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Old 04-15-2004, 03:03 AM
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steering wheel is shimmying on SL500
Changed OEM wheels/tires on my 2004 SL500 to 20x9 and 20x10.5 with 245/35-20 and 275/30/20 Toyo T1-S tires. Now my steering wheel shimmies when the car hits about 50-60mph. It is quite a noticeable vibration.

I'm sure someone has experienced the same issue - how can I resolve this?
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Old 04-15-2004, 11:02 AM
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My wild guess is one of your wheel weighs has fallen out or the wheels are not balanced properly. I dont think it has anything to do with the tires itself.
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Old 04-15-2004, 12:03 PM
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depends on the weather
are the wheels hub centric ????
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yes, wheels are hub centric (got the hub rings from the wheel manafacturer). what else could it be? maybe the balancing?
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
since you said 50ish...i would guess that it is definitely balancing.
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depends on the weather
sounds like a balance problem to me
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It could be an out of round tire or a bad rim.

Find a shop with a Hunter sp9700 and an operator that really knows how to use it.
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