Well I had it on the 16" but perhaps that was a totally different issue as it was to the LEFT. I have never had the RE040. I suspect the guys with the drift to the right are experiencing something different.Quote:
Originally Posted by V205
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Well I had it on the 16" but perhaps that was a totally different issue as it was to the LEFT. I have never had the RE040. I suspect the guys with the drift to the right are experiencing something different.Quote:
Originally Posted by V205
Please read that thread properly on why the car is lower 1cm on the driver's side. It's called corner balancing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Type R Positive
Are you sure it's balanced? Have you checked?Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
As I said before, please read the threads that you link to. It's stated in there that Best Motoring DVD confirmed that Honda designs the stock suspension height using corner balancing with 1 person in the driver's seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Type R Positive
So if you are heavier than the standard Jap, your car veers left. Hahahah!Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Lay off the drugs. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Type R Positive
Your car does not veer left because you are heavier than what Honda expected.
You could have someone sitting in the rear on the right and no on in the front passenger seat, and your car still handles like normal.
Since the tyres were rotated @3300Klm the car has not been pulling to the right (now 4100Klm). However, the wheels have spun under moderate accelleration, the ride is Hard and both front doors have been buzzzing and rattling like crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by cgspot
In looking through the other threds the one on tyre pressure took my interest so I decided to check the tyre pressure on mine... Cold 44psi ... This disturbed me somewhat! so I reduced it to a standard 36psi which has given me better traction and a smoother ride (The buzzing and rattling is still there) BUT, the drift to the right HAS RETURNED.
Thats right 44psi no drift to the right ... 36psi strong drift/pull to the right.
I have now split the difference and am running the fronts 40psi & backs 38psi and have better grip, a little bit of drift to the right and still have the buzzing and rattling. I'm trying this for a few hundred Klm's then I'll take this info back to the service department.
By the way; standard 17" rims NO modifications.
Can't help with the drifting/pulling(apart from changing the Bridgestones to a better tyre)but re: the rattling doors 1 of the guys posted a link that will be of int.to you.It's www.acuraworld.com/tsb.html Click on TSX.It makes for int.reading!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cgspot
Firstly the majority of us on the RE040's don't actually pull to one side when the car is new. Obviously there are variations and exceptions, such as alignment problems from stock, but the general statistics show that:Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
1) People's Euro Lux on RE040 start pulling more and more to the right only after a few thousand kms, even if alignment seems normal.
2) If tyres are rotated at service, the drifting disappears for the time being, until a little bit later it resurfaces. When I say rotated, I mean the tyres and wheels are rotated Front to Back, not Left to Right. For some reason, I think some Euro Lux owners didn't get this, going by how some people responded.
3) Tony1234 switching to NEW Continentals for 1 week will fall under condition (1), so I do not expect his car to pull to the side just as yet, since those are brand new tyres. Especially when he barely waited 1 week and changed suspension parts. Look I agree with you AARONNG, it could go eitherway, I'm not trying to be stubborn but just trying to be scientific about it. :)
4thly, as I've mentioned before but I think people didn't actually catch my drift (pun intended!) - 17" tyres are KNOWN and suppose to track and tramline more than 16" tyres. There are two folds to this. That's because it has low profile, so the contact patch is more of a horizontal shape compared to a higher profile tyre. And also, the 225mm 17" tyre is wider by default than the 16" tyre. As such it tends to track the road where the car's suspension or the road wants it to go more, thereby exercerbating any underlying drift problems. The fact that the RE040's are known to be a tramlining bastard doesn't help this. :o
The thing is - if the RE040's has a major design fault that's causing the car to drift 'right', then this should be anticipated by its irregular tyre pattern. But it cannot be, as its rather symmetrical. 2ndly, the RE040 is used extensively on many other cars, such as on the Beamers, Subarus, etc, and their respective owners don't seem to complain of the same tyre drifting to the right as the Euro owners do. All they complain about is tramlining, which is a separate issue (but could be related, read below).
The other dead giveaway clue to consider, and as I've mentioned previously, if swapping the tyres makes the problem go away 'for a short period', it eliminates the possibility that its the tyre design or tyre construction which is making the car drift- in fact, it seems to suggest that the front tyres are wearing differently to the rears.
All in all with everything considered, it seems like due to the tramlining problem with the RE040 tyres, but where the source of the problem actually lies with car balance or suspension problems, the Euro combined with the RE040 is a bad combo and is having problems. However, working it out logically, it does suggest that the RE040 is the secondary problem that's exaggerating the primary problem with the car's design, rather than the other way around! :angel:
I now have 7500ks. on my Conti tyres.They haven;t been balanced,rotated and the car hasn't had an alignment since the tyre change(done at 70ks) and lowering(done at(1200ks.ithink!)NO drifting/pulling left/right NOTHING.It's got to be those crap tyres they put on the car,they mustn't suit the Euro.If i had the problem i'd be telling Honda i want replacement tyres,no ifs no buts.this is crap rotating them every 1-2000ks.GO for it,be persistent,ie.nag and pester the shite out of them and don't take that crap re:rotating them every 2000ks.or whatever.That's just a band-aid solution.Just my 2c worth!!!
My RX-8 uses the RE-040 stock from factory. So far it has been running straight, so it might not be the tyres (at least not entirely attributed to just the tyres) that's causing the drift.
I saw this in the car bible http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html, scroll down to the "Coloured dots and stripes - whats that all about?" section and see the explanation about where the colour stripes should be and the tendency for the car to drift that way if all the colour stripes are on that side. maybe it has something to do with this? a long shot though. maybe if your tyres still have these stripes, have a look at them.
It must be combo of RE 040 and Euro.The car doesn't"like" these tyres.:confused: