Help!!

[god-father88]

Just purchased some brand new BK reps!. Had them put on the car a few days ago with brand new tyres and balanced correctly. Got the car laser alined etc. But since the change to 17's the steering keeps shaking over 30mph!. The suspensions ok, so are all the bushs!!. I've been told from a zoner that theres issues with these BK reps and there shit over a certain speed?!..

[Ant]

did you fit the required spigot rings ??

[god-father88]

did you fit the required spigot rings ??

yee i did!..was just driving back on the a-road now and it felt like the front wheels were going to cave in driving at 50

[jbh]

jack the car up and spin the wheels and see if there running true.. check if there sitting flush against the hub.. failing that remove them and fit a set of 15" bbs

[zaust]

Try swappin the front to rear too, They may have just balanced two of them. If not at £44 a wheel you can't expect them to be great. Take them back and get some proper wheel's.

[B7]

Welcome to the world of Plastercine BK Reps! I drove SteveSE's 325 on a set of this and the thing drove terribly!

[god-father88]

haha! u jokers! i've done everything! swapping the wheels front to rear! the lot!!..just wacked my 15" bbs rims back on and it drives mint!..

[zaust]

I belive someone used one a garden hose reel, And it buckeled when winding the hose back

[B7]

haha! u jokers! i've done everything! swapping the wheels front to rear! the lot!!..just wacked my 15" bbs rims back on and it drives mint!..

That proves that then. You've wasted your money!

[god-father88]

thanks B7! what i really wanted 2 hear! haha!

[Barx325i]

what are your top mounts like? they can slip under the net for fault finding. Knackered ones give the symptoms you describe, & amplified by larger diameter wheels with lower profile tires..

17's are too big for the e30 tbh..

[Dezzy]

what are your top mounts like? they can slip under the net for fault finding. Knackered ones give the symptoms you describe, & amplified by larger diameter wheels with lower profile tires..

17's are too big for the e30 tbh..

Not when he swapped back to BBS instead shitty reps and it's fine though.

[Barx325i]

ooooh ronal LS, nice choice, 7.5x15

the top mounts may still be shagged, & 15's with deeper tire profiles exert different forces on the uprights & symptoms not that noticeable with 15's fitted.

[Dezzy]

If they are fooked so that it's shaking badly at 30mph it wouldn't matter if it had 14" or 17" it would be noticable.

It's possible they are tired anyway and new ones really sharpen up the handling. Defos worth doing if they haven't already but the problem with the car defos sounds like the reps to me.

[Barx325i]

I'm just saying it's worth a look, it's not totally outside the realms of possibility

[B7]

I'm just saying it's worth a look, it's not totally outside the realms of possibility

It'll be the rims. Believe me.......................

The issues you are referring to will only be amplified by the BK's. Which means the BK's will be out of true to start with. Yes the 15's may not show the issues up but when they do? the car would be undrivable on the BK's.

Si and I had a 325i touring with absoloutley f*cked out of their brains top mounts. It still drove well apart from the odd knock.

This will be the rims without a doubt.

[deano1351]

Are they directional tyres as I had this problem due to a tyre the wrong way round.