kapdori

I just bought lowenhart ls1 wheels from MIRICE14. The wheels look great and also had l tuned shocks and eibach springs installed today. Overall, car looks great and feels great but I have issue with noise and little vibration. On my previous GS300, I had l tuned setup with 18's and I didn't have this much noise.
For some reason I have way to much noise from front tires, I am going to take it back to dealer tomorrow to see if they could fix it but I wanted to ask you experts for advise.
My question is does removal of rotors or brake calipers required for springs and shock installation? because my front brake feels like its fading after installation and also it kinda feels like the pads are touching the rotors when driving, you know like wheels are dragging something.

Also I have to replace the rear tires and wanted to know which would be quietest tire. Currently I have bridgestone so3s, front 235-35-18 and rear 275-40-18s.

Dealer also recommend me to get centric hub for my wheels to balance the wheels better. Any ideas where I could get them?

Thanks for your help.

bscottj

You can do some research on tirerack.com There I found that for my 18" wheels, the quietest tire available was the Yokohama AVS dB S2 tire. I'm running these on front and back, and they are quiet. Good luck!

kapdori

I found hub centric rings at discount tire. I guess I will try to get those tomorrow.
I still need help with noise issue. Please help.
thank you

Neo

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Removal of rotors and calipers are not necessary for a s/s install. I'm not sure why you are having the fade problem. Definitely check with the dealer.

The tire sizes you mention are strange. I hope you meant 235/40 and 275/35. What widths are your rims? Although your current sizes work (and I have contemplated running mine that way too), 235/265 and 245/275 are better matches for diameters.

ILOVEGIRLS

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how much are hub centric rings?

kapdori

Neo,
yeah you are right.
My tire size is 235-40-18s and 275-35-18s.
It was late last night and I mistyped it.
Anyways, I hope dealer can fix the problem. Otherwise, the wheels are beautiful. I will try to post some picture tonight.

kapdori

Just bought hub centric rings from discount tire and it seems to help on the balancing the wheels. I also ordered yokohama avs db2's from tire rack for rear. I hope this will help with noise. I will post results next week.
by the way rings are about 30 bucks from discount tire.

VSsc400

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you can buy the metal rings for about $10/per
the plastics can be had for about $5 for 4