Glad you are rolling smoooooth now!

 

I stumbled on this thread because I saw my user name used as reference. I can't believe you guys were able to diagnose this thing over the internet.

Great job guys!

 

Yes.....I lifted your picture out of your cracked rotor thread because it showed exactly what we were talking about!!

I was hoping that giving you attribution would make it okay

Rex (RBL) has a similar problem, and I've referred him to this thread, but I think we just lucked out with 1.8t's problem. It's nice when a problem has a simple solution.

Every once in awhile we get lucky!!!


Bob

 

No problem at all Bob. Glad I could help.

 

hope this is my problem too. Im experiencing almost the exact same issues as OP. I will take a try at those clips tommorow. I pray thats what it is. I was about to go back to the tireshop and have the wheels balanced.

 

If those clips are still on there, I bet that is what it is. Trust me, I was thinking exactly like you are right now....along the lines of "that little clip is so small in its thickness, there is no way it could be causing enough of an offset to give me a vibration." Immediately after taking them off and going for a drive, it was night and day. If I let go of the wheel while on the highway, it barely even shudders from road imperfections. That sucker is just dead nuts solid now.

 

Glad to see that you finally got your vibration issue figured out! As I said when I sold the CCWs to you, they ran perfectly on my car with not a wiggle at any speed. Every bit as good as my stock wheels. Too bad the experts at your shop talked you into a "repair" of a bent wheel (and charged me $200) that didn't really need repair at all. But at least it's fixed now.

 

Just to verify, the wheel was bent, and was recommended for replacement by the machine(remember the pictures I took??). However, the bent wheel was not responsible for the vibration.

 

I don't doubt what they showed you on their machine while searching for the source of your vibration. They showed that it had some very slight run-out, but lots of wheels do if you measure them, even new ones. I just know from extensive experience that those wheels performed perfectly just as they were, and that the repair was never necessary at all.

Basically, if the wheels were correctly installed on your car in the first place without the clips, you would never have had an issue. You even told me that the "repair" did nothing to fix the vibration. So I am out $206 (including the 3% paypal fee you charged me) because of an installation mistake on your end that I wouldn't even have known about if I didn't see this thread. Not the treatment I'm used to from most forum members.

 

Are you seriously doing this?? I am sorry, but did your original thread say anything about selling me a bent wheel? The wheel was bent and was recommended for replacement, regardless of if it made no difference in how the car drove. I physically saw the movement and exercised every available option to ensure to you that I wasn't screwing you over. I took pictures of the report and sent them to you.

You nor CCW(whom I called as well) said anything about removing tinnerman nuts upon installion. After all, putting a damn wheel on is pretty easy. I tried everything before resorting to thinking the bent wheel was the issue. I cannot believe you are seriously acting this way. You act as if I tried to screw you over.

FWIW, your for sale thread said "They are not dented or bent" when in fact, one was bent.

Quote from your thread below.

I feel I need to post these pictures to protect me as a buyer, so people will not think I am slanderous. Below are the pictures I sent Flareside when trying to diagnose my front end vibration. After all, if one has a front end vibration and a wheel is bent, wouldn't you think that would be a likely cause?? I even took a picture of my invoice for proof. I would hope those that read this thread in the future about doing business with me will feel I provided just cause for the repair.









If you would like to continue this discussion, feel free to pm me or send me your number again and we can talk on the phone. I feel you are acting very inappropriate right now, especially after all I went through to make sure you had all of the information I had.

 

Bent vs. not bent? ALL wheels have some form of minor run-out, just go measure your stock wheels to see for yourself. These wheels did not need repair, they were just as they were built by CCW. My skepticism was obvious in our original conversations before paying you, and this post confirms it. The only thing missing was the refund. In my opinion, you charged me to fix a wheel that didn't need to be fixed at all. I will depart your thread with that. Enjoy the wheels, you worked out quite a deal for yourself.

 

So your saying the pictures posted above are fabricated and part of my plan to fix a wheel that was not bent, pay for a service I didn't need, and keep my vette on jack stands for an additional 4 days when I sure as hell would rather be driving it? Your something else man. Additionally, if I had anything to hide, why would I create a thread about it??

My offer still stands to talk on the phone. The facts have been posted and I feel justified in my decision to correct the wheel given my symptoms and both yours and CCW's lack of direction to remove the Tinnerman nuts.

If you honestly still think I screwed you over(I don't know how that is possible, my invoice is posted plain as day...there was no way I could profit even if I was trying to be devious) then I would suggest never taking a career as a lawyer.