Hey everyone I got a little problem here for which I don't seem to have a solution.

I just got new rims (alot of you probly know because I made a big deal of it lol) and my steering wheels has been vibrating like a b#^$% above 60 ever since I got them.

Ya ya I know, get them rebalanced. Well I already did........TWICE!!! I worked at discount tire and I personally watched them zero out the weights.

It's still vibing and it's annoying the hell out of me because it was perfect when I had the stockers on the car.

I HIGHLY doubt there is any steering or suspension parts because, like i said, it was perfect until i put the new wheels on.

But hey, at least they look bad ***. Anyway, does anybody have any Idea what's going on?

 

What kind of wheels and tires?

 

black bullitt wheels 18 x 9 front 18 x 9 Deep in the rear.

255 nitto nt555s up front, Potenza 275s rear.

The wheels are actually not the same brand because they had trouble finding them without a deep lip on the front. does that matter?

 

Happened to me once before.. It might be a bad tire or Rim... Check your allignment too.. I had 24s on my truck and same thing happened to me I finally had to exchange a wheel because it was asking for too much weight....
Rotate your front wheels to the back and if the back shakes then you know you have a bad wheel.. Good luck its frustrating as F&*K...

 

Did you remove this, when you replaced the front rims????




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check that and then see if somewhere has a balancer that can put a load on it while balancing i forget what the machine is called.

 

Take it somewhere else have them check the balance...A good tire tech will also be able to tell if one of the tires has a hop to it or it one of the wheels are warped. Its definitely one of the front tires (or both).

 

Ya I removed that when I changed the brakes. So you guys are saying that one of the wheels are warped?

 

what is that piece? what does it do and how can I remove it? I have a similar problem

 

It holds the brake rotors on while the vehicle is traveling down
the assembly line to keep it from falling off before the brake
calipers are installed. Its not needed now and sometimes
causes aftermarket rims to not be fully seated against the
brake rotors when the rims are installed causing excessive
runout and horrible vibrations. [:@]

For the OP:
Get out the dial indicator and magnetic base.
Indicate the rim run-out with the tire/rim assembly
on the vehicle.
This will help eliminate a bad rim or incorrect
mounting. Were the lug nuts progressivly
torqued to 50 then 75 and finally 98 Ft Lbs
in a star pattern or were they just tightened
down one at a time with an impact wrench by
some 18 year old kid who does not know better?