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Old 02-18-2008, 08:57 PM
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I was thinking about selling my rims, but if someone can help me figure this out I might not. OK, about 2 months ago I got spacers for my rims I installed the front and back and there was a vibration. It felt like the rims were out of balance so I took the front spacers off. There was still a vibration but not as bad. I have my stock wheels on the car now with the spacers all the way around and guess No vibration. The aftermarket rims don't vibrate without the spacers why with them? I got some plastic hubcentric rings for the back and it made a difference, but still small vibration. Anyone run in to this problem? If you have the spacer and the rim off the car the spacer can move around on the rim. If the lugs are on it can't obviously so what is the problem.
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What sort of spacers did you get?
Old 02-18-2008, 09:08 PM
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Ichiba Hubcentric. It's nothing with the spacers themselves, because they work fine with my stock rims.
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Get an alignment and make sure the lug nuts are secure.
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Any alteration of the wheel-hub-rotor assembly will effect balance. As you have found isolating the specific component causing the problem is difficult.
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But why would it only cause it to vibrate with the aftermarket rims and not the stock rims? Would adding a metal hubcentric ring make a big difference.
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Thats the best we can do? Heres a breakdown...
Z with tork rims no spacers= no vibration
z with tork rims and spacers= vibration
z with stock rims no spacers= no vibration
z with stock rims spacer= no vibration
tork rims dont fit snug to hub, why no vibration without spacers?????
I think I'm gonna have to call the hardy boys to answer this one...
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