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Wheel project - reducing vibration at highway speeds

I purchased a set of Pacific Dualies wheel liners and installed them shortly after the purchase of our 2016 Sunseeker in late 2015. We'd always had a vibration at 65 and up, so much so that we limited our speed to 63 at the most.
I took the unit in for a balance/rotation, and had removed the liners prior to the trip. There was virtually no vibration through 70, and after the balance, no notable vibration was felt.
Thus... time to get rid of the liners, as pretty as they look.
Pacific Dualies wheel simulators
Pacific Dualies wheel simulators		 Prior to cleaning and painting
Prior to cleaning and painting		 Front w/o lugnuts
Front w/o lugnuts
After and before
After and before		 Masking/painting
Masking/painting		 Reducing rust at the mating surfaces
Reducing rust at the mating surfaces
Reducing rust at the mating surfaces
Reducing rust at the mating surfaces		 Date code
Date code		 Rear dual ready to be installed
Rear dual ready to be installed
After
After		 Installed
Installed		 Awaiting chrome caps and beauty rings...
Awaiting chrome caps and beauty rings...
With trepidation... cutting up the simlators to create retainers
With trepidation... cutting up the simlators to create retainers		 Initial results for the rear dual
Initial results for the rear dual		 Cheap trim rings...
Cheap trim rings...
You'd a thunk they would have been better for $70
You'd a thunk they would have been better for $70		 Two were twisted, but they flattened out once mounted. I coated the inside with zinc for rust deflection
Two were twisted, but they flattened out once mounted. I coated the inside with zinc for rust deflection		 Setting grip angle; they were straight, so were a bugger to install and didn't set flush with the rim
Setting grip angle; they were straight, so were a bugger to install and didn't set flush with the rim
Beauty ring - Front
Beauty ring - Front		 Beauty ring - rear
Beauty ring - rear		 Tuning the retainer for the front caps
Tuning the retainer for the front caps
They had a curl, but it didn't align with the wheel curve...
They had a curl, but it didn't align with the wheel curve...		 Final retaining rings cut out of the simulators
Final retaining rings cut out of the simulators		 Rear complete!
Rear complete!
Rear
Rear		 Front complete!
Front complete!		 Front
Front
Front
Front

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