Car Shaking with new Rims/Tires - Part II
Well after going to firestone twice, and the problem still there, i decided to bring it somewhere else. I ordered some Muteki lugs as well, and took them down to Tire Warehouse this morning. Turns out, that the tires i brought (Hankook HRI Ventus II) were all bad. I was standing next to the guy and talking to him while they he was balancing them and they all needed a lot of weight to balance properly. Every tire was “hopping” where i guess its not perfeclty round so thats whats causig the shaking. This place placed weights on the innner part of the rim and the outer part (not on the lip, but behind the spokes). They were all def. balanced, but you can see when the tire was spinning, you can see the hop. The guy wasnt too confident that he fixed it that much. So i left and drove to work, it felt MUCH better at lower speeds, and i felt relatively safe driving faster, it would still shake but not until i got up to 70-75 mph, and i notice it more when i let go of the accelerator. I dont know if they balanced them better, or because of the lugs, or because he put the worse tires in the back, but it feels 90% better.
So of course, i call the place where i brought the tires, www.edgeracing.com, and they were super nice, no problems at all. They said they would ship me out new tires, and they would pay for the shipping back, and most likely pay for the mounting and balancing. So far its cost me $105 to get them mounted, 65 at firestone, and 40 at tire warehouse. He also said that i could change the tires if i want, and i think im going to go with Falken Azenies (i think its rt115, or something like that). The manager will call me tommorow with the details.
My question is, what could have caused this, at first i worried that maybe they were improperly balanced in the first place, but everyone says theyres no way that you can ruin tires in under 50 miles, they are built to take abuse. Do you think theyre was a defect from when i got them? I remember when i brought it back to firestone he said that they were hopping and he put the bad one’s in the rear. I just dont want to get my new tires and have the same thing happen again. Once again, they are Rota Subzero’s 17X7.5 (new), and they dont have hubcentric rings because i was told time and time again that they dont need them.
BTW, i registered for this forum, and i can log in but cant see any forums, thats why i am still posting under Dans Name.
Thanks for looking, any comment will be helpful.