Alright. I got some new rims late last week (18x7.5 Konig Tuner 2's w/ Hankook K104 225/35/18 tires) for my '94 Prelude SR-V, and ever since then my steering has been shaking when I'm going between 90kph and 110kph. Now, of course I figured this was a wheel balance issue, and since I received the wheels with the tires already mounted and balanced, I paid to have the rims balanced a 2nd time by a 3rd party shop. Turns out two wheels were off balance (Driver's front & Pass rear). I put the wheels back on the car and hit the highway. Same problem persists. I ask my friend who did the balancing if he could of done it wrong, where he assures me he balanced them perfectly. He recommended that the Hub-Centric Rings that were supplied with my rims could be wrong. So I pulled the wheels off the car (again) and checked the rings.. They fit perfectly to my hub and were snug on the rims. I put the wheels back on and tightened the lugs per spec (80 ft/lbs). Hit the highway again, problem STILL persists.

This problem never happened to me with my old rims (17x7 Enkei Evo 6). So I highly doubt it's my car. I checked to see if there was any play (up/down, left to right) on the mounted rim to check the CV joins, etc.. But there's no play what-so-ever. I've been given the advice to replace all the hub centric rings, as they could be slightly off (even though they don't seem to be from my visual inspection). But I have no other clue as to what could be doing this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

sounds like hubcentric rings if anything

have you had the car aligned lately?

 

alignment. git er done.

 

Alignment is about the only thing I haven't done thus far. I didn't think it would create that kind of symptom, but maybe it does?

I'm going to be getting new Hub Centric Rings from the Company I got the wheels, just to eliminate it as a possibility. If the symptom still persists after getting the rings replaced, I'll go for an alignment.

 

bent rim?

 

Any defect in the tire/wheel would of been shown during the 2nd alignment... Or so I've been told. So I don't think the wheels/tires themselves are defective in that aspect.

 

yes if they were aligned on a machine with runout measurements it will tell if the rim is bent, also road force tests would show if a tire is bad. as long as you trust your friend then i would say wheels/tires are ok. i believe your issue lies in the alignment or suspension component getting ready to go, that was not noticeable with the smaller and i'm sure lighter wheels.

 

Turns out the company I purchased the wheels from sent me the wrong Hub Centric Rings. They're certain the news ones will solve my issues. I'll keep you all posted

Thanks for the feedback/help guys!!

 

The hub centric rings weren't the problem

Seems my car is to blame.. Which is one hell of a coincidence if you ask me.

So it could be one of 3 things.. CV joint, Wheel Bearing or Tie rod. I'm bringing my car to a Honda Specialist later this week, as I don't have the time to check the car myself.

Hopefully this won't cost me a ton. I wouldn't want my engine/turbo project to be delayed cuz of this crap