when i drive my car over 75-80mph, the whole damn front end starts vibrating like crazy, my steering wheel shakes so bad that my keys rattle, its not only a hassle, but its embarrassing when im driving my friends, someone said it might be motor mounts, someone said it might be the wheels needing balancing, and another person said it might be my suspension(springs or new shocks needed) i have no idea what this could be, any help would be really appreciated since im hopefully upgrading motors to something more powerful, and i want to ELIMINATE this problem for good, im sick of it, and i need a comfortable ride, someone HELP!!

 

Could be unbalanced tires. Are they aftermarket or stock wheels? You might also need hubcentric rings to center the wheels a little better. Have a good shop check to see if the tires are balanced.

 

my dad balanced the tires, hes a mechanic, and the guy before me had some american racing rims on there, theyre 13's, and what is a hubcentric ring? and how would i know if i already have one or not?

 

theyre justy a plastic ring around the inside of the wheel of some aftermarket wheels. It centers it and gives it a tight fit on the hub.

 

nice, well next time i got my wheel off ill check, i kinda want to avoid my father on this issue cause he gets pissed if i drive over 70

 

check the tire balance again, and check the tire pressures.

 

could be tire pressure, ball bearings, dented rim/rims, need of wheel alignment, axel trouble or your suspension .. hit any curbs?

 

Definately sounds like alignment... never hurts to double check it.

 

tire pressure? highly dought it
ball bearings? no
dented rims? NO, it would vibrate at very low speeds
W/A? no
Axle? possible
unbalanced tire? yes

 

word, my dad just moved into a new garage and now hes got all new equipment, so maybe on a sunday him and i will go down there and give my car the once over, make sure everything is straight, and no, i havent hit any curbs lately

 

oh yeah i forgot to add, the axels are brand new, needed them to get the car streetable when i bought it a year ago, as for the balancing, when we put the new tires on the rims we balanced the tires, but ill do it again, thanks for all the help, its nice to know i got a place to go when i need good information

 

bent wheel, that's my problem.. it's not quite so bad that it shakes the keys though yikes!!

 

ill make sure to take all of these into consideration, thanks for all your help everyone

 

when i had my dented rims the car vibrated between 60-80, depending on how bad the rims dented depends on how bad it shakes

wheel alignment, my car shook too when i need one

and ball bearings make your car shake too at high speeds, ive had all these problems in my car thats why i posted this

it could be anything, list goes on and on..

 

if balanced correctly, must be a bent rim/wheel. good luck

 

those darn civics...