On my 97 i just installed my 20s and after finishing up I Put the car in drive so I could idle slow to see if I hear anything and unfortunately I heard a loud Clunk on the right rear and as I drove the noise was in the area where the wheel hub meets the rim I dont know if I need spacers or my bearings may be bad I need Help any advice would be helpful Please!! NOTE with OEM rims on never heard any noise at all

 

I guess I'm confused. You take off your factory wheels, and put donk boat anchors on them. Then you say it makes a noise now. Now you need help to find out how/why/what is causing this.... Can't be the wheels, right?

 

Here is the problem mang....



you put 20 inch rims on a 4th gen max...


you now have to figure out where the clunk is, what part of the stock suspension you are rubbing/banging, and figure out a way to custom fab/delete that part, there is no easy answer here, oh and your speedometer is prolly all fcuked up too....

 

Exactly. Not exactly rocket science here...

 

 

So far its not the wheels there no rubbing or anything the noise is strictly where the wheel hub is

 

Is the clunk heard the minute the car jerks into motion or is it heard on every 1 wheel rotation or what?

 

On every 1 wheel rotation you have any advice..

 

Could be your caliper if the rims are too narrow.

 

jack the car up and rotate the back wheel to see where it sticks.


If didn't do it before you changed wheels. Now you did change wheels and it does...there you go. What sort of 20" rim did you get anyhow? Did you make sure it would clear the hub and everything before you bought them?

 

Clunk Clunk goes the Dunk! Its the wheels your car is rejecting them!

 

why put 20s on a max?? I put 20s on my lucerne cxs and after a week of driving put my stocks back on. hint hint

 

 

REALLY you named yourself MANNYFRESH..and 305 area code. Come on man....get rid of the 20" better yet get rid of the max (poor max) and go buy a dunk...

 

you have to change out the lugs. longer lugs are needed. i had the same problem before when i upgraded the to aftermarket rims.

 

I want to see pictures too please.

 

Hubcentric rings.

 

Thanks for bumping an old thread

 

First of all I would like to see what the heck ur Max looks like with 20s...and come on man 20s on a 4th gen. I would not even put 20s on my 01 s55 ///AMG

 

let me help you guys out here, prolly looks like dis

 

As much as i don't want to add to an old revived thread but honestly a Maxima is NOT the type of car that 20"+ rims go on. A 2010+ Maxima maybe, but not a 97.

Several reasons - 1. You just made your car a lot slower.
2. If thats not a problem to you, you are making your engine/tranny work a lot harder to move those big heavy rims. Chrome rims are heavier than a non chrome counterpart.
3. As said above, your speedometer is gonna read all ****ed up.
4. Big chrome rims don't have any business being on a Japanese 4 door family/sporty car. They belong on trucks/SUV's and Big Luxury Sedans.
5. The rims and tires probably cost more than the car itself.

Especially on this site that focuses on the Maxima's sports car personality, you're not gonna find the answers you want to hear.

But anything 2 inches over stock rim size is gonna present problems (from my personal experience), even after market rims of factory size will present problems if the right hardware is not used.

 

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Ive seen the same garbage responses to threads like this for years.After its all said and done it basically boils down to where you're from.Im from the South.Its generally accepted basically.People further North shun a large chrome wheel.Ive had chrome 20" inch wheels on my I30 for 7 years and Ive replaced no more front suspension parts than someone who has a stock wheel now I have my heavy FX 35 20" gunmetal wheels which i love.I can care less how slow it makes my own vehicle because thats my preference.If I want to race I will throw my stocks back on.

 

The Wizard, go ahead and lock this thread.

I foresee it turning into a pissing match

 

look ,the kid threw something out of whack because the weight and size of the wheels. we all know that's going to happen when we use aftermarket/oversized wheels from time to time. put it on a lift, and take wheel off after you listen for a bearing or suspension noise. its that simple, not rocket science here folks.

 

 

[QUOTE=NoLimitz89;8842999]As much as i don't want to add to an old revived thread but honestly a Maxima is NOT the type of car that 20"+ rims go on. A 2010+ Maxima maybe, but not a 97.


4. Big chrome rims don't have any business being on a Japanese 4 door family/sporty car. They belong on trucks/SUV's and Big Luxury Sedans.


+1 on that!

 

The correct terminology is "couldn't care less"