New wheels an tyre problem!

[obsessionz]

Hey guys ... has anyone ever had this problem before... ill be driving with both hands on wheels completely straight ... and my car will wanna pull to either left or right ... happens mostly when i slow down to stop ... or even when i take off... never had this problem before only until i had my wheels changed...?? cause if i let go of steering wheel and drive straight it will drive perfectly straight .... only sometimes it will pull to left or right really hard dunno why ??

[kula]

tramlining?

[m3ntAL_l2]

yep yep, i had that problem when i put on my new rims, but the tyres were old, so i tought it was the tyres, but maby in ur case get a wheel aligment is ur new rims bigger than teh older ones?

[bennjamin]

since you have larger wheels ( larger rims , thinner tyres) the effects of wheel alignment are more obvious. IE you need a wheel alignment !

[obsessionz]

yeh wheels are 16/7 so obviously bigger an wider than standard ... you guys recon wheel allignment will fix this ?

[bennjamin]

Yes :)
Something is out of alignment and the more "tracking" your car has the more obvious / influencial it will be on your feedback.
Before, you had doughy stock tyres whihc took most of the response out of steering.
Get an alignment done and take it from there.

[BiLL|z0r]

You should have got a wheel alignment with new wheels. If the tyre place didn't recommend it at least I'd doubt their service.
I'd also agree with kula and say it's tramlining. It's more obvious with larger wheels. Tramlining is also more obvious depending on tyre direction and type. E.g. The 17" Std Bridgestones on the Euro are known for it.

[muhhan]

obsessionz, have you managed to fix the problem? How do the 7" wide wheels go in the Civic? Any rubbing or other such problems besides the tracking issue, as I was also thinking about getting 16x7 wheels for my civic.

[obsessionz]

problem not fixed but im kinda use to it now ... i dont think u can fix it ... cause of the lower profile tyres and the wider wheels the car will follow the road direction more..

[DLO01]

Also, in addition:

What offset are the old rims Vs the new rims?

If the new wheels you are putting on are the incorrect 'offset' for your car, this also has a major effect of 'tramlining'.

[krogoth]

problem not fixed but im kinda use to it now ... i dont think u can fix it ... cause of the lower profile tyres and the wider wheels the car will follow the road direction more..

mate,i dont think this is an issue, as mentioned above it could be ur offset

wat is a stock civic offset? 40?

wats ur new rim offset?

[obsessionz]

16/7 is new offset ... dunno what the stock offset is ...

[DLO01]

16/7 is new offset ... dunno what the stock offset is ...

That is not your offset.

16 is the 'diameter of wheel'
7 is 'widith' of wheel

Offset is distance from 'hub' mount to 'centerline' of wheel.

Search for offset.

Edit: Here you go:
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=101

Quite often your wheel offset is 'labeled' on the wheel itself. Like +45

[aaronng]

16/7 is not the offset. Offset is denoted in the "+xx" format.

[quangsta]

alignment FTW!

-+ camber or toe and it will cause this prob..

cost 60 bux or less...get it fixed man ur tyres will last longer too....

like someone said before if the tyre place didnt reccommend it...i'd doubt there service, also rims and tyres should be balanced when fitted just incase they didnt do it either..

[dc5TypeRRRR]

As mention above, "You need a wheel alignment" to fix this. Your new wheels/tyres should have also got rotated and balanced when fitted.