So i was driving in the rain yesterday with tein flex. Lowered about two inches and running on the 19 OEM tires. The wheel was pulling right and left like crazy. Anyone know what the reason to that is? is it the tires or is it because the car was lowered? i couldn't even hit 70-80 mph without the car pulling so i had to slow down to like 50-60? any explanation? THANKS. i wasn't hydroplaning though...it was a rough pull to the right then left...then right....etc...

 

I know that a softer suspension or at least softer sways are better in the rain for cornering. One race I was watching that was temporarily red flagged for rain allowed the teams to disconnect the sways before the race resumed.

 

I almost lost control of my car today in the rain. Luckily the road was empty, I was on a 1 lane highway and my car was fish tailing from my lane to the other lane, really scary for about 100 ft until I could get the car going straight again. This really makes me think about getting a fwd car next or awd.

 

get KDW-2's and forget about it! seriously, ive had no trouble whatsoever

 

fortieznninez, how fast were you going? Was it raining? VDC on or off? What about cruise control?

 

its not the car its the tires......................

 

It's the tires....

Plus a few other things.


Most passenger tires are a compromise of some sort. It's very tough to balance dry traction, rain, snow, ice, and temperature performance.

The best thing you can do is ask around.

In my area, I travel a LOT of "farm roads". They are black top, but after harvest season, the heavy trucks leave a lot of depressions in the surface. These depressions can have as much as 4" of water during a rainstorm. So I need good rain tires.

The first set of tires I bought after the OEM's wore out were Goodyear RS-A all season tire. I really wanted the Eagle F1's, but I couldn't wait for them to come in, I needed tires NOW. Besides that was the ONLY set of 245 45 18" in the WHOLE freakin city! So I took them and brother I was NOT disappointed! The next week we did the RAGING BULL TEXAS STAMPEDE in the Texas Hill Country. It rained half the first day and we still were able to drive 90 to 110 mph in the rain. The car felt "surefooted" and stable. I had no surprises and we had a great time.

Look for a good brand of tire with an "open" tread design. The new
"silica" compounds have very good wet traction. Also, if you know you are going to be driving in the rain for an extended period, make sure your tire pressures are correct. You may even want to bump them up a couple of pounds. That seems to help in the rain.

My new Falkens have two huge rain grooves in them. I haven't had them in the rain, but I have no doubt that they will do fine.

 

I was coming from a stop sign getting on a highway accelerating from 0 to about 25 in second gear when the car started fishtailing, vdc was off b/c im an idiot and automatically turn it on when I get it the car. I now must make sure the roads are clear first!

 

Just a wild guess, did you recently check the air pressure in the tires?