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[crxboi]

Ok so today i noticed my car is vibrating really bad, when im doing 40km i can her a kind of vibration/wobble sorda.. i accelerate to about 100km gets worse. and around 140km its really bad..

Im in canada and it snowed pretty bad, i parked my car today for winter. Spent 15 bucks getting all the snow and salt off her. Took her for another ride and the same thing?

About 2 days ago my rear end kicked out going around a corner, and i hit the curb back tire then the front.. Didn’t notice any vibrations that day when i was on the highway doing 100-160 coming back to Calgary..

Do you think i might have some snow stuck under my car? I washed it like crazy and dropped about 50pounds off the car, wheel wells and underneath.. Like i got on the ground and sprayed all around?

Its really stressing me out?.. Please help

Edited by crxboi, 04 December 2007 - 07:11 PM.

[4N2NR]

I would suspect the curb kiss probably messed up your alignment or bent/broke something more so than ice or snow causing the vibration. But, it is possible that there is ice or snow build up on the rims...

[Screech]

lift the car and spin the tires and look for any that are out of round, you may have broken a belt in one of them. Impact could have weakined it and it gave out later.

[Computer]

Are your rims hub centric?

[crxboi]

I dont believe its hob centric, its -17 out right now and really cold. Ill take a peek at the tires. Also ill check for play like tie rods, ball joints.

So if i bent/broke something what do you suspect it could be?

[crxboi]

Ok here we go, man it was so cold out today lol. I wore 3 jackets and my winter jacket, 2 pairs of jeans, 2 socks, 2 gloves, my toque and my coveralls that were so tight.. hehe
Well when I was driving today I noticed that none of the vibrations were in the steering wheel.

Well on to my findings..

Well I jacked up the front and couldn’t find any signs of separation, but I knew that my bushings were shot. Didn’t think that much of that cause I knew they were bad. I have a set of energy suspension bushings waiting to go in.. Here I tolk some pics of those to show you.. Also i have no hub centric rings on the wheels..





Got to the rear, lifted up the tire and spun her around saw nutting on the side walls, put the treble light to check out the crown of the tire and BAM, wow I new my tires were bad but not this bad.. Im getting a set of Azenis rt-16 for next season.. But im pretty upset at my self for not noticing that the tires were this bad when I picked up the rims about 2 months ago.. They had pretty bad camber wear but the cords wernt showing like this.. Time for some new rubber.. Should have bought new rears when I put new Fronts on.. Im almost done the Falkin 502’s up front that’s why im going with all new all new rt-16.







Im guessing that this is what was causing my vibration, cause the separation was about ½ inch high. Any else have opinions?. My car is finally parked, I had to drive her to work today cause I couldn’t get a ride. But now she is done for this season.. Im going to miss her ill start here every weekend to keep the juices flowing? Any one have tips on how to store her for winter.. Its gonna be sad seeing her sit there all the time.

Thanks for all the help guys!
-Chris

P.S I had my fun with her this winter..

From this \/ \/ \/



To this \/ \/ \/

Edited by crxboi, 05 December 2007 - 08:04 PM.

[icebox187]

uneven wear..... you need an alignment

[goran_CRX]

Man change your tires you aren't driving a YUGO... the vibration could really easy be from the tires because they are just waiting to blow

[crxboi]

the wear was like that when i recieved the new rims, like i said before i didnt swap them out..

[Sad-Rex]

just dont forget to get all the salt and stuff from outside off her and out from under her, dont want to start any rust

[crxboi]

I know i had it all gone drove my car 10km a hour on the way home with hazards yesterday.. But had to drive to work today

Ill re-wash her once its a little nicer out and the roads are dry again, hopefully soon

[crxboi]

[crxboi]

here is the pic of the tire that was seperated..