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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 09:42 PM
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This just started happening not too long ago. I feel kind of a bouncing in the back of my car when driving at any speed. Almost like I'm running over little rocks or something. And no it's not just a rough riding. It didn't used to do it. Could it be my tires, or do I need an alignment?
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 10:02 PM
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could be unbalanced tires, i doubt it's alignment because that would affect front end. maybe a wheel weight fell off.
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 10:33 PM
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It's possible you have a tire starting to separate. You should look at the tire immediately, jack up & rotate looking for bumps in it.
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 10:54 PM
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thanks guys. since we have basically narrowed it down to the tires, i'm just going to get new tires. I have a brand new set of AR-136's ready to be put on anyway. don't know if they will look good on my beige 81, but i'm going to try em anyways
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Be sure to show us some pictures... :cheers:
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Be sure to show us some pictures... :cheers:
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