Weld wheels QC/ new wheels not straight
01-31-2015, 05:56 PM
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Weld wheels QC/ new wheels not straight I had to buy new RTS front runners as I somehow bent my current ones. I had a terrible vibration in the front end that would start around 45. I took my buddies identical 15x4 RTS off his car and the vibration immediately went away so I know it was isolated to the front wheels. Now to my Weld wheels problem:
Has anyone else ordered new Weld RTS 15x4 in the last month? I ordered a set from Summit a few weeks ago, got them in and put just the wheel on the balancer and one had a slight wobble and the other had quite a noticeable wobble. Called Summit and they sent me 2 new ones. Got the 2 new ones in and these had the same wobble to them. Instead of sending these back we decided to mount the tires and give them a shot. Just as I figured, they vibrated a good bit around the 40-65mph range just like before. What's going on with Weld that their QC sucks this bad?
These wheels are coming back off my car so Summit can "check them out". Lord only knows how long this will take.
Has anyone else ordered new Weld RTS 15x4 in the last month? I ordered a set from Summit a few weeks ago, got them in and put just the wheel on the balancer and one had a slight wobble and the other had quite a noticeable wobble. Called Summit and they sent me 2 new ones. Got the 2 new ones in and these had the same wobble to them. Instead of sending these back we decided to mount the tires and give them a shot. Just as I figured, they vibrated a good bit around the 40-65mph range just like before. What's going on with Weld that their QC sucks this bad?
These wheels are coming back off my car so Summit can "check them out". Lord only knows how long this will take.
02-02-2015, 07:20 PM
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WOW, call weld direct. i know they have new owners now again ,but damn. I know Greg wouldn't have put up that. i used to work for them and my step-dad was the vice president for over 20 years. cut out the middle man, summit
02-03-2015, 08:18 PM
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I have and they are doing what they can to fix it. They don't have any more in stock so they are refunding my money. Jegs had a ton in stock so I just ordered 2 from them. They will be here Thursday so I'll keep y'all posted how those turn out. I'm hoping these will be from a different batch or something.
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02-05-2015, 05:13 PM
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in for results. I ordered a set of 15x10s and 15x4s from jegs a week ago. I dont have tires at the moment to mount and test though so I am curious to your results from the jegs set.
02-06-2015, 04:29 PM
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Latest update: I finally got someone at weld that gave a crap, Diena. She is SUPER helpful and wanted to fix my problem unlike the other lady that works there. I'm sending both wheels back to jegs. Diena is going to drop ship two from weld and spin check them before they are shipped to make sure they are perfect. I'll keep y'all updated.
02-07-2015, 02:41 AM
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The innEr barrel on my rears is a little out of round. I bought mine used from a member though so you know how the story goes "they're perfect, except all the water spots nicks etc". Weird how they only hit the caliper in one small section though. Got the fronts new, no issues with them.
02-07-2015, 02:10 PM
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The innEr barrel on my rears is a little out of round. I bought mine used from a member though so you know how the story goes "they're perfect, except all the water spots nicks etc". Weird how they only hit the caliper in one small section though. Got the fronts new, no issues with them.
02-21-2015, 05:51 PM
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A little update on this. I have been through 13 front 15x4 rts wheels. Yes 13! And all of them had a wobble. Every single one of them! The last time, I got 5 wheels in so I stuck just the wheels on the balancer without tire once again and took the best 2 and stuck tires on them. These still had a slight wobble to them before you put a tire on them but once you stuck a tire on them it amplified the wobble both side to side and up and down. I stuck them on the car just to see what would happen and as I suspected, the wobble I saw on the balancer transmitted to the steering wheel ect. I'm so over their crappy wheels so I took them back off and they are on their way back to Jegs for a refund. Talk about pieces of crap wheels! I ordered a full set of Billet Specialties street lites the other day and they came in today. They are super high quality. I stuck all 4 (2 front, 2 rears) on the balancer and they are absolutely perfect! Stuck my front tires on the front wheels (yes the same ones that were wobbling like hell on the rts) and they were smooth as glass. I couldn't be happier with the Billet Specialty wheels. Everything about them is quality. I feel sorry for anyone that has bought Welds in the last few months as im sure that vibration your trying to track down is they're crap quality control.
02-22-2015, 09:42 AM
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Just curious are you balancing this using an adapter to hold the wheel by going into the lug holes or just the universal one that applies pressure by the face.
What do you mean wobble. from left to right or up and down ?
What do you mean wobble. from left to right or up and down ?
02-22-2015, 10:21 AM
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I tried it both ways. They wobble horizontally as well as vertically. Some worse than others of course. I even stuck just the wheels as well as the wheel with tire on the car and you can watch it wobble like hell. Billet specialties were absolutely perfect. Welds, junk.