Fitted Spacers -- Car Vibrates Big Time.. Like A Giant Vibrator

[BEEFYGTI]

What Can Fix This, Bought Alloys, Using Spacers All Round And My Car Is Terrible.. Help Me

 

[RobM]

What spacers? Hubcentric ones? Or just flat metal ones that slot between the wheel and hub?

If the latter, I'd suggest that they aren't fitted evenly and centrally and have effectively screwed up your balancing.

 

[BEEFYGTI]

Rob, I Bought Hubcentric Ones, Mind You They Are 15mm , Maybe Too Big For The Front ?

 

[Deleted member 20482]

are they been balanced correctly? and are the balancing weights still on..just a thought..i have had the stick on ones come off before throwing the balance out.. hense the question.
what size wheels ya got that needed spacers

 

[DPJ]

Sure you haven't got a loose wheelnut?

Try taking the spacers off and moving them round two studs. See if that makes any difference.

 

[BEEFYGTI]

Well The Spacers Are The Correct Ones, I Bought Alloys From Alloywheels.com And I Have Had A Nightmare. The Wheels Are 7.5 J 5 X100 Et45.. I Cant Take The Spacers Off As The Wheel Hits The Brake Caliper! The Car Is A Leon Cupra 2003 Model

 

[BEEFYGTI]

The Wheels Have Been Balanced Since Delivery, The First Thing I Did To Be Honest

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[RobM]

Balanced on the car or off?

 

[BEEFYGTI]

Only Balanced Off The Car Mate, I Live In South Wales, No Idea Who Could Balance Them On The Car, We Only Just Discovered Lightbulbs Down Here !!! Hahah

 

[jamie paton]

listen mate, leon offset is et38 i checked my lcr alloys when i was washing them last week, also are the spacers h & r. i got spacers on the front and rear also, just last week in fact, and i had much the same problems as yourself, steering wheel vibrating from side to side, car vibrating, i phoned skidz who i got the wheels from they told me to bring the car straight back, after much head scratching they found that the front spacers had a machined lip on the side that fits into the wheel, therefore the spacers were not sitting flush inside the wheel, ( spacers are hubcentric by the way ) the fronts are 10mm but the backs are 15mm for some reason the backs were fine (h & r as well). get the place that fitted the wheels to check the spacers for this mate, although i think that the wheels are definately the wrong offset for your car and i don't think any wheel should touch the callipers on a leon cupra, the reason i've got spacers on mine is because of the BREMBO's. et45 sounds like subaru wheels or something like that. get it all checked out though mate.

 

[BEEFYGTI]

Yeah, Thought That They Were Wrong Offset. The Company Are A Nightmare To Deal With, The Spacers Are Fine But The Company Are In Rochford Im In Wales , Had Them Over The Internet And So Fitted The Wheels Myself. They Are Sending Me 5mm Spacers Tomorrow So Ill Try That, If Not The Wheels Can Go Back, I Need To Know The Correct Offset For My Cupra

 

[BCM]

Can people please stop typing in caps for the start of every word!
Sorry but it makes it really hard to read!

 

[BEEFYGTI]

i am very very sorry bcm

 

[jamie paton]

offset on my cupra r, and i believe all leons is et38

 

[m0rk]

so have you fitted the wheels without spacers?

if not - i'll bet you have no spiggot rings

 

[BEEFYGTI]

mork i got the rings but without the spacers the wheel wont turn .. hits the wheel caliper

 

[DPJ]

Didn't you read on hear about the way I got ****ed about by Rochford Tyres. It pays to search.

 

[BEEFYGTI]

what happened to you mate? they are really cooking my head now !

 

[DPJ]

Read the thread entitled (strangely enough) Rochford Tyres.

 

[BEEFYGTI]

mate what a nightmare- as i said, ive spoken to dan, mike ( the manager ) and sarah now.. none of them seem to give a f**k, they have had my money thats it.. if the 5mm spacers they are sending me work, im going to get my money back, they can stuff the wheels.