I've had my 22's on my truck for about 3 weeks. My truck had 2700 miles on it when I put my new rims on. Prior to that I hadn't noticed any vibration or brake noise. I'm hoping that maybe the vibration is just something with the tire balancing and can be fixed by having them rebalanced. I start to notice it around 70 mph's. I'm more concerned with the brake noise. Can anyone who has upsized their rims tell me if they've had any issues with their brakes after they put on their new rims?

Thanks guys

 

You didnt happen to lower your rear end when you put the 22s on did you? I had mine lowered 2in and I had a slight vibe...so I raised it up to the 1 1/2 hole and it went away. As far as it being from the 22s, I have had zero problems with vibrations or brakes with my 24s. I did however have some brake noise that started around 2500 miles and then went away at about 5000 (I put my 24s on around the 3000 mile mark). It was more or less loud squeaking and whining. I think a lot of people have had this brake noise during early break in.

 

I haven't lowered it, but was planning a 2/4 drop. Everything on the truck suspension is 100% stock.

I hope the noise works itself out! I'm starting to get dirty looks from my wife when we pull up to a stop light!!!!!

 

Havent had any brake noise since ive had the truck and since the wheels and tires have been mounted. I have a suspension drop too....

 

In one word. Alignment! 3 friends of mine changed wheel/tire sizes. All had problems. After getting realigned their problems went away. Seems Fords factory alignment isn't exact enough. Bigger/larger tire sizes are enough to change the tow to cause problems. The 3 friends are all driving 05s if that makes any difference.

 

I was going to get an alignment after I did the drop. One more reason to get off my butt and do it.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

After I put my 22"s on had a vibe and when I took it in to have 2" shackles put on I told them to do an allignment and balance and now everything is gravy!!

 

Align + balance = call it day......

 

Sounds like a plan! I appreciate the help guys!

 

Now you have an excuse to get it it dropped.

 

i would re-tighten your lugs...
depending on the center bore of the wheel.. if its too big - when you first put the wheels on it might not have been totally centered when you tightened the lugs.. and now that youve driven it the wheels have situated themselves with the minor road vibrations and bumps..
if that doesnt do anything i would def get them rebalanced (you might have thrown a weight?)

 

Since my wife hit the mailbox in the truck last night, I think I no longer need a "good" reason to get it dropped! I'm going to milk that for everything I can!!!!!

 

I put 305/55/20 's with the front leveling kit on my 05 and have them rebalanced two times and still vibrating at highway speeds. Maybe I'll have them recheck the allignment.

 

I've got the DJM shackles on my truck at the 2" holes and have a slight driveline vibration. Did you notice any differences, appearance wise, between 2" and 1-1/2"? I've noticed that on certain surfaces, the rear of my truck seems lower than the front, so if I can level that out somewhat and get rid of my vibration, all the better.

 

my tires always vibrate a little until they get warm then its not too noticable. There is a slight vibration, but hey, this is not a factory ride. im gonna guess the brake noise is because of the bigger tires and rims that the truck has to stop....maybe you are used to stopping on the old tires and pushing the brakes a little hard. Ive got about 7 thousand miles on my setup and would enjoy upgrading at least my brake pads so i dont have megadust on my rims everyday. :santa: