Riding a lil rough?

I just got new wheels and tires, they are 17" wheels, and i am not sure if i was imagining it, or if it was just the area i was driving on cuz i know it wasnt the best of roads, but i felt like i was riding a tad bit rough on my new shoes.. also I have noticed that my steering wheel (or at least thats where i notice the shaking) has a more than slight case of the shakes, not talking Michael J. Fox either, these are more like Muhammad Ali shakes ( had to go there, sorry, lol)..I got a wheels mounted at Trader's Village (which is a swap meet/flee martket type place, where english is not the first langauge) so when i tried to ask if they would do a re-alignment i got blank stares, what does anybody think could be the problem causing this shaking, and its waay noticable..

ohh..and i saw people talking about lowering springs, is that still a possiblity with the 17" rims on there, tire well seems to still have plenty of space left, like i wouldnt doubt this car beable to fit 20" in rims with ease, not that i would reccomend, but it seems possible...

the rough ride is because you have less tire now to take the impact of bumps, probably should have went with 16's but i had the steering wheel problem too with my17's most likely because i never go it realigned or because the wheels might not be balanced

did you get hub rings??

not exactly sure if i got rings or not, about to put picutures up...yea i think the bumps im feeling is the tire size, but the rattling of the steering wheel has been there well before the change, just both of them together makes each very noticable..

if you still have a warranty put the stock wheels on and take it to the dealership

Yea def. need an alignment...

alignment balancing in a reputable shop (not your mexican in and out) and get them to measure your wheels with a vernier and get you a set of hub centrics

everyone in here is right, alignment, double check your wheel balance, and see if you have hub rings. you are right also in the you will feel more with less tire. also the 17's probably weigh a lot more that the stock 14's so you will feel imperfections in alignment, and wheel balance a lot more. the side wall of the tires on the 14s probably allowed for some play. if you get it realigned again i would do it with the 17's on.if thats the setup your going to drive on, thats the setup you need adjusted. i don't think alignments are under warranty on my car, except for their part failure? but simply changing a wheel and tire isn't going to void the warranty unless you wore out the wheel bearings or something.

At the dealership I work at, changing tire and rim size does void your warranty on alignments. Is your vibration at high or low speeds?

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Originally Posted by 07_aveo

At the dealership I work at, changing tire and rim size does void your warranty on alignments. Is your vibration at high or low speeds?

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I think they were talking about actual suspension warranty like if something there is broke.

If you dont know if you have hub rings, chances are that you don't. They are very very important. Without them, it puts the weight on the lug nuts instead of the hub.

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Originally Posted by 07_aveo

At the dealership I work at, changing tire and rim size does void your warranty on alignments. Is your vibration at high or low speeds?

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the dealership i bought my car from doesn't give alignments as warranty? neither did any of the dealers i have worked at in the past.

should i feel ripped off? of course pa has potholes everywhere, and that is not the manufacturers fault.

Having 17" wheels will definitely make the ride "harder", even more if its lowered (specially like mine, a good 3" drop) Luckily i get a break during winter with the 14" winter grips on, softens the ride almost back to stock, but nothing beats taking a nice curve way over the speed limit (the curve's speed limit of course) during a hot summer day when you dont even have to worry if the car will stay on the road heheh, these cars handle very well with a harder suspension and performance tires and wheels. My steering also "shakes" when i have the 17's on but imo thats more related to the wheel balancing then your alignment as with the winter tires it doesnt shake. The steering doesnt shake when i have a brand new set of tires on the 17" rims, it starts to shake once they reach roughly 75% of their thread life (25% thread left), cause the wheels start to get unbalanced.

But like any performance addon, you need to sacrifice functionnality or comfort, yes it handles like a dream but the comfort side tends to suck, specially with those potholes.

PS: Aveo_Tuner, you might wanna change your signature bro, as I will have the fastest Aveo in Ontario shortly with that 2.0 swap :P (maybe even in Canada heh :roll: )

take lots of pics to document the swap

you know wheel balancing is suggested to be checked every 10000 miles at least? no one tells you that, and no one does it. but your tires start shaking at 75% tread life. then you should get them rebalanced. unless you have camber issue and uneven wear, but some places offer free lifetime (of the tire) balancing and you would see the 75%-50% span of your tire life last a lot longer.

PS: Aveo_Tuner, you might wanna change your signature bro, as I will have the fastest Aveo in Ontario shortly with that 2.0 swap :P (maybe even in Canada heh :roll: )[/quote]

when its finished and puts out numbers then we will see

alright guys...seriously having the fastest aveo in a certain town is like winning the special olympics..yea you won, but you are still retarded

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Originally Posted by AVE0SAM

alright guys...seriously having the fastest aveo in a certain town is like winning the special olympics..yea you won, but you are still retarded

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lol!! aveosam, its not retarded, its mentally disabled. be pc just incase any retards are reading this.

Imo every person on this forum is a retard to actually take the time to read this stuff on a car most ppl dont even look at or care about, then you got the dumb retards like me who spend thousands of dollars trying to modify it hahaha :lol:

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Originally Posted by Nemasys

Imo every person on this forum is a retard to actually take the time to read this stuff on a car most ppl dont even look at or care about, then you got the dumb retards like me who spend thousands of dollars trying to modify it hahaha :lol:

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dont worry im right there with you lmao

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Originally Posted by AVE0SAM

alright guys...seriously having the fastest aveo in a certain town is like winning the special olympics..yea you won, but you are still retarded

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and since we are hard on the retards... ONTARIO is a province not a town

LMFAO

i thought ontario was the place where canadian bacon comes from....you know the little round slabs of ham on an egg mcmuffin from mcdonalds. oh, and dudley dooright of the rmcp.

lmfao oh and REAL beer comes from canada too

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Originally Posted by Aveo_Tuner

lmfao oh and REAL beer comes from canada too

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no just molsons and la blah lmao!!!

lol