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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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Ok every since I changed from winter to stock potenza, whenever I go fast faster than 60-70mph the car seems to pull to the left like sudden pull kinda thing I dunno. but at low speed nothing. I am kindda scared to loose control so I don't go fast anymore. I changed them couple weeks ago and the first tiem I drove it back from the tire shop I felt the pull but then I thought I was bing paranoid.


I changed the tires on the stock rims. my question is are all four rims teh same size because there is a possibility that the f99king tire shop has screw up the rear with front. I checked the sizes and the bigger one are at the right place (rear end). WHAT SHOULD do? HOW do I test to see if there is something wrong with the car. the car only has 10kmiles on it.


I tried going without hands but couldn't really tell !!!! could it be that these low profile tires compare to the winter trires I had on feel this way???? maybe its the ueven payment part of the roads that these tire grab and the car pulls ???

HELP !!! PLEASE

ps I have already booked with nissan for oil change
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Years ago I had new tires put on my Honda Accord and it starting pulling really hard, after several heated conversations with the tire shop it turned out one of the tires was defective, it was warped. After they replaced the tire everything was fine again.
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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to begin with if you have low profile tires (performance) you really feel the road so if you past on uneven pavement it will really move or pull youre car..

but has the car been hit before..?
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 08:35 AM
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Have you checked your alignment? Whenever I get new tires I always have them do an alignment to put everything back to EXACTLY where it should be.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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No the car has not been hit but davidv had the same problem and I might have the same problem. the tire shop probably mount the wrong tires on the wrong wheels. I didn't know that the wheels are 7.5,7.5 and rear 8and 8 I just thought that the tires are different but the wheels are too. my car is a 2004.5 Zr and and it only has 10k on it. I'll find out tomm and post.


Ps what do you guys think might happen to the car if this is the case sice i have been driving like this for 2 weeks now. ANY DAMAGE TO my susp or steering since different wheels might be mounted on the same axle
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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So I took the Z to nissan and they said its tire feathering andI am getting new tires put on and realighment free under warranty.

Zr2004.5 feathering
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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have you checked the treads, make sure it's going in the right direction?

if you want more help, you should post in the tire/wheel/brake/suspension section. But going to Nissan is the better than getting help over internet
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