MonteSS8707

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Took my car into the dealer for a couple rattles, and an oil leak. They fixed the oil leak no problem. But I was told my aftermarket ASA wheels don't fit properly on the hub. I've had these wheels on since dec. 07 no problems. Bought the wheels from tirerack a week after I bought my car. I've been an auto tech for 9 years, I checked fitment of thses wheels before I even mounted the tires. They fit perfect, so I thought. Where the hub goes through the center of the wheel isn't long enough in the actual wheel. Almost if too much of the wheel hub face was machined a little close. 1/16th of an inch. Such a small gap you might be able to slide a piece of paper between the hub and the wheel. This actually vibrated enough to back out the torx bolt that hold down the rear rotors and they were making the rattling noise I heard when I hit bumps. So I bought a set of 1/8 wheel spacers and reinstalled and torqued my wheels. Now there are no rattles and the wheels are flush. I thought my dealership was full of it, but I was wrong. Just wanted to let you all know in case your running ASA wheels. Check them out, especially if you begin to hear a rattle. Its a really small gap and I'd never thought it in a million years, but it happened. Could of been dangerous. Just figured I'd pass this on.

Sint3k

Surprised nothing was damaged

BuffaloSS

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Thanks for reminding me that I need to still get the right hub rings for my wheels. The rings I got with the wheels don't fit inside the bore of the wheel, but they fit nicely over the hub. Either AE has their measurements wrong, or the rings I got were stamped wrong.

ucquality

i have hub rings on mine also. at first i was worried about after market wheels because the gxp front wheels are bigger in the fronts. i didnt know if they would be offset. make sure when then balance them they are "road balanced". i had a terrible shimmy around 30-40 mph with the standard balancing, but its fine now.

montyss07

Thanks for the heads up I just installed those wheels 2 months ago and for the past 2 weeks its been getting so loud I thought the wheels were gonna fall off.So at least I know what the problam is now.

Nacho SS

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Damn...thats scary. Thanks for the heads up. Any pics of your car with the ASA wheels?

montyss07

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/CIMG1058.jpghttp://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/CIMG1060.jpg

Nacho SS

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^Those 18's?

montyss07

yep there 18's

Nacho SS

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What color is your monte? purple? And you could use a drop (shameless SSC plug)!

montyss07

The color is black amethyst. Never heard of the color before or never seen one like it yet. Seen lots of black montes and impalas.

MonteSS8707

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Here it is. I've got the black and machined ASA's. 18x8.5

Nacho SS

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Oooh...this got a sticky. Richie is around I take it?

BuffaloSS

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This gets a sticky and we get to see new weekly rocker threads? I mean, no offense to the OP, but a little vibration from a set of wheels???



j/k, of course

highonpsi

Was this confirmed 100%? The guy at tirerack says the asa wheels are hubcentric to the car and everything. They don't sell any spacers either for insurance.

MonteSS8707

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Try them on your car and see. Its the way the wheels are machined to hold the center caps. Where it steps up in the center of the wheel. The center part of our hubs is too long for the wheel and won't let it bolt down all the way. Just because someone says it will fit doesn't mean its going to. Its more of ASA's problem, not tirerack. I just haven't contacted them.

beznich

Or weekly motor mount flip posts....hahahahaha

CenTexSS

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Just to add to the thread, I've had my ASA JH8's for about 8000 miles with no issues.

DP 08 GXP

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i came across these tires and rims and they are they are the ASA's....is this going to be something where ill need to put them on to see if they will work or is there something else i will need to do to make them work? thanks.

http://www.goclubgp.com/forums/showt...highlight=rims

teamfbody

your car is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the razzi kit really bringz it out