Guys I need a little help when it comes to a problem I am having with front end vibration and my wheels. I got a new set of wheels a year or so ago, yes I know that is a long time ago but I travel a lot so the car doesn’t get driven as much as it should, and the I have not been able to get rid of and I find myself not driving the car as much because of it. Note Wheels and Tires were an ebay buy from a guy at BBS.
So here are the details:
• Wheels – I replaced the stock wheels with a set of BBS CH(black) 19” 19x8.5 +35mm offset
• Tires – The wheels came with a set of Michelin Pilot PS2 255/35zr19 96Y Radial XL tires with 500 miles on them.
• Wheel spacers and center ring - the wheels required me to put spacers on the to prevent the wheels from rubbing and so I ordered from tire rack 5mm spaces and center rings to allow for a hubcentric fit.
The vibration started right away especially around 60 mph. When we looked at the spaces we thought there might be some play in the between the hub and the center ring because of a chamfer in the center ring from tire rack. As I am sure some of you know with the spacer the hub is shorter in the wheel center and the concern was that I didn’t have enough hub with the chamfer to allow for a tight fit. My assumption btw. So I ordered a new set of spacers, same size but from a different company, not HR, and hoped that might do it, it hasn’t. We also turned the center ring over and it has a non chamfered side hoping that might help it didn’t. So it could be many things, back tires ( they are now at the point that the front need to be replaced so I am thinking PS3s), wheel balance, better spacer needed (HR), suspension geometry, maybe a spacer ring combo but not sure they make them for a 5mm plate, etc. I need some ideas. Help if you can. I don’t want to buy new tires until I figure out if I am wasting my money and need to go back to stocks, not what I want to do.