who can balance weld draglites for christ sake
12-16-2009, 05:34 PM
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who can balance weld draglites for christ sake Okay I've been to both discount tire and ntb and both places failed at balancing my weld draglites. The wheels are in great shape and not bent at all but those dipshits can't get them right. Skinnies on the front and 16 x 8 on the back. They show to be at 0 every time but at 60-70 mph, the car feels like it's falling apart. The wheel shakes very bad when braking as well. I'm so pissed off right now I can't see straight. I've been at ntb since 9:00 this morning and it's 5:30 now. 
NTB had the adapters to balnce them lug centric but they didn't have the ones to fit my wheels. Where around DFW are you guys getting your draglites balanced correctly. I'll drive anywhere to get it done right. Just two days ago I was flying down the highyway at speeds WAY over that and had no vibration at all. Now it feels like I'm a fighter pilot going down. 
NTB had the adapters to balnce them lug centric but they didn't have the ones to fit my wheels. Where around DFW are you guys getting your draglites balanced correctly. I'll drive anywhere to get it done right. Just two days ago I was flying down the highyway at speeds WAY over that and had no vibration at all. Now it feels like I'm a fighter pilot going down. 
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12-16-2009, 05:53 PM
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Might not be the spacers, i have brand new Greg Weld 93 series and i had the tires installed and the bitch shakes at 60+, **** sucks, i took them off as they are not for the car i had them on, just wanted to see how the feel.
I think they might need to be balanced a different way? They have the stick ons....
I think they might need to be balanced a different way? They have the stick ons....
12-16-2009, 05:58 PM
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Might not be the spacers, i have brand new Greg Weld 93 series and i had the tires installed and the bitch shakes at 60+, **** sucks, i took them off as they are not for the car i had them on, just wanted to see how the feel.
I think they might need to be balanced a different way? They have the stick ons....
I think they might need to be balanced a different way? They have the stick ons....
12-16-2009, 06:33 PM
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I would start by putting the Z06 wheels on and test drive it. If it does not shake then you have a problem with the new wheels. Wheel spacers are CRAP. I would start by getting rid of the spacers. You need to make sure the wheel is tight against the rotor. When a tire is balanced and it shows 0 at two different places it's not a balance problem.
12-16-2009, 06:38 PM
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I would start by putting the Z06 wheels on and test drive it. If it does not shake then you have a problem with the new wheels. Wheel spacers are CRAP. I would start by getting rid of the spacers. You need to make sure the wheel is tight against the rotor. When a tire is balanced and it shows 0 at two different places it's not a balance problem.
12-16-2009, 06:43 PM
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You cant grind on your caliper where it hits? Just because alot of people have spacers doesnt mean that its a good thing. I was a assistant manager for 7 years at Discount and have seen spacers be the cause of more problems than there worth, wheels coming off, vibration, breaking things. Did you remove the metal clips that are around the stud that press against the rotor? If you did not remove these clips the spacer will not sit flat against the rotor which will not let the wheel sit flat against spacer and rotor.
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You cant grind on your caliper where it hits? Just because alot of people have spacers doesnt mean that its a good thing. I was a assistant manager for 7 years at Discount and have seen spacers be the cause of more problems than there worth, wheels coming off, vibration, breaking things. Did you remove the metal clips that are around the stud that press against the rotor? If you did not remove these clips the spacer will not sit flat against the rotor which will not let the wheel sit flat against spacer and rotor.
12-16-2009, 07:14 PM
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what tires are on the draglites??? what's the history of the tires? any plugs?? any green slime goop **** in them??? are there slicks on the back????
fix a flat will make a tire wobble and shake....if the wheels have slicks out back or if they were sitting flat for an extended amount of time, that could cause it too....
fix a flat will make a tire wobble and shake....if the wheels have slicks out back or if they were sitting flat for an extended amount of time, that could cause it too....
12-16-2009, 07:20 PM
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what tires are on the draglites??? what's the history of the tires? any plugs?? any green slime goop **** in them??? are there slicks on the back????
fix a flat will make a tire wobble and shake....if the wheels have slicks out back or if they were sitting flat for an extended amount of time, that could cause it too....
fix a flat will make a tire wobble and shake....if the wheels have slicks out back or if they were sitting flat for an extended amount of time, that could cause it too....
12-16-2009, 07:23 PM
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my skinnies also shake around 60-70mph. i also have spacers which i think is the problem. i've worked at multiple tire stores, spacers are crap! first chance i get this winter i'm grinding my calipers down, it doesn't take much