new spacers and studs; now sterring wheel vibrates

ChrisSlicks

The weights on my race wheels come off all the time. Damn sticky back material on those low profile weights starts to melt at high temperatures.

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kenchan

dang....

TypeOne

I had 3 different sets of spacers, all gave me vibration issues above 60mph.

I changed to my weds and it still shakes a little, even with perfectly balanced wheels and OE tires.

One thing I did notice with the spacers is that they are really sensitive to how you bolt them on, and how much your torque them to. I did my spacers in the proper cross pattern and torqued them (with the car in the air) to 110ft/lbs.

Once I did that, the vibration went away until about 80mph.

I have yet to get my car aligned though... >_<

kenchan

hummmm.... ive had spacers on several of my cars including my current G and Z (while using stock wheels). no virbration. these are built-in stud type. ive tried them all... H&R, Eibach, Kics, Ichiba. none had vibration issues. ichiba has craftsmanship issue but that's another story...

none of my stud replacement types had vibration either.

willskip

hi. i just installed a set of ichiba spacers V2 20mm rear and V1 15mm front and i now have a slight vibration at 70-75mph... the mechanic that installed them was a certified master mechanic and is also the GT-R mechanic from my dealer. any suggestions on what i should do?

Baer383

It is not uncommon for some people to have a small vibration ,I had H&R 15mm,20mm and had a vibration @80 took them off and it went away then I tried Z1 15mm on the front the vibration was @65-75mph but it is smaller so I just leave it be.

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willskip

im OC when it comes to my z....i just hate it how the steering wheel slightly vibrates at 70-80mph.

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thakswet

I just want to toss it out there that I finally googled "spacers and wheel vibration" and the most talked about solution is a wheel balance.
I think.

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cptspeed

Just for a quick check, take the front spacers off and remount the rims. If the vibration goes away, its not a balance issue. This is how I found out my spacers were causing my vibration.

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fuct

How can you do this without bottoming out the lug nut on the stud? without the spacer the studs are too long for the factory lugs. now open ended lugs would be fine, but not the closed ones.

ChrisSlicks

The factory lugs have 15mm of headroom. But I think in this case he is talking about the Forgestar wheels.

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fuct

good to know! thx

KingZee

Does anyone have/had vibration when hard braking from 65mph after installing spacers?

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Baer383

A vibration while braking is a brake rotor that is not true,more than likely it was caused by the lug nuts not being evenly tightened.

And to answer your question no I have not.

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xdeslitx

you getting vibration?? talk to lou cause I didnt have any