Car Acting Funny (Pulling Left or Right)
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St. Jude Donor '09 & '12, '14
Car Acting Funny (Pulling Left or Right)
I just installed oem c6 rims/tires (without spacers) and it could be me but I'm noticing the car pull left or pull right when changing lanes.
For example when I change from the left lane to the right lane it pulls right like the weight of the car has shifted to that side.
Same feeling going Left to right.
The feeling is like going over the bridges with the metal grates but always to the side I'm turning to.
My Next step was to buy some spacers for the wheels and check tire rub.
I'm not hearing any noises.
Could it be a suspension component?
For example when I change from the left lane to the right lane it pulls right like the weight of the car has shifted to that side.
Same feeling going Left to right.
The feeling is like going over the bridges with the metal grates but always to the side I'm turning to.
My Next step was to buy some spacers for the wheels and check tire rub.
I'm not hearing any noises.
Could it be a suspension component?
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St. Jude Donor '09 & '12, '14
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St. Jude Donor '09 & '12, '14
Yep.
But one thing I'm thinking about now.
The Tires/Rims obviously came off a c6.
What if the Front Left tire on the c6 is now my Front Right Tire
and Same for rear?
But one thing I'm thinking about now.
The Tires/Rims obviously came off a c6.
What if the Front Left tire on the c6 is now my Front Right Tire
and Same for rear?
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It should not matter what side the tire is on. One thing that makes the car feel like it is pulling is the width of the tire. I believe the c6 tire is wider in the front than a stock c5. This will to you make it feel like it is pulling. Not sure if that is the case but it may be.
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St. Jude Donor '09 & '12, '14
It should not matter what side the tire is on. One thing that makes the car feel like it is pulling is the width of the tire. I believe the c6 tire is wider in the front than a stock c5. This will to you make it feel like it is pulling. Not sure if that is the case but it may be.
One thought was wider tires and possible out of alignment. I've not had the car aligned.
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Burning Brakes
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I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM with mine and I am glad (in a way) that someone else has experienced the same issue. Mine are not c6 rims/tires, but a 19/20 package i bought from a forum member. When i bought them he told me that they DID NOT have the sensors in them, but after a while driving on them after install they registered with the car (saw PSI and everything). They no longer work..most likley battery, but sometimes one of the 4 will re-register occasionally and i think this might be the problem.
It almost makes the car hard to drive on the highway sometimes, right?
It almost makes the car hard to drive on the highway sometimes, right?
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My vote goes to the wider tires in the front, any imperfection in the road is going to cause pulling to that side.
Even my C5 with stock front tires does it. I had a TA that used to do it on the same stretch of road.
Even my C5 with stock front tires does it. I had a TA that used to do it on the same stretch of road.
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The wider wheels probably are showing up a slight alignment issue. Could be the car is more sensitive to a toe out situation with the wider wheels/tires.
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
They could have been making a different footprint on the previous car. They would tend to follow the road a bit until they wear down to match the toe on the new car. Just a thought.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
All good and valid responses. My vote goes to the wider tire idea. Any time you put a wider tire on it is going to accentuate any road imperfections more. That and check to make sure you have them turning in the proper direction. The directional arrows will be printed on the sidewall. 
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I know for a fact my pressures are good and the tires are mounted in the correct direction. I would seem to agree about the footprint theory. Either way, the tires are getting replaced this winter so we'll see if that fixes the problem.
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it is the tire size. I also drive a mustan gt, and I went from using 245/45/17 tires all arround to using 255/??/17 in the front, and 315/35/17 in the rear. the rear tires are significantly WIDER
, and the car pulls to the left/right depending on how uneven is the road. It almost feels as if you are loosing controll of the car when it just follows the road.
, and the car pulls to the left/right depending on how uneven is the road. It almost feels as if you are loosing controll of the car when it just follows the road.
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Around here a lot of the interstates are grooved from tire wear. When you drive a car with wider tires, they are either too wide for the grooves or make it harder to stay in the grooves. It causes a jerky response. I get this in the Vette but not my other cars with narrower tires. Do you have the problem on newer pavement or roads that don't have the traffic?