Changed Wheels Now Car Follows Grooves In Road

[tek_01]

as the title says, i changed from 17x7.5 all round to 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 rear

no scrubbing which is good but car is like a 4wd now lol, just gotta lower it 1 inch but what ive noticed is that it follows grooves in the road now, why is that??

is it just how it is, or i have some worn bushes which are made more noticeable with the bigger wheels

[Haysey]

lower profile tyres, less movement in the tread, and generally a worse drive...

get used to feeling every bump in the road

[FineLine]

what he said plus the lower profile tyres are generally of a more square shouldered design so they bounce off the edges of the ruts left by traffic and wander back in to the trough. You will get used to it.

[tek_01]

hmmmm, they look nice but starting to wonder now.....

[hrd-hr30]

further to what they've already said, changing rim width and offset also changes your scrub radius, which has an effect on straight line stabilty. you may notice that tramlining effect gets worse under hard braking.

[T04GTR]

yeah. the scrub radious of the front end is all out of wack. get used to it or get wheels with the corect offset.

or you might just need a wheel alignment. low profile tyres show up dodgy alignments very hard.

[T04GTR]

yeah. the scrub radious of the front end is all out of wack. get used to it or get wheels with the corect offset.

or you might just need a wheel alignment. low profile tyres show up dodgy alignments very hard.

[tek_01]

Thanks fellas, decided im going back to my 17s so these are up for grabs