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35 offset cause of my handling problems?

Posted: April 19th, 2004, 7:15 am
by NonServiam
With my 215/40-17 summertires, I experience som handling problems. Whereever there are tracks/grooves in the road due to wear, the car becomes somewhat erratic and I have to shepherd it. I don't know the correct english term for this, (I would call it something similar to "tracking" in Norwegian).

My rims have a 35mm offset, could this be the cause of my problems? I haven't really found an authoritative answer on the correct offset for 7,5x17 rims on the MX-3. I experince no rubbing or other problems than the weird handling.

TIA! :driver:

Re: 35 offset cause of my handling problems?

Posted: April 19th, 2004, 9:56 am
by NonServiam
Yeah, I was afraid of that :crying:

But my 17" rims are so :pimp: , I don't want to let them go. Can't go back to driving wintertire dimantions in the summer. I was thinking that maybe 205/55-15 would be better, but if width alone is enough ... 55-profiles will be "rounder" than the 40-profiles though, and I suppose they might navigate the side of the grooves better.

Thanks for the reply!

Re: 35 offset cause of my handling problems?

Posted: April 25th, 2004, 8:41 am
by nope-mx3
Det er helt normalt. Bare sporer

Du vil få problemer når du senker den, vil skrape.

har du gjort noe med den? jeg har nemlig en 2-delt Postert vinge til salgs.

nope-mx3

(sorry for the Norwegian guys)

Re: 35 offset cause of my handling problems?

Posted: April 27th, 2004, 12:09 am
by curtklze
You could try changing your alignment settings on your car.

give the front more caster, and try giving the front a LITTLE more toe in than stock.

this may help a little

Re: 35 offset cause of my handling problems?

Posted: April 29th, 2004, 4:16 pm
by ProtegeSTS
the different offset will change the scrub radius a bit, and make the effect worse.