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75mph vibration,who solved it?

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Old Jul 22, 2021 | 05:42 PM
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75mph vibration,who solved it?

iv put new tires and like new oem wheels and its still there,i can only feel it in my seat,will take the car to a shop aug 4th to fix this,ill update if i fixed the problem.
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Old Jul 22, 2021 | 07:20 PM
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Typically it is a tire or wheel balance issue. The wheel may be slightly out of round. Are you running spacers or aftermarket wheels? Does it happen over flat roads only or on an angle? Have you measured your wheels for trueness?
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just seen this ad on facebook and asked the guy he has same car and same mileage so ill try this


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this did solve my problem,very happy,key is in matching high and low spots on tire and wheel so called road force matching,
i doubt they could do this at discount tire with their giggling teenagers

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Yes, as stated earlier, that is typically a wheel/tire balance issue. Glad you got it fixed.
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had this nagging issue on vibration for a number of years.
the road force balancing did fix my issue as well. my local AAA autoshop has this machine. cost me $200.
i just replaced all 4 of my tires a few months ago and made sure that wheel alignment was done and the road force balancing was done on the new tires. now it floats like a feather.
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$200+ for a balance???
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Old Feb 14, 2022 | 03:09 PM
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if i remember correctly it was around $200. not sure if that included mounting of the tires. road force balancing is not cheap.
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