Kincaid wrote:Which could indicate improper torquing.
Get yourself a torque wrench, jack stands and a floor jack - will cost you under $100 total if you get it at Harbor Freight. Then you can do it yourself and save $20 every time! So easy.
Well, I would, but I can't. I live in a townhouse and have zero place to store the said items. Plus, I don't work and I'm financially dependent on my grandparents, who of which just pay for everything to be done to anything. They won't be able to justify spending money on that when we get them done at the shop for free.
tpollauf wrote:Here's my take on this situation. First off you had NO PROBLEMS whatsoever with the original Goodyear RSA's which came from the factory correct? Then you get a new set of the "so called" identical tires and this problem starts. I'd say the tires are BAD, or they somehow damaged your rims during the mounting process to where this condition started. Has anybody driven this car other than yourself to where some damage could have occurred without your knowledge? Maybe the garage/mechanic taking it for a test drive and really beating on it? It seems like the tires themselves could be the problem. What mileage did you end up getting out of the original set? Hmmmmmmmm .........................
We got somewhere around 55,000 miles out of the factory's. The second set of tires weren't identical, but were GoodYear Eagles GT's. The tire shop put one on backwards, the "inside" was facing the outside and vise versa. They replaced that tire for free, so we went ahead and bought three new because they had somewhere around 35,000 miles; so past their half life. Now I'm on the 3rd set of tires. Again, these are GoodYear Eagle GT's. I don't know that its wheel damage because I'll take my car right back, tell them the problem, and whatever they do fixes the problem.
I'm not the easiest driver on my tires, lots of quick turns, but these are "high performance tires" for crying out loud. The Vibe is NOT a performance car so I can't be driving them that hard to mess them up!