View Single Post
      09-04-2008, 06:37 PM   #1
swamp2
Lieutenant General
swamp2's Avatar
United_States
609
Rep
10,407
Posts

Drives: E92 M3
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego, CA USA

iTrader: (3)

Steering vibration from wheel spacers

Ugh. Just after getting very stoked on the visual improvement from my wheel spacers I get a steering vibration problem. Details:
  • Used nice H&R hub centric spacers on OEM 19s, 10mm rear, 15mm front
  • Carefully cleaned hub mounting surfaces with scotchbrite pads
  • Used new lengthened lug bolts
  • Lug bolts properly torqued to 88 ft lb

Result: Annoying rotational steering wheel vibration. A bit intermittent (i.e. NOT persistent) but clearly more noticeable, i.e. larger amplitude and occurs more often on more road surfaces.

Anyone else notice this? Any tips or solutions? By the way my tires are not heavily worn and the rest of the suspension, chassis are 100% stock.
Appreciate 0