OG McGibblets
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- NJ
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI
enkei 18" new kojins been having vibration since day 1. went through replacing one wheel through retailer, and swapped out 10+ conti dws06 tires while trying to road force balance them. but never solved the issue. (i went through 2 set of lug bolts, 4 sets of hub rings, hand tightening the wheels myself, i have tried all the stuff i saw on the forums and got an alignment as well)
drove a few months dealing with the shitty vibrations, and recently the latest shop told me that all four wheels are now all slightly out of round and need straightening. (road force was all 40+ lbs) i have no other damage on wheels, they look fine.
One guy at the shop mentioned the 5 spoke design as weak and possible design flaw. I've seen somewhere online discuss this as well. Enkei response was "As for wheels of a certain design being more prone to bending, I really don’t think that’s true. All of our wheels undergo extensive strength and stress testing during the design process. If the area between the spokes is found to be too weak during computer strength analysis, the whole flange is beefed up to make it more resistant to deformation. All of our wheels are going to meet a minimum strength standard as dictated by the JWL, which is basically the Japanese version of the DOT."
Enkei customer service has been useless in general and been giving the run around for weeks, having me submit evidence and saying they will call me, but never followed through. they told me i should pay for straightening the wheels and it will solve all my problems. however i am not keen on dumping more money into these wheels. especially if will just happen again.
This is turning into an enkei complaint thread, but I'm hoping someone can provide advice or perhaps dealt with a similar problem. i regret not buying neuspeed for a little more money. now i am not so sure of the strength of "flow formed" wheels, and might just go oem -_-
drove a few months dealing with the shitty vibrations, and recently the latest shop told me that all four wheels are now all slightly out of round and need straightening. (road force was all 40+ lbs) i have no other damage on wheels, they look fine.
One guy at the shop mentioned the 5 spoke design as weak and possible design flaw. I've seen somewhere online discuss this as well. Enkei response was "As for wheels of a certain design being more prone to bending, I really don’t think that’s true. All of our wheels undergo extensive strength and stress testing during the design process. If the area between the spokes is found to be too weak during computer strength analysis, the whole flange is beefed up to make it more resistant to deformation. All of our wheels are going to meet a minimum strength standard as dictated by the JWL, which is basically the Japanese version of the DOT."
Enkei customer service has been useless in general and been giving the run around for weeks, having me submit evidence and saying they will call me, but never followed through. they told me i should pay for straightening the wheels and it will solve all my problems. however i am not keen on dumping more money into these wheels. especially if will just happen again.
This is turning into an enkei complaint thread, but I'm hoping someone can provide advice or perhaps dealt with a similar problem. i regret not buying neuspeed for a little more money. now i am not so sure of the strength of "flow formed" wheels, and might just go oem -_-
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