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05-25-2010, 11:43 AM | #111 | |
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i'm trying to figure out why my fronts are wearing out so much on the sidewalls, it's either - i have to back off my horrendous driving technique of plowing through corners so much and actually carve or - add even more air to the fronts, which cannot be right, or - turn the wheel less - all of the above. for noises, i'm resigned to pick up some Dinan plates and if i ever go coilovers that don't require the upper spring perch, put the vorshlags back on. |
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05-25-2010, 12:05 PM | #112 |
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Another thing that might do you some good as far as your tires is a sway bar. Did any of us ride with you?
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05-25-2010, 12:13 PM | #113 |
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Key to better wear in these cars is to brake in a straight line, and brake hard. It's the quickest way around the course too.
What tires/size/pressure were you running? Did you bleed it thru the day? |
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05-25-2010, 02:23 PM | #114 |
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05-25-2010, 02:32 PM | #115 | |
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no doubt i need to learn to drive better. i try to trail brake into a lot of corners, but probably end up over-cooking most of them. i didn't see any wear like this last year (my first year) when driving my GTI on Direzzas. The GTI was a little lighter, but had smaller fronts, with no additional neg camber and it was fwd and i drove hard into corners and out of corners, plus did 7 or more events on them no problem. These Hankooks look like they are taking a serious beating on the sidewall. |
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05-25-2010, 02:37 PM | #116 | |
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i could consider a sway bar, but aren't several other 1ers (mike, rachel) on pretty much stock suspension? is anyone else blowing through sidewall? |
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05-25-2010, 02:50 PM | #117 | |
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That's way too much air. Andy and I were running 36F/33R for our best runs. There was no roll over and the wearmarks were right at the indicator arrow. |
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05-25-2010, 03:41 PM | #118 |
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^ this is true. might be a combination of going too fast into corners/overturning the wheel though as well. I was very guilty of that my first few runs until larry was like hey, brake you idiot.........then turn.
I went very slow over those bumps. my noises are not loud. kinda muffled, not sharp clanks.
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06-08-2010, 05:30 AM | #119 |
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my car makes even less noise now. I tightened the shit out of the upper end link nut/bolt. I had to go buy skinnier wrenches to fit in there.
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06-08-2010, 10:07 AM | #120 |
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so it's almost normal sounding now??
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06-08-2010, 11:31 AM | #122 |
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I still got the slow speed noises, just less of them. I tried to use the wrong wrench to tighten the end links and I knew it, just too lazy to do anything about it until this week.
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06-08-2010, 11:32 AM | #123 |
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at least its not upside down, lol.
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06-08-2010, 03:20 PM | #125 |
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upper management got me all feisty this morning
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06-08-2010, 04:53 PM | #126 |
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dang andy, why you gotta make me the victim?? seems i followed the advice of others...
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06-08-2010, 05:23 PM | #127 |
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lol. i need to do some driving.
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