305S0L's 2002 Black Coupe EX

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How much clearance do you have between the wheel and the caliper? Looks close haha.
 

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Changed the Drivers side CV today, drivers side lower ball joint, and did an oil change.

I noticed some vibration between 60-70mph, rather annoying. Tires are set to 40 psi, gonna check the balancing on them next.
 

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Changed the Drivers side CV today, drivers side lower ball joint, and did an oil change.

I noticed some vibration between 60-70mph, rather annoying. Tires are set to 40 psi, gonna check the balancing on them next.


Following up;
I purchased a Harbor Freight a Static Portable Wheel Balancer to look into my balancing suspicion. Didn't even know these things existed! Pretty neat. Took me a few try's to get the balancing on the wheels as close to perfect as possible.

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After a couple hours over a weekend, I can say the balancing is on point. No more vibrations from 60-70 at all.

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Nice to see some one is taking a good care. Bet it felt like silk on the road afterwards haha!

Car's looking beautiful as always. Ever thought about removing ur pinstripes?
 

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Following up;
I purchased a Harbor Freight a Static Portable Wheel Balancer to look into my balancing suspicion. Didn't even know these things existed! Pretty neat. Took me a few try's to get the balancing on the wheels as close to perfect as possible.

Whoa, I had no idea about these. I'm always picky about what I'll trust to be a precision tool when buying from HF, I'm glad this was a good buy!

So you had some wheel weights and kept sticking them in different places until you got a good reading?
 

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Nice to see some one is taking a good care. Bet it felt like silk on the road afterwards haha!

Car's looking beautiful as always. Ever thought about removing ur pinstripes?

Thank you Sil2DrV6! Yes I have. One of the many cosmetic things I'd like to do.


Whoa, I had no idea about these. I'm always picky about what I'll trust to be a precision tool when buying from HF, I'm glad this was a good buy!

So you had some wheel weights and kept sticking them in different places until you got a good reading?

You are correct Red! Its a bit of a process. You have to be patient and try over and over until the bubble lines up. I'll be doing this again this weekend when I move them the rears to the front. Time to rotate.
 

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As I mentioned on another thread I resolved the popping noises by replacing the front sway bar end links.

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And here's some shots from July 4th weekend:

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Always feels good to get rid of rattles/creaks/pops/squeaks. What kind of endlinks are those?
 
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