tires on a 100cs need advice

Brian O' briano_72 at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 12 19:22:44 EST 2001


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 215 60 is roughly the same as the 195 65's you took off. the 205's are not=
 as tall, so your gonna lose gas milage and top speed, somewhat. did you or=
 whoever did your tires check the susp. while it was in the air ?? rear con=
trol arms ( camber adjusters ) are bad in most of the 100 q's ive worked on=
, while its free hanging grab very hard and try to move in and out at the t=
op, it takes some force, but if its bad, you'll feel it !! that would just =
cause tire wear, though, not your problem, just coverin the bases. how are =
your front outer sway bar bushings ?? that is what could cause your problem=
 and the tires just made it worse. you really need to stay with the same ov=
erall tire size with most cars nowadays, and if you get a flat your spare i=
s the same size as the tires you just chucked, so now your gonna have 2 dif=
ferent size tires with the spare !!! not good !!!
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                  brian o'
93 90 cs
90 80
89 80 ( for sale )
 88 944 turbo s ( for sale )

  ASTHAMMER at aol.com wrote: Hello all and merry christmas,

One quick question... I recently purchased larger tires for my 100CS. I wen=
t
up to 205/55/15 V rated.

My car no longer handles the way it use to. It feels like gusts of wind are
crossing in front of me on the highway. my car now tends to follow the
grooves in the road and it just makes me sick. Could it be the bigger tires
or is it just coincidental that it started doing this just after putting th=
e
new tires on??? Could this be a suspension part wearing out instead.??

thank you in advance for your help.

sincerely

ted


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