New Rear Tires and Alignment - Car Driving Strange
06-07-2007, 10:38 AM
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New Rear Tires and Alignment - Car Driving Strange
I got new rear tires this week on the S2000, and also had a full computerized alignment done on the front and back. The car drives great, and when I take my hands off the wheel it drives straight as an arrow. However, when I accelerate, the car seems to tug to the left just a bit (hardly noticeable), but when I let off, it definitely drifts back to the right (more noticeable). Any ideas as to what could be wrong. I've checked tire direction, tire pressure, etc. and everything seems fine. Could it just be that it was out of alignment all of this time and I wasn't used to it driving as it should?
06-07-2007, 11:04 AM
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mine does something similar. it tugs to the right when i take off really hard and shift it hard. i'm thinking it has something to do with the rear suspension being tweaked to one side or something, but i just haven't found the time to take it apart.
06-09-2007, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Elistan,Jun 8 2007, 07:46 PM
CHECK YOUR REAR TIRE PRESSURES. And then double-check them again.
if that doesn't help, what tires did you have put on?
06-10-2007, 07:47 AM
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Checked the rear tire pressure, it's 32psi left and right. I put on 225/50/16's. Cooper Zeon 2XS are the tires I put on. Very pleased with them except for this one issue. Tires have same wear, same pressure, etc. It goes back in on Tuesday. Picked those tires because I had them on the front and was very pleased, and the diameter and section width of the rears was very close to the original S-02's.
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06-10-2007, 04:51 PM
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Don't think so..the dimensions on the 245's were very different than the original S-02's. I had to go with the 225's, otherwise I would have had speedo issues. Also, that shouldn't pull the car one way when accelerating and back to the right when letting off the gas.
06-11-2007, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Illiniwek,Jun 10 2007, 04:51 PM
Don't think so..the dimensions on the 245's were very different than the original S-02's. I had to go with the 225's, otherwise I would have had speedo issues. Also, that shouldn't pull the car one way when accelerating and back to the right when letting off the gas.
In the past I have had the Exact same problem, with the 225 in the rear the car just drives funky and behaves exactly like you explain,