rims question and vibrations

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Sounds to me like you might have non-hubcentric wheels on a car that needs
hubcentric wheels. You see, on 'dubs the weight of the car doesn't go on
the wheel bolts.. it rides on the hub, which fits snugly inside the wheel
(unless its a non-hubcentric wheel). There's a good chance your wheels
aren't hubcentric, and thus need a spacer (usually colored plastic) which
should be available from your local tire shop, in order to fit right.

Without a spacer, your car may or may not vibrate like crazy (particularly
at highway speeds) behaving as if the wheels were not balanced.

I'm sure other people know more about this than me.. so if I get this
wrong gimme a break ;)

-Toby

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Stefan P wrote:

>
> what is the size rims that you ppl have on your roccos and what size do u
> recomend? Cause a while ago I got a set of 17" rims and i think they made
> the ride quality really bad. Or it might be somehting else but i nor any one
> else can figure it out.  THe reason i believe this is because when i got the
> car it had the stock tear drops on it and it was a major diffence, now the
> car vibrates as if its about to fall apart while driving. When it idles it
> doestn vibrate. Struts are new in the front, aslo the tire shop says that my
> tires are chopping...but my allignment is good and so is the newly fixed
> camber. (it was messed up after a small run in with a curb and some body
> work fixed it) as for motor mounts replaced 2 times within a year!
> Thanx for any help
> Stefan
>
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