Some advice guys/gals,

I have gotton new tires for my 2000 ML 320 (they have not been installed yet). Got them at Costco.

Here is my delima. I have the orginal rims that came with the ML. The orginal weight on the ML are the two piece type that are attached to the outside and inside of the rims which will minimized rim damage when installed

Costco does not have these weights. They only have the one piece type of weights that a hammer onto the rims and the adheisive type. Costco saids that the adheisive type may not be as good as the standard type

What do you guys think. Are the adheisive type of weights recommended with my rims? And are they really just as good as the standard if it is applied right? My preference of course is the adheisive type if it does not effect the balance of the tire to much.

advice from someone with experience with this would be great.

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I only use adhesive type weights on my wheels and highly recommend them

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I have been through that delima myself. If you go with stick on weights, you will not have as good a balance as conventional weights on the edge of the wheel. Stick on's are usually applied to the flat surface on the inside of the wheel; one as far in as possible and the other as far out as possible. It takes more weight to balance a tire as opposed to weights on the inside and outside rims. And you have to make sure they are not too close to the calipers. I tried them once and the balance was good at first but they did not stay in balance. I would not go that route.

Next I tried aftermarket hammer on weights that were made for Mercedes wheels. They do not stay on very well. They will end up slinging off and they will scratch your wheel. I would not go that route either.

The best way to go about this is to have Cosco mount the wheels and install them on the vehicle. Then take the vehicle to a Mercedes dealership and have them properly balanced with two piece weights and have an alignment performed also. I did this for years but have recently bought my own set of Mercedes two piece weights from 5 to 85 grams and the tool to install them. I did this because the local Michelin tire store has a better machine than the dealership. It is a Hunter Road Force balancer. It tells you the best exact location of where the tire should be on the rim. The tire is then broken alose from the rim and turned to the location and then aired back up and balanced.

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