Post your 2014+ wheel/tire set-up

WendysOrBust · September 22, 2015

Just about perfect, thanks for snapping those pics! I might be buying some 18's soon after seeing this!

Where did you get the package?

I actually got them at 4 Wheel Parts. I usually order all my stuff through Discount Tire Direct but they had a sale on the Ko2's for $235 compared to Discounts $288 ea. I was originally going to go with the Toyo At2 but the Ko2's were ~$20 cheaper per tire and from what I had read were a better snow/winter tire. Since I plan on making a few trips to Denver this year that was a deciding factor. The NV's were the same price from both places at $236, the Black Pro Comp lug nuts were $40 and an "all-inclusive" warranty was thrown in for $90.

Edit: Just a quick update. I had a chance to drive on the highway today and had terrible vibrations starting from around 60mph. I already made an appointment to drop off the truck at 7am on Thursday, hopefully they can get it taken care of but at this point I'm sure its a driveline vibration since the tech yesterday said the wheels and tires didn't require much weight. Really, really hope the dealer won't make a fuss about the Bilsteins but if that's the case I would be willing to revert back to the black shocks to get them to address it. lkjfdljkaljkfljkdfjafdajdfjklfdasjkladjlkadfjkladf

Edited September 22, 2015 by WendysOrBust

Dropsix · September 22, 2015

I actually got them at 4 Wheel Parts. I usually order all my stuff through Discount Tire Direct but they had a sale on the Ko2's for $235 compared to Discounts $288 ea. I was originally going to go with the Toyo At2 but the Ko2's were ~$20 cheaper per tire and from what I had read were a better snow/winter tire. Since I plan on making a few trips to Denver this year that was a deciding factor. The NV's were the same price from both places at $236, the Black Pro Comp lug nuts were $40 and an "all-inclusive" warranty was thrown in for $90.

Edit: Just a quick update. I had a chance to drive on the highway today and had terrible vibrations starting from around 60mph. I already made an appointment to drop off the truck at 7am on Thursday, hopefully they can get it taken care of but at this point I'm sure its a driveline vibration since the tech yesterday said the wheels and tires didn't require much weight. Really, really hope the dealer won't make a fuss about the Bilsteins but if that's the case I would be willing to revert back to the black shocks to get them to address it. lkjfdljkaljkfljkdfjafdajdfjklfdasjkladjlkadfjkladf

I feel your pain. Except in my case I have had different wheels on the truck and experienced no vibrations.

My appointment is at 8am to have the wheels balanced. I'm even paying for it myself instead of taking it back to the same place that previously mounted the KO2's. Tomorrow's place is known around here for being good at this.

I just hope they don't tell me that my rims are screwed (GM will never replace them now that they're powdercoated) or that one or more of the tires are out of spec.

WendysOrBust · September 22, 2015

I feel your pain. Except in my case I have had different wheels on the truck and experienced no vibrations.

My appointment is at 8am to have the wheels balanced. I'm even paying for it myself instead of taking it back to the same place that previously mounted the KO2's. Tomorrow's place is known around here for being good at this.

I just hope they don't tell me that my rims are screwed (GM will never replace them now that they're powdercoated) or that one or more of the tires are out of spec.

Yea, the driveline on these trucks seems to be ubber-sensitive which I think derives from a rear end or driveshaft issue. I even went out of my way and paid way more than I should of to have the new set mounted and balanced at the dealer since I didn't want to have issues from "bad-balancing" I drove it quite a while yesterday but didn't get a chance to do a highway drive but the tech did tell me it drove great. So now I have to go back and have them re-check them and did ask them to specifically check the driveline.

I just now they are going to come back at me with, "well the vibrations are really being caused at by those aftermarket HEAVY DUTY shocks you have on there" Right..... my old 2500 Ram with a 3" Carli kit on the same 5100's at least drove smooth down the highway.

Anyways, there is already a 350+ page thread on that issue. Just wanted to give an update.

Edited September 22, 2015 by WendysOrBust

hotrodz37 · September 22, 2015

Yea, the driveline on these trucks seems to be ubber-sensitive which I think derives from a rear end or driveshaft issue. I even went out of my way and paid way more than I should of to have the new set mounted and balanced at the dealer since I didn't want to have issues from "bad-balancing" I drove it quite a while yesterday but didn't get a chance to do a highway drive but the tech did tell me it drove great. So now I have to go back and have them re-check them and did ask them to specifically check the driveline.

I just now they are going to come back at me with, "well the vibrations are really being caused at by those aftermarket HEAVY DUTY shocks you have on there" Right..... my old 2500 Ram with a 3" Carli kit on the same 5100's at least drove smooth down the highway.

Anyways, there is already a 350+ page thread on that issue. Just wanted to give an update.

Did your truck have vibes before you put the new wheels and tires on? I know I'm stating the obvious but my guess would be the wheels and tires, even if they balanced out, the RF #'s could be high causing the issue.

WendysOrBust · September 22, 2015

Did your truck have vibes before you put the new wheels and tires on? I know I'm stating the obvious but my guess would be the wheels and tires, even if they balanced out, the RF #'s could be high causing the issue.

Yes, the truck has always had a slight vibration. Its on and off but slight. Two week ago I went in for a oil change and tire rotation and after that there was an increase in the cabin vibrations. At this point the Goodyears are 3/4's worn with 40k miles on them so I figure that its due to wear or whatnot and hope a new set will clear it up. New set comes in, go to dealer yesterday and drive with HEAVY vibrations on the way out. Now I'm here.

:/

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hotrodz37 · September 23, 2015

Yes, the truck has always had a slight vibration. Its on and off but slight. Two week ago I went in for a oil change and tire rotation and after that there was an increase in the cabin vibrations. At this point the Goodyears are 3/4's worn with 40k miles on them so I figure that its due to wear or whatnot and hope a new set will clear it up. New set comes in, go to dealer yesterday and drive with HEAVY vibrations on the way out. Now I'm here.

:/

I was just thinking. There are retainer clips on the rear hubs (I'm blanking the actual name right now) that the stock wheels have a cutout for but aftermarket wheels don't. If they didn't pull these retainer clips off your rear wheels will not be mounting flush which would cause the vibration. Might be something to check. Number 2 on the following diagram.

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RobZ71LM7 · September 23, 2015

Yea, the driveline on these trucks seems to be ubber-sensitive which I think derives from a rear end or driveshaft issue. I even went out of my way and paid way more than I should of to have the new set mounted and balanced at the dealer since I didn't want to have issues from "bad-balancing" I drove it quite a while yesterday but didn't get a chance to do a highway drive but the tech did tell me it drove great. So now I have to go back and have them re-check them and did ask them to specifically check the driveline.

I just now they are going to come back at me with, "well the vibrations are really being caused at by those aftermarket HEAVY DUTY shocks you have on there" Right..... my old 2500 Ram with a 3" Carli kit on the same 5100's at least drove smooth down the highway.

Anyways, there is already a 350+ page thread on that issue. Just wanted to give an update.

When I had the bad wheel (on the rear) my truck started doing the center console shake that the trucks in the 350 page thread were doing. Any driveline and rear end vibration seems to be exciting the truck. I think there's something very borderline in terms of resonant frequencies and harmonics in these trucks that allows anything off spec int he rear or a situation the result of tolerance stacking to cause this vibration.

Dropsix · September 23, 2015

I'm at the shop now for my vibration in my new KO2's. Stay tuned!

Dropsix · September 23, 2015

Turns out, my rims are totally fine.

The problem is one rear tire was completely out of spec. The dealer I bought the tires from told me they were having a hard time balancing one of the tires on the "new machine" last week when I got them. Then they came out and said they put the tire on the old machine and all of a sudden it balanced. Obviously I was pretty weary of this but said whatever I have new tires.

I'm at a different shop right now and they managed to find me a new tire at a local warehouse and it's being rushed over here now. They're even going to send back the faulty tire for me.

Pretty sweet deal! I hope the truck is vibration free now.