead sealer then. Stupid for me to comment on a thread you clearly already know the answer to.

Troll? He thanked you for your input. He simply asked the question to see if it was a thing based off previous experiences he has had. Did I miss something here?

You took that totally the wrong way. I posted the thread because I wanted opinion through data and experience. Maybe it will help someone out too. Jeeze