OK got my new wheels on.

THE PROBLEM : I have a slight vibration in the steering at about 55-60 mph.
SOLUTION : take it back to NTB and have them re-balance the front wheels.

THE PROBLEM : At higher than 25 mph speeds if i hit the bottem of a hill going really fast(enough to make the suspension follow thru) I hear a quick scrape or grinding noise. A friend told me that the right rear wheel has about 1-2 inchs less clearance than the left rear does, and the scrape does seem to come from that side.

WHAT COULD THIS BE, and HOW DO I SOLVE IT... all help appreciated.

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1" - 2" that's huge ... have it checked out by a knowledgable MB tech

Taking it in tomorrow after I have the tires re-balanced. Got the tires from you all at TireRack.com Continental Extreme Contacts. Good tires so far.

Where did you get your wheels from? Also what tires are you using?

i think he means that he got them from tirerack. car looks very nice. i would have gone at least one inch bigger...but thats just me.

Where did you get your wheels from? Also what tires are you using?

already answered

Took the car to MB left it, got it yesterday.

2 Control arms replaced
2 ball joints replaced

However I think this WAS all front end work, tires were rebalanced at NTB (one tire in the front was out).

Overall ride smoother, no creaking from the front end anymore.

Hopefully the bottoming out on the back is not there anymore, but my service advisor said that they had to put on regular tires to do the work (because they had to do an alignment after work above.)

R.W.