Reddit mentions of Motion Pro 08-0452 Silver Steel Wheel Weight

Absolutely worth it. Entry level but very practical equipment is inexpensive and is all that is really needed unless you are doing a couple hundred tires a year.

Here is a example of some simple equipment to get one started:

Tire machines with bead breaker

• I worked in a shop that used this very same manual tire machine for awhile. Works well. Sold under many names. Currently $65 at Amazon.
  
• I used a $39.99 Harbor Freight Tire machine With the $39.99 motorcycle adapters for some time at home with a few mods. $80 investment.
  
  Balancer and weights
  
  
• A simple static balancer is cheap, effective and easy to use. Also they are often more accurate that computer spin balancers as most computer spin balancers have a lower limit of 1/4oz. Where as the static balancer will/can go down to a gram or less if you wanted to, but a 1/4oz or 1/8oz will do for the street. I have a more robust version of this I made at work, but this will do a home user just fine for $81.32
  
• Stick-on wheel weights are the most versatile and can be painted what ever color you want to match the wheel they are going on. Motion-Pro 90oz box for $25.96
  
• Some $10 rim protectors will come in handy also.
  
  So for less than $200 one can set them selves up to mount and balance their own tires with decent equipment. A little bit of practice and it will become easy. A nice mounting bar/tool for these machines is a No-marr