Who do you trust w/correct wheel balance & spin??
:impatient

Thanks

 

not sure what you mean, but i get no vibration at expressway speeds. none.

 

I just received a set of Flik Wasps for my new 2006 Mini Cooper S Convertible and a set of 215/45/17 tires from Edge Racing.

Several folks on the internet indicated the size 205/45/17, and not the 215's. I looked in the Mini manual and it only lists up to the 205's,

I installed the wheels and tires tonight on my Mini, and low and behold my steering wheel is vibrating profusely at speeds between 40 and 60 mph.

I can't believe the vibrations in the steering. I even checked the air pressure, direction of the "rotation" on the wheels and even the centric hub plastic inserts. All seems fine.

Edge racing indicated that they did "roadforce balancing".

Any advice?

Thanks,
KRiese
Clearwater, Florida
Email: riesek2003@yahoo.com

 

Call edge and inform them, and get them rebalanced locally!

Are hubcentric rings installed?

Alex

 

(I posted this response in a previous threaded discussion)

I ordered them last Wednesday and on Thursday UPS dropped off the first 3 of a total of 4 wheels/tires. Yesterday, they dropped of the 4th wheel/tire. I immediately installed them within one hour after receiving the wheels/tires. That is when my smooth steering went "ape nuts" and began vibrating profusely! I then removed all of the weehls/tires and reinstalled them again using my torque wrench and applying only 85 lbs of pressure by hand to each lug nut. I made sure the hub-centric rings were on the hub also correctly. Nothing worked.

I then went to 2 different tires shops and they would not touch them because they felt that they would scratch them. The third and final shop spent over an hour balancing them on the best hunter road balancing machine. The shop owner took me to the mechanic balancing the wheels and he showed me the bent rims while they were on the machine. I actually saw them spinning in a warped manner.

I'm not saying all of Edge Racing wheels/tires are bad. All I am saying is that I got a bad set.

Hopefully others will get a good set. I know others have had great wheels/tires from Edge Racing. My experiance has just not been good.

On another note, I've ordered from Tire rack for several of my cars and have had nothing but great service by tire rack. I even had to send a set of tires back and recieved a refund. I would have ordered from tirerack, but tirerack did not have anything that looked like the Flik Wasps in the same price range.

 

hey alex, does tire rack carry metal hub centric rings.

 

My car had a vibration with stock/wheels and tires. I noticed it when the tires were getting low on tread so i didnt worry about it. I got new tires and it still does it, i cant really tell if it got worse or not. I just ordered new/wheels and tires so I'll let you know what happens. Anyone know what might cause this?

 

Only for Wheels we handle

Alex