[Mk3 Generic] Vibration

[Dylan]

Hi, everybody. Just picked up my 2 year old MR2 (6 speed), love it. One quick question though. How much vibration should I be getting through the steering wheel?

I did have an earlier MR2 Mk3 (5 speed) and I don't remember the vibration being as bad. Any advise would be great.

[jonb-]

Get the front wheels balanced off a stud plate (ie not off the center hole). If that doesn't fix it report back.

[BenF]

Dylan,

Definitely get the wheels balanced at a specalist rather than your local ATS / Kwick fit - they're sensitive to veyr slight wheel imbalance.

Explain the car is sensitive to wheel balance when you go in, and ask for a 'high speed' or 'fine' wheel balance.

Something I had done recently which made a huge difference was to get a four wheel alignment done. I got mine done at Elite @ Dagenham in London, and before I was getting vibrations at certain speeds which felt like imbalanced tyres.

They found the front end and one of the rears was toed out - rather than in and now it has been sorted it is completely smooth on the road - you can even feel the difference in the surface quality (tarmac -> Concrete) through the steering wheel.