Anyone have wheel vibration?

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Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
I have an 06 4runner Ltd and I did the bilstein 5100s all around and maxed out the front at 2.5" and I kept the stock springs. In the rear I had Old Man Emu springs (885s I believe) installed and then everything was alligned. I also did the brake line extension and rdd.
Now I wanted the wider stance to fill the wheelwells up so I decided to go with the blue spydertrax wheel spacers.
I had this all installed by a professional brake and alignment shop in Langley. I notice vibration at about 50-55 mph. At lower speeds I hardly feel any wheel vibration but when I'm hitting hwy speed and my hand is at the bottom of the wheel I feel a slight shake. It drives me crazy. Im a picky guy! The wheels are balanced and I didnt have this vibration before the spacers and lift. These are the hub centric ones so I didnt expect this!! I dont think the lift that I'm running would cause this either??
Has anyone experienced this before? If I remove the front spacers do I need another alignment before I can road test it? I dont want to get rid of them, they make it look so nice and fat!!

Sorry for the long post, hope to here some good feedback.

I have brand new Yokahama Geolander A/T-S on the stock wheels and then bought the FJ Cruiser wheels for the winter with the Yokahama Geolander I/T G072 snows. Awesome tires if anyone is looking for a great snow tire!!
One more thing, I'm running the stock 18" tire size that toyota recommends with the lift and spacers and I still had to do some trimming???
Especially with the snows which are a 265/65/R17. I havent removed the mudflaps yet but they do rub there a bit under full turn with a bit of a camber.
How do people run a bigger tire? What are the tricks? Do I need to add spacers up front and what size? I'd like to run the Cooper Discover Stts like I had on my TRD but I dont think I can with this set up? Whats wrong with it?
 
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I experienced something similar with my Spidertrax. After the installation there was a very slight vibration coming through the steering wheel at around 55-60 mph. This was bothering me and at first I thought wheel was slightly out of balance, but it was okay before the install. It seemed to fade over the course of a few weeks and is now gone, all is smooth.

Installation of the spacers without the lift may cause some rubbing with the stock size tires. Mine needed the plastic liner moved forward a bit only on the drivers side. Mudflaps are still okay. I am going to install my lift next and I expect to have do some more trimming when I get my bigger tires, but nothing major. I am bit surprised you had rubbing with stock size tires and the lift. The offset on the FJ wheels is less than the offset on the stock wheels by 15 mm, so they sit out further, causing more potential for rubbing.
 
I forgot to mention that I don't think you would need to re-do you alignment if you just remove your spacers to road test it. I didn't have my alignment done when I installed my spacers about 5000k ago and I haven't noticed any ill effects yet.
 
if i read it right, u have fj whieels which have a different offset than the 4r wheels, then u installed spidertrax, combined, that most likely is the source of ur rubbing & u will need to trim & move the inner fender forward Toyota 4Runner Wheel Spacers on the vibration, personally, id have them recheck the alignment & retorque the wheel spacers which should of been done after driving a few miles on them.
 

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