ViPeRs103

I just got the wheels balanced at Lexus for $40.00 which isnt bad if you ask me! The problem of the front wheel shakes very little around 70-75mph.. My gut feeling is that since I took a look at my control arms and the bushings are torn pretty bad.. can this cause the front wheels to shimmy a little?

RXGS

iTrader: (2)

That could be it, but bad tires, sticking calipers, struts, or even the power steering rack could be causing a vibration.

mitmaks

ball joints, tie rod engs, lca bushings just to name a few.

ViPeRs103

I do apologize I wanted to clearly state that most of the components are NEW!!! New BF GOODRICH Advantage T/A tires, sway bar bushings, wheel bearings, ball joints, tie rods, KYB struts, coil springs (they were all badly rusted), sway bar links, and now the the OEM control arms are going to be installed soon hopefully the shakiness goes away after this project of installing them is complete!

My ES300 if you folks were wondering!!

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ViPeRs103

Here is a better quality image same parking garage!!

RXGS

iTrader: (2)

Wow very nice, car looks great. I would look into the control arms and if its not that, it could even be a bent rim (hard to bend one of those 16s though). I used to have lifetime tire balances at a place called Dunn Tire, and no matter what they did my car would shake. I ended up bring it to a Mr. Tire and the shaking went away, so it could even be the balancer

ViPeRs103

Thanks gray_es300 I sure do hope its the control arms as they are torn pretty bad I can see daylight on the other side of the bushing!!

RXGS

iTrader: (2)

Ahh, then definitely those. I still have my originals at 230k, and are fine (knock on wood) I doubt I will ever replace them as i think this will be my last few days/weeks with the car.

mitmaks

What about brake rotors?

ViPeRs103

That will not shake the wheel unless the brake pedal is depressed.