i just put 20" tsw mondellos on my '04. the car looks pretty sick now, but the shimmy went from barely noticable to unbearable. i just had an alignment 3 weeks ago when i lowered it. should i go for another alignment. the tires are decent. i put nitto 555's on it. anyone have any suggestions? i thought putting better tires on it would help but it has become really bad

 

just curious, what size tires are u running?

 

Bring it back to the shop and ask them to re-do the balancing very carefully. It happened twice to me, after a tires balance&rotation, I noticed the shimmys the moment I hit the road. I just brought the car right back in and re-balancing fixed the issue. From then on I have to warn the shop beforehand.

 

255/35/20.

 

PERFECT

 

Off topic, but interestingly enough, I swear the shimmy went from barely noticeable in my car to undetectable after my installation of new OEM pads in front.

 

I had the same problem when I bought my 18 bsa wheels.
I had the car aligned twice and nothing.
My local mechanic had to balance the wheels very carefully and even put the litte weight stickers inside and outside of the wheel to balance them to perfection.
No issues at all after that.

 

It Has to be the Balance

 

it could be the rims.....

I bought some rims for my car and the slots were drilled a little off balance....and after they showed me i could easily tell....so i brought them back.....not saying that is your problems but it is something you could check on

 

hey when you say it shimmies, does it happen when you accelerate quickly???

Casue my car does that.

 

my car did that for a while after I installed my rims, but stopped doing it after the tires broke in or so..

rebalance them or just wait abit if you can..

 

dam dood.... before this thread, i seriously thought it was because of the tourqe and horsepower my Max has.....

So when ever I punched it, my max would get excited and say "hell yeah, lets go!" then the tires would shimmy....

Now i know that it could be a tire issue or rim issue....

 

The stock rims are hubcentric. Is the hub on your aftermarket rims the same size as OEM. If they're not you can get adapters have the rim fit the hub.

Running non-hubcentric rims on a Maxima can have an effect on shimmy as well as tire imbalance.

 

it came with the hub rings, i'm going to have it checked out when i get a chance. the store i bought them from said it would be no cost and he would make the distributor eat the cost

 

some how i was expecting something like this..

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That bike of yours doesn't shimmy, it SHAKES!