[s-cars] Body roll with new tires

Lee Levitt lee at wheelman.com
Tue Jun 29 10:50:54 EDT 2004


Tim,

Tires certainly will have different characteristics. However, here's a doh.
Did *you* check the tire pressures?

And by the way, if these Pirellis really have that much roll, I'd take them
back.

Lee


> I just put new Pirelli P Zero Nero's on my 92 S4 today, and 
> when I got it back, the car seemed to roll a lot more than it 
> used to.  With the previous tires (Fulda Extremo's), there 
> was almost no body roll at all.  Does anyone have any 
> experience with the Pirelli's maybe haven a softer sidewall?  
> I also got my car aligned at the same time.  Beforehand, it 
> was 1.5 degrees on both sides.  It is now back into spec.  
> Could this be the cause of the body roll?  It feels as if the 
> car is going to oversteer, and a few times even required 
> countersteering.  Any help is appreciated, Thanks!
> 
> Tim Larson



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