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spearfish25 · 11-29-2010, 10:03 AM

I had 265F/285R Ventus V12s installed a couple weeks ago. I've noticed a slight shimmy in my steering wheel between about 60-80mph. I was chalking it up to the road surface but I just swapped to my winter tires and the shimmy is gone. I guess I'll get the tires rebalanced but I recall reading some threads about the Hankooks being lop-sided. Sigh...if rebalancing doesn't fix this, it's last cheapo tire I buy. If it wasn't for the shimmy, I'd give them pretty high marks so far.

*** Had them rebalanced at another installer and all four tires/wheels were 2 or more ounces off and the weights were in the completely wrong spots. Waiting a couple weeks for the weather to shape up here and then I'll see if that fixed the shimmy...but I can't see how it wouldn't. The first installer should be run out of the business.

11-29-2010, 10:03 AM	#115 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	I had 265F/285R Ventus V12s installed a couple weeks ago. I've noticed a slight shimmy in my steering wheel between about 60-80mph. I was chalking it up to the road surface but I just swapped to my winter tires and the shimmy is gone. I guess I'll get the tires rebalanced but I recall reading some threads about the Hankooks being lop-sided. Sigh...if rebalancing doesn't fix this, it's last cheapo tire I buy. If it wasn't for the shimmy, I'd give them pretty high marks so far. *** Had them rebalanced at another installer and all four tires/wheels were 2 or more ounces off and the weights were in the completely wrong spots. Waiting a couple weeks for the weather to shape up here and then I'll see if that fixed the shimmy...but I can't see how it wouldn't. The first installer should be run out of the business. __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z Last edited by spearfish25; 02-24-2011 at 08:28 AM.