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Hey guys, I recently upgraded to 20s from stock 18s and noticed my steering wheel vibrates while driving, especially when the car is cold. -Ordered the wheels and tires from

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Old 06-27-2013, 12:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hey guys, I recently upgraded to 20s from stock 18s and noticed my steering wheel vibrates while driving, especially when the car is cold.

-Ordered the wheels and tires from Discount Tire Co. With factory specs
-There are no signs of misalignment (tires are wearing evenly)
-Took it back to the tire shop and they rebalanced the tires and said they were fine to begin with

I am overly confused what could be the issue.

I am running Hankook Evo v12. Could it be the tires?

Any inputs?
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did you install hub centric ring?
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At first they didn't, they installed it when I took it back. It made no difference at all
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Hey guys, I recently upgraded to 20s from stock 18s and noticed my steering wheel vibrates while driving, especially when the car is cold.

-Ordered the wheels and tires from Discount Tire Co. With factory specs
-There are no signs of misalignment (tires are wearing evenly)
-Took it back to the tire shop and they rebalanced the tires and said they were fine to begin with

I am overly confused what could be the issue.

I am running Hankook Evo v12. Could it be the tires?

Any inputs?


Im confused. how did you move up 2 inches in rim diameter but stay with factory specs?
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Im confused. how did you move up 2 inches in rim diameter but stay with factory specs?
+2 rim with tire swap is my guess.
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Either one or both front tires is out of balance, or the discount people sold you a rim that is not round.
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Get it aligned!
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the wheel or tire is not true probably.
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This could be the root of your problem. I know these reviews are biased but.......... ttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/discount-tire.html
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This could be the root of your problem. I know these reviews are biased but.......... ttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/discount-tire.html
lol'ed at $60 tires and getting pissed at $71 tires.
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lol'ed at $60 tires and getting pissed at $71 tires.
I like the one titled 4th Visit Same Problem, where at the end the guy complains he lost 7 days and $160. According to the math he makes $3-4/hr
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lol! that sounds like my legal minimum wage back in highschool.
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tires are balanced in Grams or Ounces. When I worked at Discount tire, their form of "balanced" was as long as it was .75 ounces/20grams or below on each side it was good. Plus they did not care of static balance. I don't know if they still go by those rules but even with my 18's, I can tell when my tires go unbalanced when its more then .5ounces. Though I am running 255/45 and 275/40's.
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ive had my nismos and WEDS tires mounted and balanced there. no issue on mine.

heck, they were friendly and really cared about not marking up my wheels so i give discount tires a
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