5Thirty

Ok I bought these wheels off from a buddy who had the same car. I do not know what offset they are, but measuring the lip and looking at size of tire, they look same to me. Tire size is 245/30/20 all the way around. Right after I put the wheels on, I went out for a ride. I noticed the steering wheel shakes a little at low speed. Right above 40mph it starts to shake ...and its at max vibration right about 65-70mph....damn speed limit (lol). Anyways, I have brought my car to 4 different tire shop to do wheel balancing, for sure wheels are balanced dead on zero. The shops did not notice anything wrong with the wheels, nothing like bent or anything like that.
One store manager was saying the treads on the tires are choppy and were like biting on the road while I am driving....I don't know about that giving so much vibration on the car. The vibration got so intense is not coming off only from the steering wheel but also through the floor and into the seats....I am like driving with one of those massage chair from Brookstone....its crazy.

I checked with my buddy and he has had no problem with the wheels when they were on his car. Weird! What the hell could be wrong?

525iSE

They look like Breton Spirits, maybe you got a replica. They have vibrating issues, try some hub centric rings.

5Thirty

Yes you are right, they are the replicas. Did a search on hub centric rings....does sound like what I am experiencing right now. Thanks for the info. I will give it a try.

Now where do I buy these rings? How do I get the sizing?

jta00r1

Any tire shop can sell you the rings, around $1.00 to $2.00 ea.

MikeBuzzsaw

Also be sure to have your mechanic tighten those bolts up real good. Vegas had vibration issues but that was because his mechanic didn't tighten it enough.

Rudy

You might also see if they did a road force balance:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry282423

xxterxx

hub centric ring... no doubt about it... get some and your good

5Thirty

You guys are awesome. I took apart the wheels and measured the hub and the difference is so minor, I was surprised if made such effects on the car. Anyways, I machined 4 aluminum rings according to the size I measured...installed them and bang now car goes smooth as silk. Thanks all.