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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 05:53 PM
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Vibration... HELP!!!!

So, here's the story. Bought car, had bent rim, rim fixed, better....
Fast fwd 1 year, lowered springs and new wheels, vibration is worse now!!!!

Got an alignment and did road force balance. Didn't help much, WTF???
I just want a nice ride, and this is pissin me off! I understand a rougher ride from suspension and wheel set up, but this is different?

So what? End links? Struts? Axle????
Old Apr 30, 2014 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pitman
So, here's the story. Bought car, had bent rim, rim fixed, better....
Fast fwd 1 year, lowered springs and new wheels, vibration is worse now!!!!

Got an alignment and did road force balance. Didn't help much, WTF???
I just want a nice ride, and this is pissin me off! I understand a rougher ride from suspension and wheel set up, but this is different?

So what? End links? Struts? Axle????
Are you using hub centric rings?
Old Apr 30, 2014 | 09:18 PM
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Hmmmm, no, they didn't come with any. Are rings critical?
Old May 1, 2014 | 03:31 PM
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Hmmmm, no, they didn't come with any. Are rings critical?
Wheel manufacturers tend to make the wheel's centerbore larger than the hub of a specific vehicle so that it can fit other vehicles with the same lug pattern. In other words there is a gap between the vehicles hub and the wheels centerbore. This gap makes the wheel lug centric instead of hub centric and without hub centric rings to fill the gap it CAN create vibration. I have 20" enkei falcon's on my maxima and the hub centric rings are 66.1mm Inner Diameter and 72.6mm Outer Diameter which fills the gap. They are relatively cheap. They are usually either plastic or you can get aluminum rings. This is where i would start because its cheap and may fix your vibration.

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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by pitman
So, here's the story. Bought car, had bent rim, rim fixed, better....
Fast fwd 1 year, lowered springs and new wheels, vibration is worse now!!!!

Got an alignment and did road force balance. Didn't help much, WTF???
I just want a nice ride, and this is pissin me off! I understand a rougher ride from suspension and wheel set up, but this is different?

So what? End links? Struts? Axle????
Hey Pitman do you have any pics of your ride and the new wheels?
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