aw man that sucks . you just had one done? I actually heard if you change rims and tires you didnt have to do an alignment. But I always figured the contact patch would be different once you got different size tires and that needed to be corrected.

 

ya, i got mine done 2 weeks ago. let me see if the shop can give me half price atleas.t lol.

 

Having run the G Force KDs I know what your problem is THE BFGS ARE VERY SKINNY FOR THEIR RATED SIZE!!!!!!

You won't notice it on the fronts very much, but the rears were over 1/2" narrower than the stock 16 inchers. I can only assume it's the same with the 18".

I learned my lesson so when I searched for my 265x35 18" tires I found over 2" difference between actual tread width between brands.

 

^hmmm ic, does your new tires seem any skinnier than your oems?

 

not again, please keep the rota bashing to yourself.

 

you know it's hard to do this over the internet when you can't tell the different between sway bar from strut bar.

bring it to a shop, we can guess all day long and you'll never spot it even if it's starring at your face.

not trying to diss anyone but that's just my 2cents about this.

 

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absolutely correct.

is this the same thread where the OP says a lot more oversteer and understeer?

 

I know what a sturt bar and sway bar is. I was just stating that fact that it feels like i have no support from either or, causing the body to flex thus giving me the feeling of handling loss.

My real question is, how would i know if my struts are blown. I would imagine i would get bad handling with bad srtuts.

 

When I bought my car it had big 18" bling bling wheels on it and drove very much like you describe, very unstable and twichy, especially at higher speeds. I traded them for some stock 16's and it helped a lot, but it was far from right. I bought some struts off a 2005 S2000 and that solved my problems. The 16's may have been masking a problem that the new wheels could not so effectively cover up.

 

+1 for the "mold release." It's the greasy stuff on the tires to get it to slide out of the rubber casting mold. It can take a good 500-700 miles to get the tires to grip properly. Would imagine that would contribute to some shimmy and squirreliness. A bump and stick would turn into a bump and slide.