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I know this may seem annoying and has been posted before, but I am having problems with my tires. I just rotated them the first time since I had them on, and they seem to be fine till I hit 80 mph. They vibrate a bit then. Plus, when I corner they seem to vibrate a bit. I made sure I rotated front to back, taking care to make sure the directional pattern of the tire is going the right way. Also, the hub rings are installed..I tried to tighten the lugs a bit, and balance the tire pressures, but it did not help. I am beginning to think the tread that are on the tires that have been rotated to the front are still fresh, so it may take some time till they "break in". Help guys!

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Your tires are unbalanced.. it's possible one of the balancing weights came off.. if it does this at low speed in corners..it could be that your lugs are loose..which I would check right away before you find yourself on the highway making a sparkshow as you watch yuor wheel roll down the road [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

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yeah, i just got new rims and tires too, and at higher speeds the steering wheel vibrates like a biotch. so tomorrow im just gonna bring it in to tires plus and pay $20 for them to rotate and balance all 4 tires. they're also gonna check the alignment. I think its a good deal, tho i can rotate them myself. they call it the vibration elimination special or sumthin.[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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Thanks Mohawk! I actually took em off last night to see if everything is okay, and I re-installed em. They seem to be a bit better now. I realize that it might not be a perfect ride since they are bigger tires, and all the lugs are tight as can be...sucks that I lost my lug nut key last night, gotta get a new one! Also, I checked the original weights they put on there, and they seem to be intact.

As for your problem Silverstreak, I would get them dynamically balanced. I ended up taking them to conventional tire places 4 times before the last one got it right and fixed the problem. Its the place where they put the wheel weights, supposed to be put on the inside of the wheel, not on the outer lip...

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Where I used to work many moons ago we always charged people with mags an extra $10 because we used special weights that self adhered and were install behing any oeg to hide them...got good tips that way too..

 
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Yeah dude, thats what I have on mine now. How often should wheels be rebalanced?


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Fixed man...all better now! Thanks for your help...


2Hottie

 
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Tires should only be rebalanced when you feel them shaking or when you remove them. And dynamically balancing is way better. I thought I was insane when my car was shaking and such, but a good balance job made everything awesome.

 
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I had the same problem. I got my rims and tires mounted and balanced and then shipped to me. The vibrations were killing me so I finally took it to the shop and now it's all better. I was pissed that I had to pay the company that I bought my rims from to balance them and then get them rebalanced though.....

 
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Just got a pair of 17" rims myself and the steering wheel does alot of vibrating sometimes past 65mph. Supposed to bring it in friday for some wierd weights they are going to put in the center of my wheels. WTF is that? Anyone know what they are talking about? Strange thing also is that car seems to pull off to either left or right when the wheel vibrates. I'll post more when I get them to fix everything. Nice thing about Les Schwab is that if you buy tire/wheel packages from them they keep fixing the problem till they're gone and im happy

 
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Yeah dude, depends on what tires you had. Theyw ill pull to the left or right a bit. I have Falkens and they have a hell of a tread on em, so it means it will bite the road. Believe me, your tires will find any imperfection in the road and sink their treads in! The ride won't be perfect, but it will definitely improve! I had to do mine like 4 times till they got it right...they put lil weights on the inside of the wheel...looks pretty neat and does a good job...you are lucky, I have to pay a speed shop $50 every time I get mine done, which sucks but its worth it...


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BTW Steph, I saw your ride, and that looks awesome...I love the rims complementing the car...I have to say that was the most annoying thing driving back from the Baltimore meet....my wheels shaking, but thats cause I just rotated them a few days before...but now its all better and I am out and about racin...


2Hottie

 
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and what if you just let them be and not re-balance them...?

 
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You will pretty much ruin your tires, the tread will wear rather quickly and you will be rplacing $100 tires almost 2wice a year!!!

2Hottie

 
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Usually when you get them rotated, balancing is included in that. Most places will "Rotate and Balance your tires" You may also want to get the alignment checked. My mom ate up a set of 60000 mile tires in about 25000 because the alignment was bad.

 
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damn i'm having the same problems too... they re-balanced and put hub rings on but they still vibrate after 60... i called and he said that it was bs... i think i'm going to have to raise some hell. maybe the weights are off? can anyone put the weights on or do i have to take it to a special shop?

 
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Like I said, it took me like 4 times till they ended up getting it right when I initially put my rims on. The best advice is to take it to a special shop ASAP. The longer u wait the worse it gets. They put the weights on the inside of the wheels rather than clamping them on the outside of the rim, on the lip. The final time I did it, I took it to a special car shop and they did it right and smooth a$$ ride after that. Good luck to you!


2Hottie

 
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ya i checked and on the front wheels i'm missing all of the weights on one side and half on the other... on the rears, everything is there... is it possible that the weights would fall off(the sticker ones) due to it being too hot?

 
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Could be, ya never know!!!

2Hottie

 
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err i just took it back and had them balanced AGAIN. i saw them do it and checked the wheels and saw that they had a different number or weights on them. i'm thinking their machine sucks. i do not want to pay $50 at a different shop so imma try to have them do it till it gets fixed but for now he said he's going to order 2 more hubrings for the rear wheels. so ya i'll be back next week.

btw anyone know the difference between static balancing and dynamic balancing? how do the machines look? cause i'm thinking they have a static when it should be dynamic.

 
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dynamic is when the tire is turned with a weight added so it checks if it is balanced before the tire is put back on the car. its better that way.

 
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didn't read any posts, but you need to find a better shop to do the wheel balance again. Vibration at a certain speed is almost always balance related.

 
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yea...i'm sure he has new tires now.

this thread is at least 3 years old.

farkin noobs (and gearbox too! )

 
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lol, im surprised gear didnt notice that it was 3 years old

 
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hehehe I just put my new 17" rims on yesterday - after a balance there still vibrating. I'll wait a few days and then take them to the shop and get them dynamic balanced - as I know they didn't dynamic balance them.

 
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rofl...i read this and was lookin at the date...2002 i was like wtf is a thread thats over 3 years doing up...haha

 
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haha...when i read gear's post it reminded me of that movie manequin...when he tries to make her move and talk so that everyone can see but she doesn't hehe