Flat spotting?

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Old May 17, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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Flat spotting?

Have any of you here ever noticed that in your TSX when you first take it out in the morning and take it on the highway right away, that you'll get some vibration from your steering wheel?
I'm talking about stock tires of course.
The highway is actually about 1/8 of a mile from my house. The first drive in the morning, and after i get off work it's actually right near the highway too. I seem to feel some light/moderate vibration in my steering wheel when i first start to drive. But that light vibration seems to go away after a couple of miles of highway driving.

Does anyone here feel what i'm talking about? Is it because the tires are flatspotting? Is there any way to prevent this?
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Old May 17, 2005 | 07:41 AM
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Yes I noticed it, on the OEM's, the Contiextreme's I replaced the sucky OEM's for, and now on the new Kumho Exta ASX's I got to replace the Conti's (although it's not as bad). Use the search, this has been discussed in Tires and Wheels, but simple answer is, no, there isn't anything you can do (well, I suppose you move the car every hour or so, that would probably do the trick )
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Old May 17, 2005 | 07:49 AM
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You could up the tire pressure a little. I'm at 36PSI and don't seem to have this problem.
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Old May 17, 2005 | 07:52 AM
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or u just need a tire rotation/balance....
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Old May 17, 2005 | 08:27 AM
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It shouldn't have anything to do with tire balance or rotation as the vibration goes away after the tires warmed up. I've experienced the vibration on all of my cars and the truck. Try bump up the air pressure as sauceman suggested.
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