Justthejedi

I'm sure it will be fine, I'm really looking forward to it......and we'll have a good convoy too! yay!

It's amazing! We have been twice, the last island we went to was Kuramanthi (I think that's how you spell it). If you love snorkelling/scuba you can't beat it. We snorkelled with black tip reef sharks but don't worry they don't bother you, they were about 6 foot and amazing to watch as they check you out as they swim past you. I saw the biggest Titan trigger fish ever! It was the size of a dustbin lid. Beautiful place, you'll love it.

Yep, I'm in. 1 - Sarahhp18 2 - 14N 3 - philw99 4 - Joker 5 - Lyndzzz 6 - AdaB 7 - Gudzy 8 - Stu24249. 9 - Justthejedi

I'm thinking the tube could be the problem too. From the feedback I have had from other members, they had no issues in fitting the standard rear tyres over a 9.5 rim. It took Formula 1 autocentre an hour to inflate one wheel, they couldn't even inflate the other so ordered a tube so they could stretch the tyre over the rim and to cap it all, they're equipment is out of calibration.

Thanks bud, I need to cure my wheel vibration first.

I have the same tyres on 10.5J rears and my fronts are 9.5J with 225/45 tyres and I have no vibration at all so I doubt it would be that. Have you got spigot rings fitted as GARGOYLE said? I had spigott rings made (74.1-66.1) which is the size I was told fit the 350z hub, they fit nice and tight, I just can't understand why I have a vibration, wheels aren't buckled, balance are all correct etc.

You shouldn't notice anything with regards of the tyre fella, it's not much of a stretch (If any) I have 245/45/18 on my front's which are 9.5JHave you had any problems with wheel vibration at 70-80mph+? What size spigot rings did you fit? My rears on the other hand are stretched Don't have a close up to show you the stretch

Took the car to a new tyre place and they found that all x4 wheels had not been balanced correctly by the previous tyre place, 25g out on the front, 55g on the rears! This has helped but there is still a vibration @ 75mph+. It's not as bad as it was but it's still there bugging me! I've now been told it could be my rear tyres as they are stretched to the limit to fit over the 9.5 rim and they are distorting. One of them has a tube in it so they could inflate it. Could this be causing the wheel wobble?

Here's a question guys......if the rear tyres are stretched to the max and I had an inner tube put in one to get to inflate, could this cause the wheels to vibrate? The rears are 9.5 and tyre size is standard 245 45 18. I'm thinking the tyres are distorting at speed?? Thanks for any advice/opinions?

They are 18" with no spacers (yet)....8.5 rim on the front,9.5 on the rears. Cheers.

Thanks for the comments guys, may go down the lowering road next........where's my wallet??

Hi All Thought it was about time i share some photo's of my new wheels, I love them and they certainly turn heads!

Ok thanks, will try and make the sunday.

I'll get the wheels checked again.......to be continued!

is there a website for this event?

This is a real mystery, I have never had problems like this before. I have heard of people changing to a bigger wheel and it exposing problems previously hidden by original wheels but I've stuck to the same size. The tyre place had to put a tube in one of the rears to get it to inflate as they had problems in stretching the tyre over the rim (9.5). could this be the problem?

I don't think it can be a buckled wheel as the tyre place would have picked it up when balancing them? Plus it would vibrate at all speeds not just from 70mph. I haven't changed to a bigger size either, stuck with 18's.

Had no problems running on original touring wheels, car drove fine, fitted new wheels and now have a wheel vibration @70mph+ I can feel it through the steering wheel and see it from the gear stock vibrating. The wife thinks I'm being paranoid but I'm not, it defo isn't right. The spigot rings are a perfect tight fit, front wheels balanced spot on so I'm hoping the rears now need re-balancing and will cure it? if it isn't then I'm completely baffled.

Well the saga continues.....had the correct size spigot rings made from a company called spigotrings.com. (74.1 - 66.1) had the front wheels rebalanced just to be safe and I still have wheel vibration @ 70+mph? So will take it Back to the tyre place on Wednesday to have the rears re-balanced and if that doesn't cure it I'm completely stumped. Has anybody else had this problem???

I will, thanks chaps........to be continued....with better news I hope!

I haven't got the facilities to change them myself, I took the car to a Formula 1 centre and they were really good lads to be fair. They said x3 of the rings fitted nice and tight but when fitting the ring onto the o/s/f originally there was slight play on the hub and in the wheel which caused vibration @ 50mph+, I had a replacement ring sent, this one fitted nice and tight into the wheel (the tyre guy showed me) but when put on the hub, still very slight play. I think I'll go back and ask them to swap the front wheels around. Then take it for a drive. Didn't have this issue when the original wheels were on.

No Mike, as I swapped the tyres from my original touring wheels onto my new wheels.

Hi all I have a problem with wheel vibration from 75mph+ after fitting new aftermarket 18" alloys. I ordered a set of spigot rings, size 74.1-66.6, 3x fit fine, the problem is the o/s/f hub, when fitting the ring there is very slight play, and I mean very slight play but it seems enough to make the wheel vibrate @ 75mph+. It fits into the wheel fine, nice and tight. I had a replacement ring sent, tried that, exactly the same problem, just very slight play when fitted over the hub. I have found out the hub size on 350's is 66.1 but cannot find this size anywhere to buy, nobody seems to do them so they send 66.6 instead. I have had all wheels balanced so can't be that. Any help/advise would be really appreciated as I'm at a bit of a loss. Cheers

They are 12.7kg