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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 02:47 AM
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Tire problems with my 2009 GT 8

well I just recently put on eagle tires that measure 255/35/19 with enkei rp03s that measure 19 x 9.5

now today was my first day driving with them and I noticed that when i went to switch lanes i felt like the rear right tire was about to come off. Then the tire signal came on and then the signal with the little car sliding came on.

now I wanted to know what this meant. Was it just because the computer would sense my new wheels or is there something actually wrong with it.

any help would be greatly appreciated
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by NoWayOut
well I just recently put on eagle tires that measure 255/35/19 with enkei rp03s that measure 19 x 9.5

now today was my first day driving with them and I noticed that when i went to switch lanes i felt like the rear right tire was about to come off. Then the tire signal came on and then the signal with the little car sliding came on.

now I wanted to know what this meant. Was it just because the computer would sense my new wheels or is there something actually wrong with it.

any help would be greatly appreciated
maybe the owners manual might shed some light, or lights!

that stuff is smart..

but it only works if you read it..


beers
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 06:17 AM
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Most likely your new tires aren't broken in yet (takes 300 - 500 miles) and therefore you're losing traction in a hard lane change and the DSC is reacting as it should. With that much tire-road contact surface area sudden steering inputs can have rather dramatic effects.
btw: RTFM
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by NoWayOut
well I just recently put on eagle tires that measure 255/35/19 with enkei rp03s that measure 19 x 9.5

now today was my first day driving with them and I noticed that when i went to switch lanes i felt like the rear right tire was about to come off. Then the tire signal came on and then the signal with the little car sliding came on.
This one means "low tire pressure"

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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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yea sorry about that guys but it was really late and I was way too lazy to pull out the manual for the lights.

anyways you all think that there should be nothing wrong and the tires just need to be broken in?
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Was it raining?
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Was it raining?
no it was not
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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nah most likely not the tires but +1 on them not being broken in yet
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