I had recently blown out my back right tire on the parkway, and being that my rear tires were getting low on tread, i decided to buy new ones. My front tires are fine, and they're michelin xgtv4's. The tires the guy at sears suggested were the Falken Ziex ZE 512's, so i purchased them, and they installed them on the rear. Right after i left, my car felt EXTREMELY boaty, and it felt i had so much less control. The wheel has a lot more play, meaning it is a lot less stiff and terribly irresponsive. When i hit the brakes, the car feels like it just sways hard, and switching lanes i feel it too. Are those tires just meant for the front? Any ideas?

also, i can't post in the suspension forum for some reason, and being that i have an integra, i posted it in here..

 

get it balanced

 

check your air pressures
i bet they are all over the place

 

when I bought my car I had the dealer rotate the tires cause I noticed they had ware...The test drive went smooth...once the tires with more thread was in front I started to hate my rims...then I traded them...those tires suck (IMO)

 

im not familiar with that particular tire but does that tire only supposed to rotate one way?? should be arrows on the tire that show which direction its supposed to rotate. some tires are like that, some aren't.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cjsls &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im not familiar with that particular tire but does that tire only supposed to rotate one way?? should be arrows on the tire that show which direction its supposed to rotate. some tires are like that, some aren't.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have the falken ziex 512s on my integra, and they're directional. these tires should handle way better than the michelins.