Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 11, 2004 07:12 pm UTC
May 11, 2004 07:12 pm UTC
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Jeff Gilroy
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Here are the details:
Eagle Alloys 172 - 16x7.5 +38mm offset.
Kumho Ecsta 712 225/50VR16
'93 AWD Talon
These things want to follow every imperfection in the road. I started with them on my '92 Laser AWD, and even after 2 alignments they still want follow ruts.
I thought maybe it was something wrong with the frontend, so I was hoping for better results when I put them on the Talon. Still the same thing.
Is anybody else running these tires? Have you had any issues like this?
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 11, 2004 07:23 pm UTC
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Noah Wiles
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I have to agree with Rob. A 50 series tire is nothing. It's only a 225 as well, there shouldn't be a problem.
1997 Eagle Talon TSi - JDM 6 bolt = SOLD!
2008 Mistubishi Lancer GTS
2008 Chevy Equinox
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 12, 2004 01:21 am UTC
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scott emberson
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I have the same tires
but mine are 205/45/16
i love them , only thing i dont like is that when they are cold they just spin ...
other than that i think great tire for the $ next to a toyo proxis
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 12, 2004 04:29 am UTC
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Jeff Gilroy
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Scott, what pressures are you running in them?
Jeff
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 12, 2004 08:57 pm UTC
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Kingston,Ont
Ryan Hutchins
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When I had those tires they did that when they were fairly worn. My Yoko ES100's are doing that now since there is almost no thread left.
Black '92 Talon TSi AWD - SOLD
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 14, 2004 10:10 pm UTC
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Montreal
Anthony Novello
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I have Toyo's Proxes, (17")... Never again.
Same problem like yours, the car goes everywhere. I'm scared to punched it when I'm in first gear....I'm an accident waiting to happen.
Need more power...
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 15, 2004 02:41 pm UTC
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Jeff Gilroy
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Well, I tried taking them up to 44psi, and the steering is definately lighter, but it didn't make much of a difference to the "wandering" problem.
Guess I'll just have to learn to live with it.
Jeff
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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May 18, 2004 01:54 am UTC
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Steve White
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My car did this terribly with my 17/8 40mm offset rims with Yokohama ES100's 235/40/17 till I had the toe brought back in line....it was way off. I run 37 psi in the tires too.
97 Talon with FP 3065-Kelfords-1G race head-DV/DT FMIC-FP 1150's-ECMlink-Meth inj 70/30 at 850cc's
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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June 27, 2004 05:36 am UTC
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Jeff Gilroy
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More data on the tramlining effect:
Tire Tech - Tramlining Coping with the Ruts in the Road
Good reading ... gives me some idea of what to tell the guys when I finally get a chance to take the car in for an alignment. Jeff
"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent" - Believe me, I know!
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Re: Damn car goes wherever it wants ..... Kumho 712's and Eagle Alloys
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June 27, 2004 05:59 pm UTC
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Martin Kowalski
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Originally posted by Martin Kowalski:
got the same problem here on my 97 GST, its going today to midas for a check up of what the problem could be....struts maybe? took it to midas, he took it for a test drive said my car has nothing wrong with it....he's blaming all the problems on the 18's im riding on, which is bull, cause i had the same problem with the stock 16's. anyways he tightened all the bolts in the rear suspenion. one thing that i noticed the back passenger side tire tends to lean out more from top to bottom like this \, i dont know if its supose to be like that or something might be bent....
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