Ok, here is the story.
As most of you have seen, I put on 16" rims and tires 205/45.
When the shop installed it, I called them b/c the steering wheel was vibrating whenever I went over 60mph. It turned out that they accidently stripped one of the studs. So they I ran with 3 out of 4 lugs for 2 weeks while they ordered a new stud. While running on 3 lugs, the vibration went away and the ride was great. So we were thinking that the 4th bad lug didn't set the wheel right. 2 weeks later, the stud is replaced and I have all 4 lugs again, (pass front btw). Guess what, the vibration is back sporadically. Kind of annoying! I was thinking if I took off the rim and hand set and criss cross pattern tightening may help. If it doesn't ...... any suggestions?????

any help or ideas are appreciated.

 

I don't know what wheels those are, but it sounds like you need hubcentric rings.

 

hey nice rims

 

you should always criss-cross tighten lug nuts. :eh:

 

well, the shop did install some sort of plastic ring before they put on the rims. Is that a hubcentric ring?

 

Have your wheels been balanced?

 

same thing happened when i got my rims/tires.. they weren't balanced/mounted properly.. if there's still vibration, get ur alignment done

 

balance and/or alignment.

 

i had the shop check the balance and it was within specs. So I guess I'll try remounting them and if that doesn't work I'll get the alignment. PS what is the avg rate for a front end alignment?