I finally got some new rubber, Falken Ziex 512, running 205/50R15 all around. Before I had the tires put on the car ran straight, but after it pulls to the right a little when coasting, and even harder when I'm on the gas... any ideas on wut it could be? Thanx in advance.

 

check your tire pressures, my car will sometimes pull to one side becasue the pressures are different.

 

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Hmm. I have Ziex (205/45R16) and don't have that problem. Could be a problem with one of your tires.... I'd probably take it back or try swapping tires around to see if it is a bad tire.

Of course, check the tire pressure too... also see if one wheel is hotter than the other, if one of your front brakes were dragging it'd heat up the rotor/wheel. *shrug*

-Chris

 

Could be a few things....bad alignment...different tire pressure...gotta start checking things off.

 

Did you get an alignment when you had the tires put on? I don't trust some shops. If you didn't they might have adjusted it so you would be back sooner or later. I always check tire pressure after having tires mounted. I usually find about a 3-5 pound varation between left and right sides.

 

Very true Cod Sac...sounds like they may have tweaked something...it's ashame people are shady like that...

 

i have been to shops that put like 40psi in my tires and use an impact to put the wheels on.....

resulting in me bringing my own torque wrench and pressure gauge and adjusting at the local gas station....

check to make sure the shop didn't put one of the tires on backwards as these are directional tires....

 

Cross rotate your front tires regardless if they are uni-directional or not.

Drive the car, if it pulls to the other side, its your tire. This is known as a radial pull. The tire should be exchanged if so.

 

i also have the ziex with no problem