Green Peace Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 I know this sounds really stupid, but when it rains heavy my Supra vibrates shortly after 80 leps. It hapeens everytime it rains I had Continental ZR rated tyres before and they never did this, I can only think there is a tread defect, they have only done less than 2k miles and no bad tracking alignment wear anywhere. all squared up ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD3000GT Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 coz its crap and u cant keep up with me. Ill show u next time when ive got my new spinners on :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 After a massive skid in mine a while back mine made funny bumping noises. The only thing I can think of was that I flat spotted two of my tyres cos the bumps used to come in and out of phase with each other. Having changed the wheels and tyres it doesn't do it any more. Strange that yours only does the vibration thing in the rain though. Maybe there is a bubble inside the tyre somewhere that water is getting into but you would think that centrifugal force would push the water out? Not wanting to sound like a tw*t but the directional tyres are on in the correct direction aren't they?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Maybe you have directional tyres fitted the wrong way round? Just a guess!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Have they balanced them properly since it was only done a short time ago? Weight might have come off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk_supra Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Wheel hop maybe. Just asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by dk_supra Wheel hop maybe. Just asking. Whats wheel hop??? And if it was a wheel weight missin it would do it all the time. Direction however might need rain on a back tyre before it became really obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk_supra Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 It's when the tire grip and then loose traction, the whole axle just hops on the road. Not good, suspension is gone usually when that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 'It only happens when it rains' sounds like the title of a song, the vibration has a kind of pattern to it, The fact that the directional tyres may be the wrong way round could make sence, the weight balancing would'nt cause this because it dosn't do it on dry roads. Thanks for the advice...trip to Micheldever is planned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Directional tyres have arrow marks on them mate, have a look at the sidewall and there should be some arrow marks of some sort. The arrows should point fwds from the top or anti-clockwise whichever way you wanna look at it. if one doesn't theres ya probs. If not you may have a duffer tyre somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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