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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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.take it to a REPUTABLE shop and have the alignment checked. somewhere u can trust and have them check the bearings. and if it was me when they do a test drive i would go with them to make sure they arent beating the hell outa your car.
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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Ya the toe is way off. Could that cause this vibration
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 08:46 PM
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ive never had a car vibrate from toe being out. as i said take it somewhere. u cant do anything bout the alignment yourself.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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ive never had a car vibrate from toe being out. as i said take it somewhere. u cant do anything bout the alignment yourself.
I'd agree that just having the toe out shouldn't cause a vibration. However, bad toe is going to quickly wear tires and that could cause vibration. Many high performance tires with large tread blocks are good at making noise and vibration with any uneven wear.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 12:43 PM
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^I've tried 2 sets of wheels and it didn't change
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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^I've tried 2 sets of wheels and it didn't change
then its not the tires so stop switching sets. if it goes away under a hard turn one way and it gets louder or stays the same the other way its a bearing.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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^yes it does go away during right turns. so its a bearing for sure? couldnt be cv joint or bad tie rod ends?

and i only switched wheels once lol
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 02:59 PM
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no. its a bearing. axles and tie rods will have a different vibration/noises. and u said u tried 2 different sets of wheels so i would assume u switched wheels more than once.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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I agree that it sounds like a wheel bearing & that the best thing for you to do now is bring it to a shop.

Unless you feel confident that you can correctly identify & diagnose the problem
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by slowonder
and u said u tried 2 different sets of wheels so i would assume u switched wheels more than once.

lol ya the set that came on the car, and then i switched to the stocks that also came with the car. that equals 2
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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still havent diagnosed the problem. ill have time to take it to a shop tuesday if i havent figured it out by then
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 04:48 PM
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a couple of us have told u what it is. what else do u want from us?
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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^lol i was getting all kinds of different answers. i thought it was the right side front wheel bearing all along, went to a shop today and they confirmed it. they also fixed my ****ed up alignment, and now the vibration is only happening when i turn left. it no longer does it when driving straight
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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Nice to see you figured it out!
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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thanks man. just ordered the part online for 106$ oem mitsubishi.

also the shop said that it looks like i have a bent driver side strut because they couldnt fix the camber on that side and everything else measured out correctly. oh well good thing im getting coilovers
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