Fe adhesive, zinc clip-on, lead-free variants — full product range, custom branding, and batch-traceable quality control. 10+ years supplying distributors across 6 global regions.
Most widely used lead-free alternative. Zinc-plated surface prevents rust. Ideal for passenger cars, SUVs, and trucks on both steel and alloy rims.
Material
Low-carbon steel
Surface
Zinc plated / Dacromet
Salt spray
72h min (no rust)
Formats
Adhesive & Clip-on
Weight range
5g – 60g
Higher density than steel, superior corrosion resistance. The preferred choice for coastal markets, tropical climates, and premium alloy wheel applications.
Material
Die-cast zinc alloy
Surface
Powder coated or bare
Salt spray
vs. Fe: ~3× corrosion resistance
Formats
Adhesive & Clip-on
Weight range
RoHS · ELV · Lead-free
Ideal for modern alloy wheels where rim appearance and surface protection matter. Strong automotive-grade adhesive backing ensures secure installation without damaging the wheel edge. Commonly used in passenger cars, EVs, SUVs, and premium aftermarket wheels.
Mounting
Adhesive tape backing
Advantages
Clean appearance · Rim protection
Weight range
5g – 60g
Designed for fast and reliable attachment to wheel flanges. Widely used on steel wheels and selected alloy wheel profiles. Available in multiple clip types to match different rim standards and ensure secure retention under demanding driving conditions.
Mounting
Steel clip attachment
Advantages
Fast fitting · Strong retention
Weight range
5g – 60g
For every production batch of wheel balance weights, Yirox selects samples for tensile testing according to quality control requirements. The test helps verify adhesive strength, product consistency, and batch reliability before shipment.
Adhesive wheel weights have one job: stay in place, hold their weight, and never corrode. Yirox builds that guarantee into the manufacturing process — not just the sales pitch. Here’s exactly how.
Every production batch is verified on calibrated scales. Deviation beyond ±0.5g per segment fails QC and is rejected.
Zinc-plated Fe weights tested to 72-hour salt spray per ISO 9227. Zero rust or delamination required to pass.
Adhesive tape performance tested from -40°C to +80°C. Strips do not delaminate or lose bond at extreme temperatures.
No lead. No cadmium. No mercury. RoHS and ELV compliance documentation included with every shipment — no request needed.
Yirox supports OEM wheel weight programs for distributors, wholesalers, and aftermarket brands. From product marking to structure and adhesive backing, we help you build wheel weights that match your brand and sales channel.
1. Logo Customization
Add your brand logo or weight mark directly on the wheel weight surface.
2. Block Customization
Customize block shape, weight size, clamp structure, and product dimensions based on your market needs.
3. Tape Customization
Choose from regular tape, easy-peel tape, paper tape, red tape, blue tape, white tape, 3M tape, Norton tape, or Rohmann tape.
OEM programs can specify tape type per SKU. All tapes are pre-applied at the factory — no assembly required in the warehouse. Tell us your demands , we offer more options.
Standard grade, most popular globally
Premium adhesion. Industry-trusted brand. Required by some OEM specs.
High-performance adhesive film. Excellent for extreme-temp markets.
Clean aesthetic. Popular in European workshop & OEM applications.
Low-visibility profile. Preferred for alloy wheel premium fitment
A wheel balancing weight is a precisely measured metallic counterweight attached to a vehicle’s wheel rim to offset mass irregularities in the tyre-wheel assembly. Because no tyre or rim is manufactured to perfect geometric uniformity, small differences in mass distribution cause the assembly to develop a heavy spot. When that spot rotates at speed, it generates centrifugal force in one direction, producing vibration — commonly felt as steering-wheel shake above 60–80 km/h.
Wheel balancing weights correct this by adding an equivalent mass on the opposite side of the rim, returning the assembly to rotational balance. The process is performed on a spin balancer (wheel balancing machine), which measures the magnitude and angular position of the imbalance and instructs the technician exactly where to place each weight.
The component is also known as: tyre balancing weight, rim balancing weight, wheel weight, tire weight, and in trade notation: Fe weight, Zn weight, Pb weight (after the chemical symbols for iron, zinc, and lead respectively).
The clip-on wheel weight was patented in the 1930s as steel wheels became standard on passenger vehicles. Adhesive (stick-on) weights emerged in the 1970s alongside the growth of cast aluminium alloy wheels, whose smooth inner barrel was better suited to tape-bonded counterweights than to flange clips. The major inflection point of the past two decades has been the global phase-out of lead (Pb) — driven by the EU's End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive (2000/53/EC) and subsequent national legislation — which shifted mainstream production to steel and zinc alloys.
Understanding the production process helps buyers evaluate supplier capability, quality controls, and why specification consistency matters more than price alone.
01
Steel Coil Selection
Cold-rolled steel coil (Q235 or ST12 grade) is received and batch-tested for tensile strength and chemical composition
02
Stamping & Die Forming
Automated progressive dies stamp and form the weight body and spring clip in a single pass — clip radius is calibrated to match each rim profile series
03
Deburring & Trimming
Manual and vibratory finishing removes stamping burrs from the four corners; weight uniformity is checked by sampling at 30-piece intervals
04
Electroplating / Powder Coat
Parts pass through electro-zinc plating bath (8–12 µm zinc layer) then electrostatic powder-coat gun with epoxy resin — dual-layer corrosion barrier
05
QC, Weighing & Packing
100% gravimetric check on calibrated balance (±0.5 g tolerance); batch documentation; packing by weight class into boxes or trays
Zinc weights are produced by hot-chamber die-casting rather than stamping. Zinc alloy ingot (ZA-8 or Zamak-3 grade) is melted at approximately 420 °C and injected under pressure into a precision steel mould. Cycle times are 8–15 seconds per cavity, enabling high-volume production with tight dimensional tolerances (±0.1 mm on flange fit). After de-gating and trimming, die-cast weights undergo the same plating and powder-coat process as steel weights.
Adhesive strip weights add a lamination stage to the clip-on process. After the individual weight segments are stamped, plated, and coated, they are loaded onto a tape lamination machine that applies pressure-sensitive acrylic foam tape (typically 3M 467MP or equivalent) to the back face, followed by a protective release liner. Segments are then loaded onto a carrier reel in standard strip counts (4-, 6-, or 12-segment strips) and wound for retail or bulk packing.
Six selection criteria every tyre shop buyer, distributor, and OEM purchaser should work through before specifying a weight range.
Steel rims → clip-on (P series, FN series). Alloy rims → adhesive for outer plane, coated clip-on (AW, MC series) for inner flange if needed. Never use a bare-steel clip-on on a visible alloy flange — scratching voids rim warranty and triggers dealer complaints.
Passenger car (5–60 g); SUV / light truck (5–100 g); heavy truck / commercial (50–500 g). Overshooting the mass range wastes material; undershooting forces technicians to stack multiple weights, which is unstable. Match the weight range to your dominant vehicle mix.
If selling into EU, California, or any lead-restricted market, you must specify lead-free weights only. Mixing lead and lead-free stock is an audit risk. Choose a supplier who provides per-shipment RoHS declarations and material test reports (MTR) — not just a one-time certificate.
Steel (Fe) for cost-driven markets or steel-wheel fleets. Zinc for alloy-wheel premium programs, coastal/salt-belt markets, or OEM supply chains demanding a clean finish. Zinc’s natural corrosion resistance reduces field returns in high-humidity environments.
Confirm whether your market’s balancing machines are calibrated in grams or ounces — stocking the wrong increment leads to approximation errors in the shop and repeat vibration complaints. Many high-volume shops in North America still use ounce-increment weights; European and Asian OEM supply is uniformly metric.
Budget tape fails in cold climates (below −10 °C) and in high-temperature wheel environments (near performance brakes). Specify 3M 467 or verified acrylic foam equivalent rated to −40 °C / +120 °C. Request independent peel-strength test data. A weight that falls off generates a warranty return — tape quality is the most expensive variable to get wrong.
Common questions from tire dealers, automotive distributors, and workshop chains sourcing wheel balancing weights at scale.
Tell us your packaging needs — our team will respond quickly with tailored solutions and competitive pricing.
