20" Wheels = Shaky Steering??
 

My 2nd post on these 20" staggered wheels I apologize..I just got these intalled today with the toyo tires, and also these wheels are replica's not genuine from a company called AFS wheels with very good reputation from what I hear

Anyways I'm not sure if it's normal but during slow speeds the steering wheel becomes very noticeably shaky back and forth..not out of control but just ever so slightly left and right real fast..I checked the wheels and they don't seem to be out of round but it's hard to really say...for about 20-30 miles on the freeway at speeds of 5-20 mph it was shaky the whole way and then when i had some freedom it went away but came back slightly every once in awhile...any suggestions would greatly be appreciated..paid so much and now these issues arise =(

Do you follow all of the steps in the replica buyer's guide? - http://www.xoutpost.com/articles.php?...ticle&artid=93

make sure you get a good shop to balance those wheels. I had a pro shop with hunter alignment system to do the install, it took them 2 tries to get it right!
i got mine from truckaccessories and there is no shakes at all.

I got the wheels balanced and mounted at a discounttire store, i suppose i should call them up

yes. ask them to rebalance.

I think Discount Tire/America's Tire calls their machine the "Road Force" balancing. That basically balances the wheels & tires as if they are under load.

Hunter makes the primo alignment & balance machine, takes pics of each wheel, calculates all variables precisely via the 'puter. I'd recommend anyone getting an alignment find a shop with a Hunter machine.

JV

I don't think wheel balancing is rocket science. Have discount tire rebalance your wheels, if that doesn't work, have them to spin the rims without the tires on them. You can look and see if the wheel is out of round or bent. This is the type of situation that keeps me away from replica wheels.........Phil

Wheel is likely bent...
 

You had your wheels mounted and balanced by professionals, reputable ones at that. This happens all the time during transport of wheels, and they get bent somewhere in transit. It happened to one of my Breytons and I found a local place to repair it and worked out the bill will the seller. They repaired the wheel re-mounted and re-balanced and it was about 70.00. Chump change to the seller as the wheels approach 1000.00 each. I think that going through balancing again would be wasting some good driving time :tsk:

Did you install the hub centric rings? If they didnt come with your wheel, you'll need the 72.56 mm --> 74.1 mm for the x5. They come in aluminum or plastic.

For more details: http://www.1010tires.com/hubrings.asp