scottylow

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So here is the story, well maybe a tragedy, had my V for a few months and my buddy and his girl got into a fight one night when he was having a party. Well no surprise to me his gf crashed her car into my pretty little V. That was in August finally got it into the shop and fixed at the end of October. She didnt hit it too hard just a dent in the rear door and a small dent in the quarter nothing major except she hit my wheel pretty hard. So here is the deal I got the car back and because of the wheel being hit they said they did an alignment on the car but when I started driving the car at freeway speeds I noticed a vibration (65mph+). I am not sure if it was already there and I just noticed it now because it got hit and it is my mind or if they didn't do an alignment. The first thing that popped into my head is the front tires are out of balance but I have another shop telling me it is rotors being warped. It doesn't vibrate at lower speeds but at higher speeds it vibrates in the wheel especially when you brake. Any Suggestions?

jmargo

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Bent wheel ?

nikon

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Sure sounds like a bent wheel to me.

wcryan

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Will a balancer tell you if your wheel is bent or not?

nikon

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Kind of, if it's only slightly out you put the measuring arms on the wheels while it spins....

The simple way is jack the car up, spin the wheel and watch it...it becomes pretty obvious.

scottylow

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Damn I hope it's not a bent wheel. Im sure that won't be cheap or easy to get.

jmargo

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If its not too bad a bent wheel can be straightened....if that is your problem.

serik21

bad bearing or bent wheel

itsslow98

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Bent or cracked wheel. When they put it on the balancer and look at it spin you can tell how bad it is. Also if it takes a ton of weights to get it in balance. Wheels are pretty cheap, take it to have them balanced. Most times even if its pretty bent you can balance it out enough to get rid of some vibrations.