ok guys do I need a balance job? or do I just live with it? New BFGs put on.

[stringmachine]

what did you have on it before? and what psi now and before?

[Traakon]

stringmachine previously said:

have your alignment check i promise you will find it is out,

He already said he had the alignment done.

I believe the stock Toyota wheels are "Lug Centric" but I cannot check my FJ because the stock wheels only made it 1.5 miles from the dealership. This means that a proper balance will need to take that into consideration.

I will offer the following not as a dig, but "life history" with BFG's. I use to be a BFG diehard. Had them put on all my trucks (personal and business) but I ran through a period of a year when I had to have 11 sets (yes 44 tires total) replaced for being "out of round". The symptom was difficulty to get/hold a balance and when balanced still having a vibration. It was such an issue BFG actually contacted me to look at the truck/s to see what "I was doing to their tires". As a regular client, my tire guy was pretty straight with me and told me that while my experience was worse than most (I bought more tires then most) there was a "manufacture issue". BFG did their best to keep me buying their tire but after the 11th set, I went to Michelin and magically the issue disappeared.

Get a good balance on them by someone who knows what they are doing and ask them to check for "Round".

GL...keep us posted

[stringmachine]

yes i already saw that in the post. but not all alignments are good ones either..thx

[23V]

It definitely sounds like you need to have the tires balanced (or rebalanced). Many others with FJs have had similar problems with a steering wheel vibration right around 60 MPH. I had the same problem and had it corrected in about an hour at a tire shop with a Hunter 9700 balancing system.

See this post for details and a link to find a Hunter shop in your area:

Occassional Steering Wheel Shimmy