Vredestein Ultrac SUV Sessanta on 20's - Page 8

detailersdomain · #1 01-10-2010, 11:30 PM

got some good info everyone..

We will start carrying Vredestein Tires in 2010

JPuma · #2 01-13-2010, 10:10 PM

Hey everyone,

I just found this post and I am in shock, lol. I have these tires and when I drive on the highway I get a terrible vibration in the wheels and its very noisey. after reading this I am kinda in shock cause ive been driving all around like this including the highway.

I have them one chrome aftermarket 20" 85's if I remember that correctly. Any idea why I have this noise after reading how smooth they are, lol

detailersdomain · #3 01-14-2010, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JPuma

Hey everyone,

I just found this post and I am in shock, lol. I have these tires and when I drive on the highway I get a terrible vibration in the wheels and its very noisey. after reading this I am kinda in shock cause ive been driving all around like this including the highway.

I have them one chrome aftermarket 20" 85's if I remember that correctly. Any idea why I have this noise after reading how smooth they are, lol

I'm going to stick my head out and say that the wheels are bent or not properly mounted and balanced, I had plenty of them on various wheel sets ups from 18's to 19's and no issues at all.

I can say there are some guys that are bringing them in gray market and not directly from Vredestein NA so who knows if its a different/old stock.

I would have them checked for bends or get them balanced again.

x6x5 · #4 01-14-2010, 08:17 AM

I would think if there is a bad vibration then something is wrong, not because of the brand of tires.
What should be the correct pressure for these tires in 20" , anyone?

JPuma · #5 01-14-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by phil@detailersdomain

I'm going to stick my head out and say that the wheels are bent or not properly mounted and balanced, I had plenty of them on various wheel sets ups from 18's to 19's and no issues at all.

I can say there are some guys that are bringing them in gray market and not directly from Vredestein NA so who knows if its a different/old stock.

I would have them checked for bends or get them balanced again.

Thanks Phil, I am going to tire shop today to have it checked out. The funny thing is when I am driving on the highway and during turns to the right, the noise goes away, when I straighten up, it returns. I thought it was due to me turning the wheel to the right and aligning with the patter in the wheels. It made sense, but still dosent make sense in light of this post.

I will see with tire shop says. Wish me luck!

JPuma · #6 01-15-2010, 01:41 AM

So I went to the shop and they checked balancing. They said balance is fine. I wanted them to check alighnment and they said no need if the wheel isnt pulling. I mentioned to check camber and they brushed it off. I've had these tires on for maybe 1000+ miles. The fronts are starting to wear especially where the sidewall meets the treads, its starting to get more edgy opposed to being round. the backs are still nice and rounded.

this vibration is very deep sounding, not like a grinding sound, but a low freq rumble, it resonates through the whole dash. I do have suspension issues which I will have fixed. In the past I changed the sway rod and upper control arms. now I am starting to hear a clunking sound in the front when I hit bumps at low speed or the road is bumpy and uneven I hear the clunking. I also get steering wheel wobble when breaking. So I am going to change the lowers and bushings and see if it helps.

I am puzzled to know what is happening when I turn the wheel to right durning highway driving and the noise goes away. Even on streets, if I am crusing and I make slight turns to the right its stops but I have to correct quick so I dont crash into parked cars, lol

should I try to get an alighnment? could the bushings cause this type of noise?

another note I wanted to add is I recently drove over 600 miles on the highway. The noise seems to have decreased a little, probably due to tire wear from the trip. After my first trip which was over 300 miles, when I got to where I was going, settled in and relaxed, my foot was vibrating from the drive still, lol.....on the way back the next day, I dont recall my foot vibrating when I got home. just thought that was funny.

Anyway, im gonna fix whatever is going on with the suspension and even need to change my breaks, so we'll see whats up after that. I should also add that last time I changed breaks I changed roters to some brembros plain rotors that had holes drilled in them by a shop and sold on ebay. could it be the holes vibrating aganst the pads? I have axxis pad and the front are barley worn down after 3 years, but the backs are now throwing a break light since they are much thinner from the front.

Just trying to cover all grounds here.

detailersdomain · #7 01-31-2010, 04:22 PM

any interests in a group buy on these?

lmk.

DoubleA · #8 11-24-2011, 11:07 PM

I found a great deal for a 10 pieces drive train parts which include the following: tie rods, sway bar link, control arm, upper ball joint and thrush arm, I also ordered a set of link for the rear (30$). The local shop was asking 1400$ for parts and labor, so I figure that saved money could be used wisely somewhere else, anyway I bought the kit online it come with a 3 years warranty for 290$. I ordered over the week-end and got the box yesterday. I will do the install myself tomorrow and bring the X for an alignement the next day. The part look to be of a very good quality.

AutoTrust Silver Front Control Arm OE replacement

SF2000x5 · #9 12-19-2011, 02:14 PM

JPuma, I would inspect the inner tie rods as well as the bushings and ball joints.

DoubleA · #10 12-20-2011, 01:50 PM

Sorry to have taken so long to report the progress, but I've been pretty busy lately.

3 weeks ago I decided to bite the bullet, it was about 10 celcius outside, I first managed to squeezed the front of the truck in the garage, leaving the garage door opened all that time, I have a build car that is on jack stands so space was limited.

The goal was to replaced the 10 parts included in the drive train. It took me a good deal of time since it was my first big job on the X. I spent about 10 hours to replaced 8 out of the 10 pieces kit, man it was a Pita, rusted bolts, stuck ball joint but also the lack of finding the proper puller, missing tools, time spend to go back an forth to local store but also the learning curve so to speak.

I spend a good deal of time trying to get the frigging outer tie-rod out of there, I heated the bolts 3 times extensively with the torch, used some heavy duty stuff to penetrate the rust and even using a 4 feet pry bar to extend the wrench, the nuts didn't moved a tinny bit, the tie-rod ended up torned, grrrr. I had to say that at this point I was getting mad, but as usual it never last more than the time to realize it doesn't serve any purpose, perhaps beside letting the pressure out. Lol

The driver side took much longer, mostly because of the time spent on the tie-rod and the stuck ball joint. When I did the passenger side, I skipped the tie-rod, so it only took me about 4 hours to completed the job.

All in all, i'm very satisfied of the job, I also learned a good deal and saved a bundle. The same day I re-ordered a kit including inner & outer tie rods, that where installed 4 days later by a local shop who also did the rear link & truck alignment. If anyone have questions please feel free to ask and I will be more than happy to help.

Now I'd like to know what do you guys think about the Bilstein shock for the X5 ? I have the feeling that it is time to replace the 2004 shock. I have done some extensive search and it seem that we have a couple of option, so please correct me if I'm wrong. I found the GR2, Munroe, Bilstein, OEM, SACH which seem like OEM, or 2 coil-over option. Looking at these options, it look like the Bilstein might be a good option as I was told is an improvement over the stock shock.

The X5 has the air in the rear but standard shock in front. Coil over seem way over kill, as much as I like the X, I would rather add the 3G to a deposit on a more recent X5 but still I like to have a decent suspension. I want to keep the truck for another year and then move on to either an 2010 X5-M or the X5 with the 4.8 or 5l depending on what I can find on the market and the available fund at that time.

On a side note, I have a set of 2 brand new Movetech outer tie rod that I'm selling for 50$ + shipping or BO. That's about it for now.