Silver99Z28

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Hello everybody!

A few weeks before I changed my setup from the standard 16"-5 Spokes and
245/50ZR16 all around to 17*9.5 wheels with 40mm offset and Hankook sport K104 tyres in the dimension 275/40ZR17 all around.

Everything fits perfectly and the car looks great, but now I have a very strong tramlining effect. At higher speeds (> 90-100mph, I'm living in germany), the car is'nt easy to control anymore.

I knew and expected that changing to wider tyres in the front, combined with the 40mm offset would bring some handling / tramlining... But I'm suprised how vehemently the car now snaps in...

Has anybody made the same experience? Do you think it's mainly a question of the type of tyres? I'm going to install Bilstein HD shocks, do think this will
help?

The car has still the stock shocks and springs, only LCA's and a PHB from UMI...

Any suggestions?

Thank you, Holger

99ssleeper

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Unfortunately it is something that nearly all of us with wide tires have experinced. It mainly depends on the road surface, wether or not it has ruts...I notice it quite a bit on slightly rutted roads, but on a nice flat surface it goes away. One night I was coming home and there was nobody else around, so for the heck of it I decided to let go of the steering wheel and see what happens. For atleast a half mile the car went from the line on the shoulder over to the divider line and back...all by itself. I bet over the half mile distance it went back and forth 10 times.

Tires do make a difference as well. My car did it a lot with the stock Goodyear F1s, but then I switched to BFG KDWS tires and most of it went away.

I would have the alignment checked and make sure the tires are run at the proper pressures...other than that, it's sort of the nature of the beast.

BlackHawk T/A

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Wow my car does it so bad that if I did that on some of the roads here I would end up in someones front yard.