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    If you had your stock wheels on before and no vibration, it's gotta be wheel/tire related. Make sure you have good hubcentric rings, I got a set off ebay that were supposedly 72.5mm - 74.1mm, but they weren't doin ****. Found a local place that had some in stock and they were visibly thicker. That's more than likely your problem.

    As far as wheel offset... you should be right around ET 20. Should say inside the wheel.

    If your bearings are shot, you'd probably hear a scraping or grinding.

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    Where do I find the thicker ones? I bought the hub rings off ebay also. They were Alum. I bought some plastic rings from a tire store.N good, put the alum over tthe plastic and put the wheel on and vib went away. So, where do I get thick ones?
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    Tirerack. Do a search for the part number, it's also available on Bruno's site. ~ $24 shipped in the US for aluminum ones. Call them -- they'll know what you're talking about.

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    Thanks for the information. I'll try them.
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    where do we get the plastic ones?

    (im so damn lazy, i'll look this up later and post the info)
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    I got mine from Discount Tire also 1010 tires.com has them. Discount has the for $10 or at lest that is what I paid.
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