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Originally posted by MrM3@Nov 7 2004, 12:12 PM
i think theres a good chance its your wheels. plastic hub centering rings will never make the wheel fit as good as a hub centric wheel. i think it's worth trying to fit new ones either a size smaller, a size bigger, or just the same size if your current ones are starting to wear away.
i had aftermarket wheels for a short period and sold them because i couldnt get rid of the 50mph vibration (and a couple other reasons). i, like you, had the tires balanced multiple times, had 2 or 3 allignments done, new suspension, and still couldnt make the car feel right. When i eventually sold the wheels the new owner said he bought some new hub centering rings for them and the vibration had all but dissappeared. I didnt really care at that point because i had no plans of keeping them with or without the vibration, but I would deffinately try buying some new 57.1mm hub centering rings before you start messing with more major things like tie rods and strut mounts
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Thanks for your input! I bought my wheels new a couple of months ago so the plastic centering rings should still be okay. I checked both front wheels while mounted on the car with a dial indicator last night. I only checked the axial runout on the inside of the wheel and the worst one was only 10 thousands of an inch. I did notice that both tires did have a slight low spot. I wonder how much would cause vibration.
You could be right about the problem being the wheels, because this is my 3rd set of tires on these same wheels in a couple of months (The shop did not charge me anything to change over after putting miles on the tires) and the vibration is still there. I though Racing Harts were supposed to be good quality, that why I bought them.
