Blackmarket

I just put on new 18"s. I am having some serious steering vibration between 55-65. Below and above that its fine. I have searched the forums and found several answers. The rims i got are Manaray VR-5s. What should i check first,---

If they have centering rings?
If car is balanced?
If car is aligned?
What else?

kuruption213

This is the EXACT same problem I'm having. If you have a 98~99, then you may want to try getting your pretensioner tightened. I have not tried this yet because the lexus dealer claims it is not a TSB.

angelslex

problem solved
I took my car to westbury Toyota where my boy works and it took us like 2 hour to fix the problem but we finally got it they got that hunter machine there not your typical balancing machine the machine tell you how mach the tire with the rim, it tells you if the tire is bad or a rim is bend ect...if anybody in long island wants to get this fix let me know

Blackmarket

wat u guys think?

BkLexZ

Try checking rim to see if it is bent, then Hunter machine, balance and align all rims then if that does not work tighten the steering pretensioner. I had exact same problem with my stock 17" I tried to balance and align but that did not help not with Hunter though. I got 16" stock rims and now its gone. Vibration was driving me crazy so I got rid of the 17" rims. Tell me what happens Im thinking of trying another set of chrome 17" with new tires.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

First off, with lower profile tires you get flat spots when the car is left for even just a few hours. It may take as much as 10 miles driving before the flat spots are evened out. No balancing can fix this.

1) Centering rings are critical to a good balance if your rims aren't hub-centric.
2) Good balancing is the key, best is on car balance, if not, get hunter 9700 machine.
3) Alignment is important too.
4) Finally, correct inflation is important too.

I've heard some say the steering pre-tensioner could be a factor on 98-99 GS's (they apparently changed the steering from 2000 on), but I believe the above 4 factors are likely to be bigger.

kuruption213

**UPDATE**
I took my car to lexus and they performed some type of "special" balancing i think where they factor other variables into the balancing wheels like road force or something. Anyways it seems to work because the car drives with practically no vibration. They said i had some bents in my rims also. It has been 2 weeks now and the car drives great!!!!

LS4fun

You can get wheels balanced on the car?????

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

Absolutely. My local place does 130mph balancing!

LS4fun

How can i find a place near me that does this type of balancing?

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

I don't know - yellow pages? Maybe call a Porsche dealer and ask where a high end wheel/balancing shop is in town.

kuruption213

also check your lexus dealer because they did mine.

jbbnet

it's called on car balancing. The best you can get. I paid $175 out here in Mass.

I didn't know they go up to 130mph. dam!

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

I doubt they'll offer on car balancing, but that should be necessary with the factory wheels at least and Lexus dealers do have good equipment technique for most balancing needs.

kuruption213

the process at lexus cost me $100...