Wheel replicas

[rockpilot]

Has anybody had any problems with wheelreplicas.com? I ordered a set of saleens for my 2011 gt and I'm having a real problem getting the wheel and tire combo balanced. Btw I had them road force balanced, but while on the balancing machine it looks like the tires have flat spots. The wheels are also requiring a lot of weight to balance yet the steering wheel still shakes pretty bad at 60 mph. Any input or thoughts are welcome

 

[Newman]

What brand tires?

 

[rockpilot]

Toyo ecstensa in 255/45/18. Also the rotor retaining clips have been removed.

 

[Newman]

No familiar with those tires. I've bought plenty of stuff with that company for work and never had a issue. Where are you getting them balanced at ?

 

[rockpilot]

Ford dealership twice, and then went to Firestone where they road force balanced them. You could see the height difference as it was spinning on the balancer.

 

[rockpilot]

So, the tire store replaced the two rear tires, however it still vibrates really bad. I had them measure the runout on the wheel and it was 0.010 for the driverside rear and .007 on the passenger side rear. It took 7 oz of weight to balance the drivers side rear tire. Wheel replicas suggested that they try clocking the tire on the rim 180 degrees. While this did bring down the weight needed by 5 oz., which is great, the rearend feels like its gonna come off at any speed above 50. Long story short I'm pretty sure i have atleast one wheel that is out of shape. Hopefully wheel replicas can help me out.

 

[Digital_Synapse]

when you spin it, looking from the inside, does there seem to be an out of shape curve?

 

[rockpilot]

That's what the tech at Firestone claims. Not sure if where he was looking, but from what I saw, it looked like the lip was moving up and down rather than a lateral motion. I would describe it as the wheel being oval shaped rather than a circle.

 

[Digital_Synapse]

Time for new wheels.

 

[rockpilot]

So apparently both rear wheels are in spec and the tires are to blame...according to discount tires. They even tried to get toyo to warranty them but toyo Claims that because they are not the stock size, they will not do anything. Even though the tire/wheel combo is correct according to toyos website. Note to self, don't buy toyo tires. Now I'm stuck with tires that vibrate my car on the highway... Good times!

 

[Jucostud]

Discount Tire doesn't do toyo claims.

 

[rockpilot]

They must do something with toyo, not sure why else the salesman would have called his rep

 

[Newman]

They must do something with toyo, not sure why else the salesman would have called his rep

We can always try to go through the vendor we get Toyos Through, but most if the time it never pans out well. There are few select stores within the company that are direct with toyo.

 

[Mach2burnout]

I have wheel replica Cobra R's and have had no issues, with the exception of the chrome on the inside of one of them is so thin its white. Was like that when i got them and I didn't try to get them to replace it because I had planned to paint the inside lip anyway. Just never did.

 

[rockpilot]

Well, either way I need to figure something out..... My car is taking a beating on the highway. It's just a lot of money to throw away on something that shouldn't really be a problem.

 

[Mach2burnout]

Well, either way I need to figure something out..... My car is taking a beating on the highway. It's just a lot of money to throw away on something that shouldn't really be a problem.

Where'd you buy the tires and when?
If they are brand new make the tire store you bought them from take them back.


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[rockpilot]

Yeah, I tried to get my money back, and the guy at tiresdirect told there was no way toyo would ever accept a warranty claim for all 4 tires. I was able to get two new ones out of them but nothing else. They only give money back on unused tires

 

[jmauld]

Did you get it fixed? Have you removed the little clips that hold the brake rotors on during manufacturing? When I got a new set of wheels, they wouldn't seat properly with those clips installed.

 

[rockpilot]

Yep, I pulled them off a long time ago

 

[Mach2burnout]

I still can't believe the tire shop you bought the tires from won't make this right. If they could not balance them the first time when installed, they'd be taking that shit off my car. End of story!


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