Floating Car

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  1. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    Its a bit wet on the roads here, and driving along, my car is skaty as, and literally feels like its floating along the road.

    Like when im driving along, cruise set, 80kph, i constantly need to correct it slightly.

    Anyone know what it is?
     
  2. ed300zx

    ed300zx Active Member

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    aquaplaning? does the car feel like its lifting?
     
  3. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    Nar i know what aqua planing is, its still responsive, and it doesnt lift, it feels like the rear end is no longer attached to the car.... and is just coming around...

    EDIT: Sort of like coming around the corner with the wheel spinning, except no power, and no corner :S
     
  4. ed300zx

    ed300zx Active Member

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    what condition are your tyres in????
     
  5. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    i need to get new fronts, but the rears are near new....
     
  6. Brissie Beauty

    Brissie Beauty Silver and Gold

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    How wide are your rear tyres?

    Mine do that whenever it rains, new or old... Mine are 255's and they float as soon as there is some water on the road...
     
  7. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    ummm

    dunno

    lol
    will check

    they are 17 :p
     
  8. wooly1953

    wooly1953 (EDSZX )

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    just a thought?

    might be the front loosing it and not your rear:eek:






     
  9. aazn

    aazn New Member

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    how would the fronts loose it unless ur steering rack is gone..
     
  10. Lovic

    Lovic Non-member

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    that is a FF zed :eek:
     
  11. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    FF????

    And the front could be a possibility, i know in the dry it steers to the left, but if you hold a little pressure on the wheel, it steers fine.
     
  12. KudosMotorsports

    KudosMotorsports New Member

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    I would be checking two things:
    • HICAS Setup
    • Rear Cradle Bushes
     
  13. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    NA so no hicas

    and Rear Cradle bushes?

    How do i check?
     
  14. WhiteNight

    WhiteNight Littering and...

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    Go out and get some new suspension, new bushes all around with dunlop sportsmaxx tyres all around. That should help.
     
  15. mafi-zed

    mafi-zed the resident hoon

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    possibly the toe in toe out?
     
  16. cherryZ

    cherryZ Truth Addict

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    When's the last time you had a wheel alignment/balance? Suggest you replace your front tyres at the same time, lest you end up understeering off the road.
     
  17. SIM300

    SIM300 FAKE MODERAT0R

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    Same...

    I have almost 0 camber on the rear with 265's, and it feels very loose in the rear when wet.
     
  18. mrkarter77

    mrkarter77 No Really, They do!!!

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    it was about 3-4 months ago, due for another soonish, but i need to find a new place, i went there and asked for 2 new front tyres and a wheel alignment, so they put the ones from the back of the car to the front, and 2 new back ones, saying that they tyres were different sizes so they had to or some bs, and yea....

    im getting new tyres on the front soon...
     
  19. AndyMac

    AndyMac Better than you

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    Well you have an issue then, I have 285's on the back with good tyres and Dry or wet she's solid and predictable.
     
  20. SIM300

    SIM300 FAKE MODERAT0R

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    I guess I do...

    Boost and close to 260rwkw :rolleyes:
     

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