when im driving and come to a road with bumps, curves and lines in the pavement my car tends to follow the lines and my steering wheel starts to pull side to side. This happend with my 14's as well but not as much as the 17's.
My car is lowered 1.7"

how can i fix this?

thanks

 

This is a problem that most motorists have... and I know how you can fix this...

First... You put both hands on the steering wheel...

Second... You HOLD the steering wheel.

Remember the SECOND rule to HOLD ur steering wheel.

 

i notice this also.

i REALLY noticed it when i put azenis tires on

 

lol. It could be many things. I wouldn't worry about it if your alignment is ok.

 

i kno exactly what your talking about.. you get a certain pull and if some1 just pushed your car to the side .. its normal

 

Welcome to the world of low-profile tires. I actually had to spend some time getting re-acquainted with my 205/50-15s after a winter of rolling on stock size snows (which don't grab the pavement nearly as much).

 

the performance tred of tires is obviously what's causing it. The treds are following the "waves" and bumps in the road. I noticed this alot more after putting on the azenis.

 

i believe the wider and the lower the profile of the tire will tend to follow the curve of the road. think about it, race cars have wider tires so it can easily curve the road with no problem. i have noticed this w my 17's but not too much w my 16's. also depends on your alignment ...

 

I think the Ecsta 712's do that too with the giant groove in the middle.

 

I noticed it too, only after I just put on yokohama Es100's.

 

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Second... You HOLD the steering wheel.

Remember the SECOND rule to HOLD ur steering wheel.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i think this is my problem thanks

 

depends alot on the wheel and tyres sizes... fat, low profile tyres tend to tramline quite badly.

i have a castor kit on my car, that made the tramline effect very noticeable...

 

On the bmw boards we called it "bump steer." Just seems to be an effect of lowering and thin sidewalls. If I remember right I thought that a camber kit will negate the effects somewhat. Tried to look up some technical info on it but I never could find it.

 

its called tramlining. it happens, the grooves are in the road to help channel water in case of icing.
a camber kit will put your tires more squarely on the pavement which would give you more tread contact... and this would seem to make it worse. is this correct?

 

lowering the car changes the suspension and steering geometry. the engineers designed the steering in a way to combat this, called bump steer and when you are applying power it is torque steer but the same principle, but that engineering was designed for a stock ride height. basically, the steering and suspension geometry is as it would be if it were in permanent compression so everything changes. that's one of those things you get when lowering a car but it's not a big deal. low profile tires with stiff sidewalls will also amplify the effect. i didn't notice any change when i installed the camber kit, at least not to the effect that it "tramlined" more.