Vibrations with the F14s.......

mlai · 07-22-2011, 02:28 AM

Some of you may remember that I complained about vibrations at speeds >100km/h after I fitted the F14s, and no amount of balancing and pressue adjustments can get rid of the vibration. I am happy to say it is now fixed!

This is all due to the stupid tyre shop that sold me the wheels. The Forgestar requires a hub ring to be fitted, otherwise the bolts end up taking up the weight of the car. Since the bolts are not designed to take vertical vehicle weight, this will cause vibrations.

The idiots fitted hub rings today for me on the car and I took a drive to the airport. No vibration whatsoever. I tested briefly at speeds up to 150km/h and steady as a rock.

My expense is that I may have gotten a ticket

So for all of us with aftermarket wheels, especially ones that are made to fit multiple different brand of cars, check if they fitted a hub ring when the shop mount your wheels!

The funniest thing is that even Forgestar sell hub rings for their F14s on the website. The A shop should have known.........

dyip99 · 07-22-2011, 05:08 AM

mlai,

Should be included with the wheels.

my 4 rings came in one of the wheel box but one was bended abit and needs fixing.

mlai · 07-22-2011, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dyip99

mlai,

Should be included with the wheels.

my 4 rings came in one of the wheel box but one was bended abit and needs fixing.

That's why I blame it on the wheel shop

bobblehead · 07-22-2011, 05:44 AM

Any reputable tire/wheel shop would have known the aftermarket wheels may require hub ring. Because the wheel manufacturer makes the wheel to fit a variety of models & cars

Glad to hear it's all fixed.

koby · 07-22-2011, 07:24 AM

Bunch of morons. This is wheel mod 101 that the shop should have known. For the time that you were driving w/o the hub ring it was down right unsafe. You should give them shite for a stunt like that.

RC3 · 07-22-2011, 09:55 AM

That is a shock to me, mlai bro.

I thought you knew the Forgestar needs hub rings. Mine from the same A shop have all 4 of them. But one time when they fix my rim rash they forgot to put it back. (left inside the cabin) But I was on the way to do the springs at that time so I asked the springs shop to put it back for me.

Let me bust them for you next time. That's totally inexcusable.

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dyip99 Private First Class 7 Rep 192 Posts Drives: BMW F82 M4 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hong Kong iTrader: (0)	mlai, Should be included with the wheels. my 4 rings came in one of the wheel box but one was bended abit and needs fixing.
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bobblehead Brigadier General 256 Rep 4,721 Posts Drives: warp speed Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto, On iTrader: (0)	Any reputable tire/wheel shop would have known the aftermarket wheels may require hub ring. Because the wheel manufacturer makes the wheel to fit a variety of models & cars Glad to hear it's all fixed.
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koby Private First Class 7 Rep 152 Posts Drives: E30/C9RS5/993/C8RS6/S2K Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: BC iTrader: (0)	Bunch of morons. This is wheel mod 101 that the shop should have known. For the time that you were driving w/o the hub ring it was down right unsafe. You should give them shite for a stunt like that.
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RC3 Colonel 81 Rep 2,791 Posts Drives: F10 528i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hong Kong iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 F10 528i [10.00]	That is a shock to me, mlai bro. I thought you knew the Forgestar needs hub rings. Mine from the same A shop have all 4 of them. But one time when they fix my rim rash they forgot to put it back. (left inside the cabin) But I was on the way to do the springs at that time so I asked the springs shop to put it back for me. Let me bust them for you next time. That's totally inexcusable. __________________ 2011 F10 528i Black Sapphire / Oyster Black 2000 E46 325ci Cabrio Titanium Silver / Black - retired 1997 E36/7 Z3 Montreal Blue / Black - retired
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