Bridgestone adrenalin Re-001 in the wet

**dumped echo** · 03-06-2009 06:31 PM

I know there's a tyre recommendation thread but this might be more discussion about other things than just the tyre.

I've had these tyres on my civic for a while now and in the dry they perform great. But in the wet they absolutely suck. Wheelspin on accelleration and understeer in the corners. I'm not even talking about hard driving, just a bit more than minor throttle and a bit faster than "granny" cornering speeds.

On a pretty steep incline in the wet i tried to take off really slowly and it was hopeless. Had to take off in 2nd gear in the end.

The thing is i had these tyres on my other car (Echo sportivo) and i never really had a problem unless i was single spinning on a tram line.
Obviously there's a decent power/torque difference between the cars but the loss of traction was enough to get me worried.

I got a quick wheel alignment and the guys said it was pretty spot on.

So am i just finding out that these tyres are actually crap in the wet? or do you think there could be something else wrong with the car's alignment/set-up?

Thanks guys

**Mr_will** · 03-06-2009 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by dumped echo

I know there's a tyre recommendation thread but this might be more discussion about other things than just the tyre.

I've had these tyres on my civic for a while now and in the dry they perform great. But in the wet they absolutely suck. Wheelspin on accelleration and understeer in the corners. I'm not even talking about hard driving, just a bit more than minor throttle and a bit faster than "granny" cornering speeds.

On a pretty steep incline in the wet i tried to take off really slowly and it was hopeless. Had to take off in 2nd gear in the end.

The thing is i had these tyres on my other car (Echo sportivo) and i never really had a problem unless i was single spinning on a tram line.
Obviously there's a decent power/torque difference between the cars but the loss of traction was enough to get me worried.

I got a quick wheel alignment and the guys said it was pretty spot on.

So am i just finding out that these tyres are actually crap in the wet? or do you think there could be something else wrong with the car's alignment/set-up?

Thanks guys

you took off on a steep incline in 2nd gear? not a good idea.

i have had them on my DA9 for quite some time and they have been excellent both in the wet and dry.

**Jerfield** · 03-06-2009 06:45 PM

Never had a problem with these tyres. had them on both my s2k and civic. great in the wet.

**aaronng** · 03-06-2009 06:45 PM

What engine do you have? I can take off in 1st in the wet and I have a 2.4L engine. I agree that the wet grip is way way below the dry grip though.

**dumped echo** · 03-06-2009 07:50 PM

Obviously i didn't want to take off in second...i just had no choice at the time. Big 4wd behind me was impatient.

Forgot to mention torque is courtesy of 1.8L, not single carby 1.3.

So do we all agree i got some other issues apart from the tyres?
Suggestions?
Personally i think i should get another alignment from an actual suspension joint rather than a tyre shop as i did previously....but its not like tyre shop is incompetent and it was free anyway.

**Killa From Manila** · 03-06-2009 07:55 PM

control the wheelspin with ur right foot?

**whtteg** · 03-06-2009 07:58 PM

Moving thread to suspension/handling to see if some of the gurus in there can give more help

**dumped echo** · 03-06-2009 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Killa From Manila

control the wheelspin with ur right foot?

Yeah its controllable...but the problem is that it seems to have less grip than it should...

**OMG.JAI xD** · 03-06-2009 08:07 PM

Light car with alot of power and not to mention front wheel drive.

Wont be so good.
Going uphill a front wheel drive looses less force applied onto the front wheels.
Re001 arent bad.
I have bald tyres n i can still drive without spinning.
All about control.

**Mullensxxx** · 03-06-2009 08:08 PM

lol i think its the driver not the tyre here, i have no problems in the wet, been repping re001's for about a year and only look traction when i want it to happen, seems like alot of other people seem 2 share my same view about em, thread closed imo.