I just put on my brand new gt3s with falken tires, and now at 60+ or so my sterring wheels viabrates. Anyone know why this is happening? Anyone else had any experience with this?

Mike

 

are your wheels balanced? alignment or suspension, but more likely the wheels arent balanced.

 

balance the tires

 

did u check ur lugs.. balance the wheels? maybe the rims when on crooked? pull them off and re-set them on.

 

did you get hub rings with your wheels? that will also cause the shimmy.

 

no hub rings, supposedly the wheels came balanced/mounted from jlb motorsports. I will have to take them off and put them on. I am pretty sure they did not get put onto my car crooked. I do need an alignment also but this doesnt feel like an alignment issue.

mike

 

I would take the tires to get balanced or RE-balanced. Thats usually the most common cause of vibration. But before you spend the money...do what DEAT said...Make sure the wheels are on correctly. If you have to, take 'em back off and re do it.

 

It sounds as if they are unbalanced, but that is hard to believe seeing you got them from JLB. If that is the issue, I would contact them and I'm sure they would be more than happy to work out a deal with you

 

you need hub centering rings
and id double check the balance too

 

Your going to need a balance, most likely your going to need an alloy 2 balance ask your local America's Tires about it

 

if they came balanced, then you need hub rings!

 

as what the other ppl have already said and also get an alignment done.

 

are you using stock lug nuts or aftermarket lug nuts, because stock lug nuts are different then the ones used for aftermarket rims

 

Hub rings. End of thread. Go get some hub rings it will go away

 

Where do i get hub rings for these wheels? Are hub rings usually needed for these wheels?

Mike

 

im bout to get flamed and sorry for jacking your thread, WHAT ARE HUB RINGS?

 

cool

 

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yep..exactly what i would do...take your ride to a shop which balances tires...ask them to look at it...do this just to see whats the problem...its just to give you a heads up from what JLB will tell you...

 

i bought rotas from jlb.. they are fine... i also got lug nuts from them.. but never even heard of hub rings..

 

honda uses the hub to center wheels, as opposed to the lugs
You know that little cap that sits over the axle nut? That is where the wheel is supposed to be centered over.
When you buy wheels from places that install them, chances are, they include rings..buying online, you dont get them, 90% of the time.

http://www.prestigewheel.com/mainHubRing.htm
Discount Tire sells them too

Buy a set, and you'll be fine.
Sizes are exact, however.
You need to know hub OD (outer diameter) (I cant remember what it is...you can search for it) and the ID (inner diamter) gt3 hubs (either written on the box, or you'll need to call and ask the place you bought them from)

Sometimes, you can even find rings on ebay, that are for rotas and hondas

 

Thanks for all the help. I know my lugnuts are fine, beacuse I am running Gorilla lugnuts. Also, I am pretty sure I put the wheels on the hubs straight and i did the opposite rule when tigtening the lugnuts. I am in the process of getting in touch with Dustin at JLB and trying to figure out whats worng here.

Mike

 

switch the front wheels w/ the back and see if that works .. that happend to me my wheel would shake .. but then i switched the front w/ the back and everything was perfect

 

Ill have to try that. The tires are rotational tires tho. The Arrow has to be pointing the way the tire moves while driving down the road.

Mike

 

Sounds like you'll need to balance the tires.

 

I had this exact same problem when I first put my slipstreams on. I had them balanced twice and put in centering rings, but it still shook at 60-65+

I ignored it for awhile, and after a few months, my back tires started cupping - It was rear end alignment all along. Got it aligned, and the problem went away.

Supposedly centering rings help some people with this problem - they probably do, but I honestly can't tell a difference on mine whether I have them in or not. Try getting them balanced, because that does seem to be the most common cause of this problem, and if that doesn't work, get a 4 wheel alignment. Definately get it aligned before it starts tearing up your tires, because once they start cupping, it'll vibrate until you get new tires, regardless of your alignment.