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Old 09-01-2008, 09:03 AM
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my o2 z has 17x9 rims zr1, im wondering whats making my car wondering
in the ruts of the road were the water sits when it rains, this
drives me crazy, somtimes it gets bad, if u try to fight it, it gets worse. this makes me hate to drive it.
ive had 3 sets of tires theres no signs of alignment problems that
i can see,, thanks, other wise i love my z and most other do to...
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You have a tire contact patch that's almost a foot wide...it's going to wander.
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Play with your tire pressure, it shouldn't get rid of all of the trammeling, but it will help.
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Also check your alignment!
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Welcome to the wonderful world of big wide wheels. My car use to wonder ALOT in the ruts and other road irregularities, what ended up fixing 99% of that annoyance was when i replaced the steering rack with a new one. But i figured mine needed replacing anyway because it was in a wreck and that rack took a really hard hit, hard enough to ben the inner tie rod like 45* coming out of the rack.




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