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Will my non hub centric wheels cause vibration?

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Just had tires rebalanced, chasing down a vibration at 45 mph. Tire rebalancing didn't seem to help. It goes away at like 48mph but its annoying. The tires are new goodyears

 

 

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Yes, that is very possible.


You need to get centric rings not only because they help with vibrations but because they will save your lug studs. You are trusting that the wheel be centered on just the lug nuts alone and that puts a ton of extra pressure on them. It can weaken them and cause them to snap.

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I don’t have them on my truck and don’t have any issues. When I got my wheel and tire combo I also had a vibration I couldn’t figure out. I had the tires rebalanced several times with no luck. I finally had them road balanced and one tire needed rotated 180 degrees and that fixed the issue. No more vibration.


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i would hope discount tire road balances, but I honestly dont know. Just sucks to spend 1500 bucks and have a vibration. i ordered some rings so Ill go from there

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I had to call around and ask if they road balance. A lot of places don’t. Apparently the machine is pretty pricy. If you don’t ask for it they just use a regular balancer. To road balance my tires, it was over $100.


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Some discount tire locations do road force balancing and some don't.  You just have to ask.  Hub centric rings will NOT fix your vibration.  As long as the wheels have the right bolt pattern and the center hole fits over the hub extension, your problem is in the tires or a bent or out of round wheel.  If you watch them spin the wheel tire combo on the balance, you can watch the edge of the wheel and the dogs of the tire and see if they are running true.

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Yes, I had a 2003 Cadillac CTS went from a 17 to 20 in rim and the front end would vibrate between 40-55 mph. Had to buy some hub rings to compensate for the difference. It helped. You'll have to get the hub and rim measurement to get the correct rings here is a link:   https://us.hubcentric-rings.com/?src=intpopup

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