This weeks problem is steering wheel vibration please help
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This weeks problem is steering wheel vibration please help
So when i hit any speeds of 60+ my wheel viberates like no other. What is the problem now its really one after another. Car was 100 fine before i lowered it and put new wheels on. Even had it alighned twice to which i still think my wheel is off and the car pulls left. Is it a hack job wheel/tire balance thats causing the issue? Is it the alighnment? Do i need nee rotors? What sould i do other than sell the bastard. Sometimes i wish i liked euro cars.
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I'd have the alignment and balance checked again, but check the tires first and see if they wore evenly. Physically run your hand around the tires to see if there are any raised tread edges. Speed-related vibrations felt in the steering wheel are commonly tracked to the tires/balance/alignment.
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You may also want to check and see if any of the tires are out of round or the wheels are perhaps out of round. My guess would be the balance, but you just never know.
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Put it back to stock? No way man. gm made these things with an 8 foot gap from the tire to the quarter.
As far as out of round. Soab if thats the issue ill be screwed. The wheels already came with alot of weights on them so im guessing thjs may be the issue. And they will not give me a new wheel. Im sure they will say its been to long and that i could have hit something.
As far as out of round. Soab if thats the issue ill be screwed. The wheels already came with alot of weights on them so im guessing thjs may be the issue. And they will not give me a new wheel. Im sure they will say its been to long and that i could have hit something.
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If they are those cheap aftermarket wheels you more than likely will get vibration from them because they are so heavy and poor quality!!!!! if you have a bunch of weights on the wheels you might want to try to have the wheels road force balanced 
