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no_go nico
10-29-2016, 12:18 PM
I have a set of BFG Rival S 315/30/18 mounted on Forgeline RB3C 18x11. Took the car for her inaugural drive and here's where it gets weird....

Driving the car feels smooth, I do not feel an abnormality. My buddy was following me and noticed a pretty severe wobble on passenger rear wheel. I had him drive the car and also noticed a wobble and low speeds <10MPH and more severe at freeway speeds. Any idea why tire would wobble and I wouldn't feel it?

Tires were mounted and balanced by Forgeline. Thank you!

IMPALAMAN1
10-29-2016, 02:09 PM
I have a set of BFG Rival S 315/30/18 mounted on Forgeline RB3C 18x11. Took the car for her inaugural drive and here's where it gets weird....

Driving the car feels smooth, I do not feel an abnormality. My buddy was following me and noticed a pretty severe wobble on passenger rear wheel. I had him drive the car and also noticed a wobble and low speeds <10MPH and more severe at freeway speeds. Any idea why tire would wobble and I wouldn't feel it?

Tires were mounted and balanced by Forgeline. Thank you!

Try swapping the wheels left to right. to check if it is wheel or axle. if it is the wheel tire iy will be quickly noted. then you will move on to the next step..... jack it up... run it in gear, enough to get the wheel spinning. see if it is the wheel or tire.... if it wasnt seated correctly it may give you a wobble that was balanced out of it.

Forgeline Wheels
10-31-2016, 05:52 AM
That is exactly where I would start. Move the rears to the other side and see if the wobble follows. If it does, I would recommend having the wheel and tire checked out at your local tire store of choice. It is possible that the wheel or tire was damaged in shipping. If the wobble stays on that side of the car, you have something else going on. Please let us know what you find.