15" Alloy Wheels VS. 15" Steel Wheels
04-22-2011, 05:49 PM
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Have anything in mind? I know my track bar is torqued to 125. It only does it at 40mph-55mph. Also it never happened before the new set up.
04-22-2011, 08:52 PM
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Here's some before after pics. They stick out a little further than expected, but not terribly. I think I'll need to address the rock rail clearance in the rear pretty quickly here. Anyone have a pic of how they cut it?
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04-22-2011, 09:38 PM
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No. I noticed that in the pic too. I don't see it in the before pic though. Maybe just to do with where it was parked for the pic. I'll investigate more tomorrow.
04-23-2011, 01:40 PM
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Well I got my tires road force balanced today and found out two are out of round. Got two new tires coming in on wednesday then I'll try it again. Went ahead and got the lifetime balance so I can go as much as I need. Really appreciate the customer service so far.
04-25-2011, 08:39 AM
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Well, Matt I got the Chaos 5 wheels in and here they are mated with the Falkens I got as well:
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04-25-2011, 08:39 AM
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Thank you for your continued support and patience
04-26-2011, 10:37 AM
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May I suggest a hypothesis? Is it possible that non-hubcentric wheels lead to problems with a traditional balancing machine?
These local guys used the hubcentric rings DTD sent on their Road Force balancer after failing to successfully balance them WITHOUT the rings on a traditional balance machine. Now with the rings and using Road Force, they balanced them and no run-out or out-of-round issues were found.
Given the few hours of my time and the additional cost to DTD, might a recommend all of these are balanced the first time with Road Force and hub-centric rings? It seems like it would save time and $$$ in the long run.
04-26-2011, 02:11 PM
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Is anyone else having trouble getting these balanced? 33x12.5 r 15 Duratracs on the MB72s. I have a speed dependent tire wobble at ~40mph. The static stick-on weights got pulled off by the tie rod ends when originally balanced by DTD. DTD was straight up with me on the issue and paid me to get them rebalanced but due to the clearance issue, my local shop had to put pound-on weights on the inside lip... DTD even sent me the mounting hub-centric rings to eliminate that variable .... but I still have the shimmy at 40mph. Bad Duratracs?
I had zero tire wobble issues on OEM wheels/spidertrax/33" duratracs on 18's. Frustrated.
I had zero tire wobble issues on OEM wheels/spidertrax/33" duratracs on 18's. Frustrated.
If you got a wobble, I'd say a 're-torque" is due.
04-26-2011, 02:15 PM
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Here's some before after pics. They stick out a little further than expected, but not terribly. I think I'll need to address the rock rail clearance in the rear pretty quickly here. Anyone have a pic of how they cut it?
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