Troubleshooting help........ possible car problem....... vibration.......

[adub]

Originally Posted by redman

PQ.... those wheels have a lot of hoop with not much in the middle to keep em' stiff. Could be a design flaw you are fighting?

Hoops are much stronger than you think.....

[PQ]

Originally Posted by adub

Hoops are much stronger than you think.....

I would imagine espec. with a tire mounted and on a car.

And also, if the road were to bend one it would more than likely dent it instead of it being evenly oval the way these have been.

[Nine Ball]

Randy, I've met your wife. She is thin. How heavy is your girlfriend, 300 lbs? That *might* bend a wheel or two.

hehe.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

Randy, I've met your wife. She is thin. How heavy is your girlfriend, 300 lbs? That *might* bend a wheel or two.

hehe.

That and the 4x4 grear box I installed for rock climbing.

[Scott@Bjorn3D]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Litterally spit coffe... down my chin and on my desk...

I was with Randy when he did that. He said lets test these bad boy wheels out. Funny how he did not put the tires on the car before we did it.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by Scott@Bjorn3D

I was with Randy when he did that. He said lets test these bad boy wheels out. Funny how he did not put the tires on the car before we did it.

I liked the sound of the crunch.

[666jdm]

Originally Posted by PQ

Talked to Blair at Pfadt and got some good advice as far as things to look at and I'm gonna make a checklist of tests and items to look at to eliminate one at a time.

Posting here will give me a chance to possibly find someone with a similar experience and maybe help me pinpoint a problem. Because there IS a problem.

My car is vibrating still. I have no choice but to assume it's not the wheels or tires. Savini has had them twice and gives them the green light. The wheel movement seen on my video is a normal movement and tribone put them on his car and didn't feel any shaking.

From 0-50 there is really no problem. Used to be a steering wheel vibration at these speeds but it's gone since they were back at Savini.

However, I get a very small vibration when accelerating hard from 0-50 mph. But when just cruising, or eccelerating softly, it's smooth with no noticeable vibration 0-50.

Once I go passed 50, the vibration gets strong when accelerating hard, and noticeable when just cruising.

From 70 to 90 mph, the vibration is easily at it's strongest when eccelerating hard and MUCH more pronounced. Also from 70 to 90 even just cruising the vibration is easily noticeable.

Vibration is NOT changed at all by braking.

So again, assuming they are not the wheels or tires, what could it be? This has been driving me crazy.

One more thing to consider. There was no vibration with my stock wheels, so I'm looking for a problem that could be not noticeable on my stock wheels that is exaserbated by my Savinis. And I have now driven a Camaro with 22 inch wheels OUTSIDE of my own. No such vibration. So it's NOT the lower profile tires I'm feeling as far as the road bumps and surface. This is a vibration that changes more the faster I go and harder I eccelerate. This is a vibration that can be felt from the passenger seat. Easily noticeable by the passenger, but the passenger may not even notice it if he or she wasn't told about it. No way could a driver not notice.

Any ideas???

Nevermind. It's the wheels.

Left Front Wheel




Right Rear Wheel

I am a newbie and doing my research which wheels to get and I came up on this and few threads because I was considering picking up SAVINI

this looks like the same clip you showed in Feb.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67825

Do you have a new clip of the wheels balancing?

[PQ]

Originally Posted by 666jdm

I am a newbie and doing my research which wheels to get and I came up on this and few threads because I was considering picking up SAVINI

this looks like the same clip you showed in Feb.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67825

Do you have a new clip of the wheels balancing?

You mean April 22nd. in this post.

And no, it's a different clip. The new one IS the wheels on a balancer. Doing the exact same thing.

But, Savini is taking care of me.

[JusticePete]

Originally Posted by PQ

But, Savini is taking care of me.

Congratulations!!!!

[Camaro427]

Glad to see they are finally assisting. What a journey!

[PQ]

Bump for easy reference.