msmching

Hi aLL!!

Recently, i have 1) changed my rims + tires...
2)Lowered it with Tein SS for about 1.7 front and back ##.

And i m just wondering why do i feel so weird about my car now.

As i make turns around like 20 - 30 m/h or even lower a little, i feel like the car's gonna lose controL.
That's the main problem i have right now. Feeling like, the car's gonna slide off any moment.

Anyone feeling me!?!?!

Is it possible for me to feel that because i didn't do the alignment yet?!?!

Or, is it that i just worried too much(cuz i always think lowering will hurt my car) that i think too much.
*U know how ppl get too worried about stuff and tend to think that there's lots of problem happening when there's actually none*

How do i get rid of the problem?!!?

Thanks... Thanks people..!!

PWAiN

Hmmm..I had a similar feeling when I dropped my car. Not to the point where I felt the car was going to lose control. Just the fact that I had to be more careful not to destroy my front lip on driveway entrances/ curbs etc.

n1ke5h

after i dropped my car i felt like the car has some oversteer when i took turns with the same effort i used to put into turns before lowering. im still getting used to it but after having the rsb and the coilovers in, i feel like i can take turns with a lot more ease and as smooth as butter

PJS

It's possibly non-usage related, and after a while, you'll get a feel for the car like before.
It could also be a case of the lower CoG putting more stress on the tyres, or the ones you have are a softish sidewall type and are giving more now.
Check your pressures as well, and play with them to see if that helps - don't stick religiously to the numbers printed on the door frame, but equally, stay within 90% of the max pressure they're deigned for.
Some people swear by max-10% which could result in over-inflation, so only the centre tread being in contact with the tarmac. That coupled with any over-negative camber may be more unsettling, so be careful.

EuRTSX

I'm not feelin' your way of writing.

revitupwriteitoff

^ learn how to read mo' betterer



how long has your car been lowered? I'm sure everything's fine - you're just getting used to the smaller amount of body roll & other side effects of lowering your car.

msmching

how long?!! it's Exactly one month tomorrow.

side effects... is that good?!? or bad?!? lol.

msmching

Dun really know about the tires...

The one i got .. Its a Falken ZE i believe.

I thought those tires.. i can't pump air into it?! and since i can't pump air into it, can i still check the pressure of it?!

msmching

haha.. Dun tell me u dun understand anything i wrote up there. @@

i even revised what i typed a few times before i hit the "summit" button. lol.

JayRoam

get the alignment, then see if it still feels "wrong"

DuckDodgers

Oh hell yes. I had exactly the same thing with a Z3 that I lowered. Tramlining, squirrly handling, greasy feel in the wet.

Took it to a good independent alignment shop (went by a local race shop and found out who they sent their cars to for alignments) and found out just how screwed up the alignment can get when you vary the ride height and wheel/tyre sizes.

After I got it back, it was like a hot knife through butter in the turns...smooth and controlled. Don't put the alignment off!

AamirCWITR

alignment.

joerockt

Atta boy

6spdcl9

yea try out an alignment

Dan Martin

If you're driving around without air in your tires, that might explain a lot.

PJS

Somehow our member has illusions that run-flat tyres are airless, and it's this "lack" of air that's causing the problem.
Does make one wonder what pressure the tyres are at if they've not even been checked, never mind inflated, since God only knows how long?

msmching

Driving on the freeway just now. Reached 80. and i was just SO scared. @@


Haven't got my alignment yet. Ingalls Camber kit's arriving on monday. Got them from Ebay.

darcheeseTSX04

I was scared driving my car down the highway after dumping it down on coilovers without an alignment. The car pulled all over the place as if the back wheels were fighting each other.

Alignment

SoCaliTrojan

I had my coilovers installed somewhere that's like 60 miles from me...I had no problem on the highway. My alignment was off quite a bit too (-2.5 degree camber, etc)

As for the OP, if you did both of those at the same time, you definitely need an alignment. It's usually best to do things separate (unless if it would require the mechanic to do something twice...one before and one now). That way you can isolate the problem to either the coilovers or your choice of tires.

If you didn't know that you can put air in your tire, you probably have un-even tire pressure. That could cause the uneasiness that you're feeling.

LoveMyTL-S

You can always give me your car. Problem solved..... Get the alignment already.

studville

wez gotz 2 reprzent. Iz ben shot 5 timez by the po po cuz I wuz ridin dirty (40 deep rollin on dem deuce deuces). Itz all gud ya'll.

msmching

lol.

yea, i m still waiting for my camber kit that is supposed to arrive TODAY.

but no...

crap... UPS.. @@

msmching

Would like to get my thread alive again.

Yea, so.. for the time being, i had my camber kit installed..and did the alignment.

BUT the problem still exists... stiLL feels weird driving around. Feels like, my car's so light that it sliding. As if the tires are not grabbing hard on the ground.

And as the title of this post, Falken ZE 512, which is what i have right now.

Is there anyone who knows or uses that tires as well??!

Is it because of the tires that's causing the 'wrong' feel i m having!?!?

THANKSSS!!!

visuelz

It might be that since your car is lower, there is less body roll. Then when you take turns, the car doesn't feel like it's bending and it causes you to think that the car is like sliding...=D

msmching

that problem actually cause me to be "scared" . . .

but.. will a sway bar for the front and rear helps?!?!

LOL888

No that won't help. Maybe you need to balance your wheels or hub centric rings?

msmching

Never heard of that be4.. but .. where can i get that done?!?! any tire store?!?!

Tsx6363

i guess its just your tires bro... if you're scared of slipping go for fat and sticky performance tires