AMG BRED

my cousin took the C32 to Washington D.C... he is on his way there right now, he just called and told me he is getting alot of shaking over 65mph.. what could be the reason? i told him to do the basics, check the lug nuts, make sure the wheels are on good.. but is it something urgent that he may have to put the car on the lift he doesn't know **** about cars so he doesn't know what to even look for.

SP6NT

it could be your wheel allignment but I'd imagine that it would be shaking way before 70 mph if that was the problem.

Damn... sorry to hear this.

MB///HRV

bent rim & or missing wheel wight....

AMG BRED

that could be it right, nothing can go wrong with the suspension that would cause shaking.. it wasn't shaking before.. i have gone 100+ mph and no shaking.. it just started on his trip to DC

Harris

Agreed. Most likely. But it better be the latter, otherwise, start looking for HRE's number.

AMG BRED

ok talk to a friend with 540R wheels and he said it's the design of the wheels.. since it's reversed lip, water tends to collect in it (it's raining heavy in DC) and that throws off the balance on the wheel. I called the shop that installed the suspension and they confirmed it as well. Not much can be done but complain to HRE.

s4iscool

pretty crappy for such a $$$$ wheel.

You may check (if you have them) the spacers. Spacers not installed 100% properly will cause shaking and vibration. Check tire balance and last, alignment.

AMG BRED

i am not using any spacers.. tire balance and wheel allignment was all done when i changed out my suspension less then 3 months ago.

AMG BRED

when i called the shop about the situation.. he laughed and said "if i recall correctly you have 546Rs on your car... ironic how people pay 2000.00 for wheels don't have a single thing to complain about but those who pay 6000 for custom wheels have ****ty designs"

nubomb

I hit a pothole and ever since I have some vibrations around 60 mph. The rim is not bent nor the tire buldging. I haven't checked the wheel weight but I think my alignment is screwed. Funny thing is that when I get up to over70, my car is smooth as silk. You think that exuse will fly when I get pulled over

On another note, why are you letting your cousin drive your AMG, especially one that doesn't know jack about cars.

AMG BRED

he is my cousin.. i trust him with my cars.

GDawgC220

Same thing happens in our S500...there's a shaking around 65 but after 70, theres no more shaking!!! so strange.

I1 ULOOZ

sorry to here that amb bred. by the way I like what you have done with your sig, looks extra ordinary.

s4iscool

Thats pretty rediculous.

The rim could always be bent on the inside of the wheel, so unless you take the wheel off, you may never know. It also doesnt take much of a bend to throw off the balance of the wheel. Certain MPH will cause the resonance, while other speeds my improve or make it worse

steve s

that is always a sign of imbalance. usually not below 55 and not above 70.... shakes just in between there...

have ur rim checked for bends on a machine, not visually... a bent rim can't be balanced no matter how hard u try... and after hearing u say u hit a pothole, it's possible it may have damaged the rim.. the less costly thing would be some wheel weights had been jarred loose, that's an easy fix. any good hunter technician should be able to find out in a sec or two if ur rim is bent or not...

improper alignment will not cause shaking...just lousy tire wear...which can lead to weird tread patterns after continual use like that...then maybe the tire can develop some weird stuff...but then, it usually develops patterns that are parallel with the tire rotation...so it'd be hard to notice any shaking anyway...

moa4r

I saw your (cousin?) driving around tysons last night in your c32

your car looks really hot in real life

AMG BRED

thank you. now was he bahaving himself? how many people did he have in the car? how fast was he going?

moa4r

:p he was driving like a maniac now that you mention it


j/k, there were like two other people in the car i think, but it was hard to see cuz of the tints

AMG BRED

I knew it!! Time to do burn outs in his car

moa4r

in all honesty, he was driving totally normal, you've got nothing to worry about, I was only messing w/you :p :p, great car, though, I thought it was an e55 when I first saw it fom far away, then when I got closer, I realized it was your "AMG BRED" c32---

AMG BRED

Thank you.. yeah i know you were messing around.