RichPugh

I thought it was my tires but when I just put my new wheels/tires on (Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Positions on 19" BBS LM replicas), they are just as noisy as before. With 134,000 miles, I couldnt expect to get any more life out of these front wheel bearings especially with the car being as low as it is, driving in the city, etc.. What am I looking at for this repair in terms of costs at the dealer? Maybe I'll head to NGP or Induktion Motorsports if its an arm and a leg...

4Driver4

Are your wheels the correct offset?

RichPugh

No... theyre obviously not the correct offset at all. The A8L wheels are 19x8.5, 45et so to fill the wheel wells, I am running 15mm H&R spacers. I'm sure theyre giving the wheel bearings a beating. The new wheels are also 19x8.5, 45et and I'm running the same spacers and same size NEW 245/35-19 tires. The noise was not there a year ago and gradually got louder which I assumed was from the obviously cupped/feathered tires (Dunlop Direzza's go quick). I put the new wheels/tires on and noticed a bit of play in the drivers side hub. Pass side seemed tight. 1st road test was almost the exact same noise as before the wheel/tire swap. Its got to be the wheel bearing(s). It roars lightly driving straight but not nearly as much as when I turn. Typically a wheel bearing noise will go away when turning and unweighting or changing the geometry of the loose bearing but thats when 1 is only bad. When turning both directions, I get noise so I gotta assume both are shot.

meq123

($106 parts & $188 labor + tax)

RichPugh

Oh at 134k, what I would give for extended waranty LOL

meq123

It's expired now. I got about $800 in repairs out of it for the cost of the $2200 premium. So in retrospect, not worth it.