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clumsy_smurf
03-21-2011, 07:19 AM
sup guys, i have some nitto neo gens on my del sol and i rotated the tires but now theres a lot of road noise and around 70mph my steering wheel shakes like a mother. whys this?
ek forever
03-21-2011, 08:13 AM
Bad wheel balancing?

Are all of your lug nuts tightened down?

Double check your lug nuts. I'll bet that's what it is.
Sneezin
03-21-2011, 12:46 PM
probably wanna get a balance.
clumsy_smurf
03-21-2011, 02:52 PM
the lugs are as tight as i could get them without the studs snapping lol. and ill try a balance soon. thats what all my friends are saying. they also said for the backs, u dont really need them balanced so that could be the issue
Sneezin
03-21-2011, 03:07 PM
every wheel needs to be balanced. every tire has a light spot and a heavy spot, the lightest spot of the tire is usually marked with either a yellow or red dot (when the tire is new). some ppl dont worry with the back bc you cant tell as much as you can with the front, bc you can feel the front threw the steering wheel....
Humphrizzle
03-21-2011, 03:16 PM
agree with above. balance tires.
DynamicSound
03-21-2011, 05:22 PM
Same here...balance. Ran about 4 sets of Neo Gens with no road noise.
BlackDubs
03-21-2011, 08:16 PM
Maybe the tires are cupping. Does it look like this on the inside? Usually this will cause the road noise.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/zimmy330/BMW/tires.jpg
clumsy_smurf
03-22-2011, 08:35 AM
no my tires are about 5000 miles old, they dont have that wavy thread to them...yet lol. but ill get them balanced and see what happens. thanks guys
little4dr
05-13-2011, 07:22 AM
you need to balance your tires cause my 92 civic sedan did the same thing until I balanced my tires. then it stops.
southside
05-13-2011, 07:47 AM
You need to balance all the tires!Dont let them feed you the bs and say you dont need it.Considering if you put the rims and tires on a balancer if they are off more than .25-.50 they need to be balanced and will cause road noise.Probly wont cause vibrations because yes its in the rear and has nothing to do with steering components.But if the tires havent been balanced then you need to get them balanced mines had alot of road noise also.Found out the dumb AMIGO from tiremax left old weights when he balanced them.So I had to get them rebalanced and it went away.
Doppelgänger
05-13-2011, 10:17 AM
I've run several sets of NeoGens with no problems...not even that cupping BS. How'd you get them to do that?
southside
05-13-2011, 03:16 PM
I've run several sets of NeoGens with no problems...not even that cupping BS. How'd you get them to do that?Being low with bad struts mines start doing that before I got replaced my struts.