I finally got my new wheels on sooner than I expected.I was coming home from school one day and hit a chunk of concrete a car in front of me loosened up,destroying my one rim and tire. SoI ended up getting one new tiresince the others werent even a year old.I put the other 3 tires on my new 15x8 wheels along with the new one and heres the new look... let me know what you think...

15x8 steel wheels with4" backspacing
235 70 15 bf radial long trail (oem size).. no rubbing

special thanks to wolfpackfor helpin me out with endless questions and BGwood88fortalking me into getting the soft 8s

****a few problems im having****
-i know they were balanced but im still getting bad vibrations on the highway which feels like theyre not correctly balanced ( i was told theyre a bitch to balance perfectly but is this tru those of you that have them??)
-my steering wheel is no longer straight when driving straight (im thinking i need an alignment)
-i get a slight clunking when cutting the wheel all the way to the left and going in reverse. anyone else have this?? Im pretty sure this happened before the new wheels but I dont wanna start a new thread if i dont have to. (everythign underneath looks fine but idk what it can be)


any help with these issues would be great
thanks guys!


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do you have a lift or is it stock did they rub?

 

I would be curious what all that chunk of concrete did...beyond just the rim/tire damage. To take both out...I wouldnt be surprised if you bent some steering linkages (causing the vibration, alignment, and off center)

New tires and rims look great though! Nice pics

 

stock lift.. didnt touch the t bars either. no rubbing at all yet. havet had a chance to go play in the mud tho

 

the concrete punctured the sidewall and then thelip.. pretty much a perfect puncture and it was in the rear! forgot to tell u that jim.... but when i swerved i missed it with the front and hit it with the drivers rear and then boom... :O

i mean i had the spare on for over a week and had no problems with driving or vib's so its gotta be the wheels... were gonna rebalance them after having them seated for some mileage and see how they make out... ill keep u updated

 

Even though they are balanced, have themchecked for true roundness. I have run across this in the past.

 

like true roundness in the wheel itself???

 

Also, check your wheel bearings. And wow how many ski's can you hold?

 

got em rebalanced today and theyre great but in the spring i gotta replace my ball joints, tie rods, pitman arm, etc...

my ski/snowboard rack is great... im not sure how many ski's but if i could guess id say 3 or 4 sets (i snowboard)... i know i can hold 4 snowboards...1 up 1 down on each side...

 

looks good... i also like that color blue, what kinda of snowboard rack is that i need one.