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as for the azenis i can feel it at "normal" speeds also.. I knew that tire pressure made a difference last summer when i was having the issue.. it minimized it for a while and as the summer went and tires got shorter, it got worse..
now i just changed back to my summer tires and as soon as i took it out i could feel it alot.. I'm gonna get new tires (probably Hankook z212 which are pretty similar to azenis) but before i do.. i will play with the toe and see if i can have a proper setting for my current tire wear..if not put it back to the "mark". Then if it works, i will go and get my new tires and see how well it works then.. i will be getting an alignment anyway with the new tires. Anyone have any suggestion?
Obviously i want to try and not wear my tires unevenly like the first year i got the car and the azenis.. I wouldn't even mind having 2 different settings depending on tire wear if it worked.
I have lowered my ZX3 with H&R Sports (1.5 inch drop) and have
SVT dampers and swaybars.
I'm using the Hankook R-S2 Z212 in a 215/45-17 on the
SVT 17 x7 EAP wheel (49 mm offset). I've got 7500 miles on these tires and they appear to be approx 35-40% worn... all road use with two 20 minute open track sessions. I rotate these tires every 2500 miles and treadwear is even across the tire as measured with metric dial calipers.
Better than fractions, let alone Lincoln's head... :thumbup:
My car is dead nuts stable over concrete freeway expansion joints but the rear wiggles slightly over rough sections of hammered asphalt (the result of the passive rear steer and I believe tighter damper valving will reduce this effect slightly)
My alignment specs (Left/Right):
Front camber -1.3/-1.0
Front caster
. .2.6/2.9
Front toe
. . . .0.03 degree/0.04 degree
(According to my alignment shop, since toe is usually spec'd as "toe in", there is no minus mark for toe in, and there's a minus mark for toe out. If my car were toe'd out, my specs would read -0.03 degree/-0.04 degree. for camber, - is negative)
Rear camber -1.6/-1.8
Rear toe
. . . .0.17 degree/0.19 degree
The only difference between factory specs for the ZX3 and the
SVT is a tighter range for front toe and I am within that range.
I wanted to keep my car's alignment as close to factory as possible, because it's road manners are still rather impeccable considering it's current level of lateral grip.
Hope this helps.
