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Old 03-14-2010, 11:03 PM   #1
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UPDATE----

I just drove my car for the first time today after getting all the wheels road force balanced. WOW. rides sooooooooooooooooooo smooth. rock solid at 75...85...I didn't go too much faster...but it ddrove GREAT. that was the fix!

thanks to all of you who suggested that!

my spacers are on teh car and they obviously had/have nothign to do with causing vibration... car runs awesome.

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Old 03-15-2010, 02:52 AM   #2
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Glad you figured it out. Just so you know, Porsche did issue a TSB indicating that you should not use aftermarket wheel bolts that don't have the floating spherical collars that are on the OEM wheel bolts. That's the 2 piece bolt thingy you are refering to in your previous post. They say those floating collars are specially designed to maintain the proper torque, and that using bolts without them (even when tightened to the proper spec) risks them coming loose later on.

I don't think you will have a problem necessarily, but perhaps a good idea to check he torque on the bolts every once in a while.

This guy bought a set of incorrect sized wheel bolts for his car, and this is what happened:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I&feature=youtube_gdata
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Old 03-15-2010, 08:35 PM   #3
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that video is FUNNY!! oh that poor guy!! that must have been a BAD day.....

lets just hope that doens' thappen to my box!!!
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Old 03-16-2010, 01:10 AM   #4
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It is hilarious....except for the guy I guess. Btw, manolo's picture above shows the longer bolts with those floating spherical collars.
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