christof6447 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I bought some RS4 alloys from Ebay (genuine). The wheels came of a 2010 A6, when I tried to put the wheels on my A4 B8 sline avant they didn't fit. I had the centre hub on the wheels (which was 57mm) CNC machined to fit my A4 hub which is 66.6mm. I have them on they look great however i get a vibration on the sterring wheel after 60mph. I have had the wheels balanced twice at 2 different tyre garages but it is still there, can anyone advise what this could be? I did put a new tyre on the front off side and the near side has 3mm left. Back tyres had equally 5mm of tread, all continental contact sport 3. I have been researching this could I need spigot rings or 5mm spacers? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zafi Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Ask them to take a look at the rim edge whist the wheel is on the balancer. You need to check for out of round or buckling. Also look at the tread area of the tyre as it is spinning slowly to check for tyre distortion, I have had Bridgestones that have ended up out of true as the casing has started to fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupramax Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 If you're getting steering vibration have you tried swapping them front to back? On another note you may have found why they were for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 ..or it could be the tyres as discussed in another thread. Perhaps, it would have been cheaper to buy the correct wheels first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 The most common problem with this is the centering of the wheel - the fact that you've had them machined is the likely cause of the problem. Buying wheels with over-sized centers and then fitting spigot rings is the normal answer, but it obviously won't work in your case. Don't like to say this, but what Andy's said above is probably the right answer - buy the right wheels first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 You could try finiding one of the (very few) places that can attempt to balance the wheels on the car. Having said that, if the problem is out of centre machining they won't stay balanced for long. "Genuine" RS4 alloys off an A6? Or is that RS4 style but made by Audi for an A6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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