95 850t New wheels causing wobble?

iruleyounow · Post by **iruleyounow** » 15 Sep 2015, 13:13

I purchased new wheels back in Nov/14. Ever since I've been trying to combat this wobble issue. I let it go in the beginning because I had a bulging tire on the passenger side. I put two new tires on the front which helped the wobble but it was still there. Then I replaced all the front chassis parts (tie rods, control arms, sway bar links) and it STILL wobbles!

Got a front end alignment and got the wheels balanced for a 3rd time and now its worse than before! Its terrifying from 45mph to 65 mph.

I've went to different places each time. My after market wheels are Drag Dr33's. 16x7 5x108 and they are not hub centric. I checked a bunch of sites before purchase and they all said they would fit. Which they do, but the stock turbo wheels never did this.

Is there anything I can do without purchasing different wheels? The stock back ones bent so that's the reason for the aftermarket purchase.

Wheels: http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direc ... %2FMinivan

iruleyounow · Post by **iruleyounow** » 15 Sep 2015, 13:32

I believe I might have found my problem. The wheels are 73mm hub bore and the 850 is 65.1mm. So adding a hub centric ring should fix my problem? Am I correct? http://www.vivaperformance.com/hub-cent ... -set-of-4/

Post by **scot850** » 15 Sep 2015, 14:16

That amount of difference in hub bore will make the wheel horrible to drive on. There was someone else recently who had had the same issue and same fruitless repairs, wheel balancing etc.

So try the hub centric rings to take it to the correct bore (65.1mm) and you will hopefully see a huge difference.

Neil.

iruleyounow · Post by **iruleyounow** » 15 Sep 2015, 16:25

scot850 wrote:That amount of difference in hub bore will make the wheel horrible to drive on. There was someone else recently who had had the same issue and same fruitless repairs, wheel balancing etc.

So try the hub centric rings to take it to the correct bore (65.1mm) and you will hopefully see a huge difference.

Neil.

Thank you! I ordered some, only cost me $15. I'm pretty confident this will fix my problem.

Post by **scot850** » 15 Sep 2015, 17:00

I hope so. I fairly confident you figured this out yourself. Good luck!

Neil.

Post by **misha** » 15 Sep 2015, 17:02

iruleyounow wrote:
scot850 wrote:That amount of difference in hub bore will make the wheel horrible to drive on. There was someone else recently who had had the same issue and same fruitless repairs, wheel balancing etc.

So try the hub centric rings to take it to the correct bore (65.1mm) and you will hopefully see a huge difference.

Neil.

Thank you! I ordered some, only cost me $15. I'm pretty confident this will fix my problem.

Just install correct size rings and no problem.

iruleyounow · Post by **iruleyounow** » 07 Nov 2015, 12:37

Okay so I've had the rings on for months now and let me tell you, it drives perfect! The wobble instantly went away. So just remember if you're putting aftermarket wheels on, get the hub rings!!! Or you'll be miserable until you figure it out haha