Alright summarized version- The weekend before christmas driving on an icy road I slid into a curb bent my lower control arm, and tie rod end and a few other things.

Now jumping to Jan 19th I get my car back from the body shop so far it feels normal. So as I am driving I notice when I use the brakes I feel this out of balance feeling. Then as the week progresses the weather is amazing so I have my windows down I start to hear a once a rotation squeak. First thing I think what now. I looked at my invoice from the body shop and they have replaced everything except for the axle and the coilover which are fine. Just from that gives me greater reason its the wheel not the suspension components

So far I think I have narrowed it down to bent wheels because in the past I have hit a few pot holes and have seen the dents on the inner lip also the weight added to try to keep the wheel in balance and then hitting this curb may have really took that particular wheel way out of wack casing it to have a very very small wobble.

 

Quickest way to figure out if it's the wheel: swap it with one of the rears and see if the symtom moves/changes.

 

Theres the other problem through rotating wheels periodically I have pretty much put dents in all the inner lips from pot holes so swapping will only give the same results but in varying degrees.

 

well, you can take them to a tire shop and have them balance or attempt to balance them again.

You could also try to stop hitting pot holes and curbs

 

Your a COSTCO-size douche....Stop hitting things! You trying to be like me? The Mini cant drift like the BMW can...not even on ice!

 

Hey....Kal bought those silver TZ-10s like mine off of Brenden....Them ***** would look hot on your car... Wait...maybe a different color...who knows...

 

I'm still laughing!!!!

Matt

 

does the list of parts show that they replace the wheel bearing/hub?

 

I know after I crashed the BMW....about 2 days later I had a vibration under braking and an on and off vibe at speeds. They replaced the hub bearing and it went away...

 

Hey Matt...I come up with shananigans like that all the time...where ya been?

 

Vibration under braking and rotational squeek sounds like it could be a warped rotor or the bearing.

 

The car has new
- hub/bearing assembly
- lower control arm, ball joints, and bushings
- turning knuckle
- tie rod end

its more then likely the wheel or the rotor that I have narrowed it down.

 

Justin thanks for hooking me up with the Psychiatric Hotline it has so far helped me out so much. I have recommended it to a few friends already. ROLMFAO

 

No prob buddy....I was gonna send you the ***** and hot dog one but I was thinking that you would prolly ralph your lunch like I did...

 

you can't say ****, but you can say *****!

Matt

 

WTF that is a good point about the censorship stuff hahahaha. so far with the problem of the topic its either the wheel is toast or warped rotor.

 

move the rotor and retest. If it's just one, someone in a second car can see what's moving as they drive.

Also, you can take the wheel to a better alignement shop and have the run out and out of roundness checked. Or take the car to a shop with a dial indicator and measure the motion of the rotor, the wheel or both.

Matt