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      05-31-2014, 11:52 AM   #1
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Steering wheel shakes and goes away constantly

So, last week I lowered my 07' e90 335i on eibach pro springs and OEM struts. I'm running staggered 19" m6 reps, 15 mm spacers on the rear and 10mm spacers up front.

My steering wheel shakes then stops constantly. I haven't noticed anything that triggers the shake. It happens at all speeds also.

I've had my front wheels/tires balanced, fresh alignment, and still the same issue!

I'm going on vacation next week and I need to remedy this asap!

Thanks in advance! Cheers
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      05-31-2014, 11:53 AM   #2
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When that happened to me it ended up being a bad tire aka too much road force.
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      05-31-2014, 12:00 PM   #3
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Tires are less than 3 months old and they balanced out fine
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      05-31-2014, 01:09 PM   #4
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Well, a cinder block will "balance out fine" on any regular wheel balancer as well...thats why road force balancers were invented.

How but some more details. Did this issue just start? Hit any potholes lately? Were you the one that did your suspension install? Etc.
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      05-31-2014, 04:14 PM   #5
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I'm going to pull the spacers off and see if they're the culprit
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      05-31-2014, 04:17 PM   #6
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Its ur spacersmine did excact same thing the chamfer on. Them is too big to fit ur wheel properly you either need to file the back of the wheel chamfer bigger to fit over or lose the spacers only 10mm has this problem
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      05-31-2014, 04:29 PM   #7
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Are u hub centric , sometimes aftermarket wheel are not hub centric and you need rings...
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      05-31-2014, 04:30 PM   #8
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Trust me I had a set of asanti wheels on my 04 m3 and the hub ring was so thin it was the smallest I could get but it stopped all vibration..
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Its ur spacersmine did excact same thing the chamfer on. Them is too big to fit ur wheel properly you either need to file the back of the wheel chamfer bigger to fit over or lose the spacers only 10mm has this problem
Yes I remember the posts regarding this issue...

The lip on the wheel hub is deeper than the spacer... So it bottoms out.

I recall it only on e90's(not earlier e46 etc) and might have even not been a prob for lci... Maybe.

Let us know what happens when you pull your spacer!
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      05-31-2014, 07:57 PM   #10
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Yes I remember the posts regarding this issue...

The lip on the wheel hub is deeper than the spacer... So it bottoms out.

I recall it only on e90's(not earlier e46 etc) and might have even not been a prob for lci... Maybe.

Let us know what happens when you pull your spacer!
I filed the chamfer bigger on the back of my wheel worked great nice n flat now
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Thanks guys... had to work late tonight... so, I'll be pulling them off tomorrow. I'll update as soon as I do it.
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Yes, the spacers are hub centric...

I've never ran spacers before. What is the chamfer of the wheel/ spacer? I've searched and can't find any pictures
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Same symptoms when my lower control arms are cooked.
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