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The Honda Service Centre suggested that there is no need for a laser alignment because after the tyres have been rotated the car drives straight (within tollerance) nothing wrong with the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Type R Positive
"Independent" reviews for the RE040 are not looking good.....
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....=Potenza+RE040
http://www.1010tires.com/tirereviews...e_reviews.html
Well done cgspot good find buddy I read all the reviews shocking actually :thumbdwn:Quote:
Originally Posted by cgspot
What where these guys doing when they chose these tyres (Rep from bridgestone and Honda getting plastered on SAKI lol)
Yep no need for alignment alright they made that very clear to me aswell (stupid fool I went and got one as well doh)
I just read these reviews.Interesting reading.I don't think 1 person gives the RE040s a good rap.Go to Honda Aust.armed with this info.and be definite.You want 4X new tyres(not RE040s of course)nothing less.Tell them they have 14 days to resolve the matter,if it's not resolved in this time frame tell them that you'll be taking the matter to Dept.Fair Trading.(i'm not sure what it is in Vic.).Be polite but PERSISTENT.Don't give in!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cgspot
I think it's pretty conclusive from the findings here that the issue is with the 17" RE040 Tyres.
For those who have had their wheels alignment in trying to resolve the drift-to-the-right issue with 17" RE040 Tyres, good luck in trying to get them back into original spec which were most likely to be fine.
Honda Australia need to issue a safety recall of these tyres and swap them over to something that is tested to be non-right-drifiting... maybe try something like Yokohama C-Drive. How do we instigate this action?
Edit: if they don't want to change it over... it may be worthwhile just doing it ourself for our own safety sake.
****COPIED FROM ONE OF THE REVIEWS*******
"Take a wild guess - Not only are these the worst tires to drive in the snow, but the suck even while the car is parked. I parked my RX8 on my driveway (moderate downhill grade) with e-brake and in reverse. I later found my car in the lot behind my apartment 40 feet away from its orignal placement. Luckily, the tires are so bad the it slid perfectly straight and narrowly missed my apartment."
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Can I ask - what the hell does the above have to do with the tyres? It is completely irrelevant to the tyre's performance lol.
Anyway, I'm actually not convinced that this is a problem with the 17" RE040 tyres.
Show me someone who has switched from these 225/45/17s RE040's into something the same or similar size from another company, on stock suspension, which has gotten rid of the problem first.
As I already said - initially there is no drifting problem, until you wear down the tyres. 2ndly, when you rotate them, the problem goes away for the time being until a few thousand kms later.
Forgot to say earlier that the biggest difference between 17" and 16" tyres is the contact patch shape, where it is wider on the 17" and as such, if there are imbalances on how the vehicle is tracking, then uneven tyre wear will be more exhibited on the bigger tyres. Plus the tramlining itself doesn't help it!
On the Euro, the biggest difference between the 16" and 17" OEM tyres are the thread and compound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omotesando
I changed the OEM 17s for Conti sport Contact 2s from brand new.same size,profile(225/45/17).Admittedly i've lowered my car but i can't see what diff. this would make if anything it could make the pulling/drifting more pronounced!!!I still reckon it's the tyres.Just my opinion!PS i've now done 6800ks.NO drifting/pulling at all and i haven't rotated the wheels since i had the Conti's put on from new.
Except you haven't been able to explain how the difference in thread and compound have contributed to the car drifting.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Whereas I've looking at it from the tyre dimensional differences which might be able to explain why the effect is more apparent on the stock 17" tyres more than on the 16" tyres.
As I said, show me someone who has changed the 17" RE040's to something completely different but still 17", and on completely stock suspension and not lowered (via whatever method).
LOL, I don't need to explain. Some tyres drift. It's common sense because small design flaws turn up magnified when on a rotating system. I guess you don't really use brands that are 2nd/3rd tier. But when you do, you'll realise how wide the difference between good and poor tyres can be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omotesando
If that is the case, every other brand of 17" tyres when put on the euro should drift more than the stock 16". But that's not true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omotesando
tony1234 did that. He changed to Continentals the day after he picked up his car. His suspension mods were carried out a week later. In between, he said he did not have any pulling. There are at least 2 Euro Sport owners complaining of the pull since day 1. (clowdz and Woogler).Quote:
Originally Posted by Omotesando
We'll just have to wait until those complaining of the pull switch to different tyres.
Exactly aaron.Why is it that a car with OEM 17s drifts/pulls and when OEM 16s are put on it doesn't????Either cgspot or LXRY did this i think.it's GOT to be the tyres.What else can it be?Alignment seem to have been ruled out by the service dept.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ght=coil+overs
While searching, I came across this! Might just be the answer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pfffffft. And you guys are blaming your tyres............
So why doesn't 16" have this issue? :)
*waits for someone to change their RE040 to something else.... (without doing other wheels related mods) *
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Originally Posted by Type R Positive