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Hub-centric wheels are balanced with cones on the center hole. There are several styles, but almost any shop with a balancer can handle that style. Lug-centric wheels center off the individual lug stud holes. This is the style that requires the multi-wheel adapters that many shops do not have. For my Coats balancer, that adapter is nearly $1500.00. To expensive for me. I do have a Pontiac 8-lug adapter thankfully. I do not know what the honeycomb wheels require.
So...older the balancer equipment more likely they can do it?

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So...older the balancer equipment more likely they can do it?
Not really. That adapter was always an option and always expensive. As mentioned, call around and find a shop that has one if needed. If they have no idea what your talking about, they don't have one. I would guestimate less than 1% of all wheels require it. Manufacture the damn wheel with a precision hole in the center and you don't need one. It isn't rocket science! Rant over.

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This doesn't sound promising at all.

So worse case scenario tires can't be mounted at all or they can but horrible jeep death wobble?

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and so the mis-adventure begins... 🙄

missing center caps/rings natch...one of em has what looks to be a vintage tire!

couple dings but not turrible...

I'll try midas here but is this what you mean by the amazon adapter?

https://www.amazon.ca/sspa/click?ie=...tdGY%26psc%3D1

https://www.amazon.ca/sspa/click?ie=...tdGY%26psc%3D1
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