Vixen tyres and set up

[zefarelly]

Ive got 185/65's on my vixen, in the wet today Ive got horrenous understeer, Its in the garage now having a new set of Dunlop Boots, I think its just because the tyres are old and the rubbers gone off, Its running 1 deg neg at the front, 2 deg neg at the rear, I wouldnt have thought vixens would understeer like that ??? If anything Id have thought oversteer would be more likely?

Ill have to play with it to try and neutralise it, I hate understeer, and very nearly made a right tit ofmyself in Tesco's car park !!!

[2165T]

Brings up a good question: what size tyres are on other Vixens? 195/75's are on mine - if it's time for new tyres, what are the recommendations?

[zefarelly]

Ive just fitted, correction, the tyre place fitted, a fresh set of 195/65R15 Dunlop SP sport 200, £260 the whole set, miles better.

[vixen1700]

zefarelly said: Ive just fitted, correction, the tyre place fitted, a fresh set of 195/65R15 Dunlop SP sport 200, £260 the whole set, miles better.

On what wheels though? Standard Vixen ones or aftermarket Minilites or the like?

[zefarelly]

std Vixen wheels, cleaned up and sealed . ..no tubes, seem absolutely fine.

[rt-tvr]

If I remember correctly the camber of the front wheels should be 0-½º +ve not negative. Rears should be 1-2º -ve (so should be OK)

Russell

[zefarelly]

well my brakes are in bits at the moment for a calliper rebuild so handling is irrelevant, you can visibly see the negitive camber at the back, the front actualy look fairly neutral, Ive not checked it, its the way the car came to me.

I got it round the big roundabout/spaghettis junction at nearly 50 last week . . .seems fairly neutral, with slight oversteer if you push too hard, that suits me