Tires Causing Rear End Issues?
06-03-2009, 07:28 PM
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Tires Causing Rear End Issues?
After 35,000 miles and many years on this forum, I need some advice.
I installed Continental all-season tires on my car after giving up the ghost trying to get through winter with the stock Potenzas- no big deal, they needed replacing anyway.
However, I find that when I do hard cornering, the rear tires "lock up" intermittently and I hear a clunk from the rear end.
Turning off the DSC eliminates this issue completely. I never had this problem with the Potenzas. Is this normal?
I installed Continental all-season tires on my car after giving up the ghost trying to get through winter with the stock Potenzas- no big deal, they needed replacing anyway.
However, I find that when I do hard cornering, the rear tires "lock up" intermittently and I hear a clunk from the rear end.
Turning off the DSC eliminates this issue completely. I never had this problem with the Potenzas. Is this normal?
06-04-2009, 11:56 AM
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The all-seasons will have less ultimate grip than the Potenzas, so TCS/DSC will kick in earlier than you were used to. You may need to adjust your tire pressure. I replaced my original Dunlops with Yokohama Avid all-seasons. It's not quite the racecar that it once was, TCS/DSC will kick in sooner, but still handles quite well; just don't take it to the track 
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On the plus side, I now have plenty of traction in cold and rain and feel much safer in those conditions. And lo and behold, TCS/DSC kicks in much LATER in those conditions. Meaning, I sacrificed a little ultimate grip in summer in exchange for a big bump in grip in situations which were dangerous before. A great exchange, imo.
I found I needed to run a couple more PSI than I had been with the OEM tires to get the best handling out of them.
.On the plus side, I now have plenty of traction in cold and rain and feel much safer in those conditions. And lo and behold, TCS/DSC kicks in much LATER in those conditions. Meaning, I sacrificed a little ultimate grip in summer in exchange for a big bump in grip in situations which were dangerous before. A great exchange, imo.
I found I needed to run a couple more PSI than I had been with the OEM tires to get the best handling out of them.
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06-04-2009, 06:52 PM
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The all-seasons will have less ultimate grip than the Potenzas, so TCS/DSC will kick in earlier than you were used to. You may need to adjust your tire pressure. I replaced my original Dunlops with Yokohama Avid all-seasons. It's not quite the racecar that it once was, TCS/DSC will kick in sooner, but still handles quite well; just don't take it to the track .
On the plus side, I now have plenty of traction in cold and rain and feel much safer in those conditions. And lo and behold, TCS/DSC kicks in much LATER in those conditions. Meaning, I sacrificed a little ultimate grip in summer in exchange for a big bump in grip in situations which were dangerous before. A great exchange, imo.
I found I needed to run a couple more PSI than I had been with the OEM tires to get the best handling out of them.
.On the plus side, I now have plenty of traction in cold and rain and feel much safer in those conditions. And lo and behold, TCS/DSC kicks in much LATER in those conditions. Meaning, I sacrificed a little ultimate grip in summer in exchange for a big bump in grip in situations which were dangerous before. A great exchange, imo.
I found I needed to run a couple more PSI than I had been with the OEM tires to get the best handling out of them.
Thanks for the help guys- I'll try a few more PSI in the rears and see what happens. In the meantime, you should see how adept I have become at shutting off the switch mid turn. Don't even have to look, and I don't have to tell you how weird that is given where the switch is.
06-05-2009, 06:03 PM
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