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Car vibrating at 120kmp/h +

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Willicuddy

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May 16, 2006
Surrey,
Ok so I noticed that my car had some crazy vibrations from 120kmp/h and up. I have just had the car aligned camber kits in the rear, and adjustalbe ball joint up front. New tires that have been balanced. Also new springs and shocks.

I am at a loss as to why my car vibrates at high speeds, it hasn't been in an accident and I put new hub centric rings on as well.

1 of my wheels bearings have been changed, could it be the other side? I had my suspension checked out by Kinetic when they installed Shocks/Springs and they said everything seemed ok.

Another thing I also noticed is that sometimes (only happened 3 times in the last 1000km or so) my front end (Sounds like the passenger side) makes a clunking noise going over bumps/ruts/potholes.

Any input is appreciated
 
Speed sensitive vibration is usually due to a tire out of balance/out of round or bearings. "Clunks" can come from many different places. Check bushings and sway bar ends, among other things.

If anyone but you has had your wheels off, I would also confirm that you still have one (and only one) ring on each hub. I've seen those things stack up before.
 
Clunk noise turned out to be my car hitting/scrapping the ground becasue it has been dropped just over 2'' and I should have realized that as a possible problem (I am just gonna have to take it easy on abused roads).

I decided to take the car back to the place i got it balanced becasue everything was pointing back to a balancing issue. Turns out the guy that balanced it must have been on crack. 3 of the wheels were off by .75 on the inside of the wheel and the 4th was off by 1.75 on the inside and 1.50 on the outside.

Popped the wheels back on and took it for a Highway boot........ everything was good to go.
 
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