*UPDATED* One for the motorheads....very possiby a daft question coming up!

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ONE FOR THE MOTOR HEADS... ADVICE NEEDED!

Hi, I had 4 new (not wheels oops) tyres put onto the car this week. 3 were needing replaced and one had a wee bit of life left, so thought I would replace all 4.

All great - happy with the service, price etc..

Anyway, I noticed Wed night driving home from work the steering felt 'slippery' and not as controlled as before. I can only describe this as when turning a corner or around a round a about the steering feels really easy to turn, like the car is sliding a bit on ice but wheels are still goign where I want them to - sorry, not great at descriptions!

Anyway, I wondered if this had anything to do with the car having 4 new tyres at the same time and the steering having to get used to this? I know.. this sounds a bit daft.... it was snowing when I picked the car up so just thought that it was down to that.. but snow has gone and it still feels 'uncontrolled and slippery'

I'm going to take the car back to where the tyres were fitted just to get them to check for me.. but it's about an hours drive (near to work) so I'll just take it really easy on the roads....however, in the meantime has this happened to anyone else or any suggestions?

Cheers for the advice
GJ x

Quietmanc

Check that your wheelnuts are tight,and check your tyre pressures.All I can think of.

anewman

It can take new tyres a bit of time to "wear in" and get grip, but less grip could also be due to using the cheapest possible tyres.

thescouselander

Yes, the steering can feel different when the tyres are changed for different ones. Of course it could be that your old tyres were underinflated making the steering heavier that it should have been.

In any case, its probably worth checking your current tyres are correctly inflated - in my experiance tyre places almost always get the pressures wrong.

kevin0410

it could be a combination of new tyres and the fact that they are fully inflated (perhaps you didn't often check your pressures?)

oh and you got new tyres , not wheels;)

edit: cross posted with thescouselander

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Sorry.. yes I mean tyres.. see daft!

Thanks for the replies.

I didn't get the cheapest tyres, was able to budget for the 3rd best priced, did a bit of research on the net and they had good reviews from different sites.

I did keep the old tyres to the reccommended pressure. Checked it every couple of weeks actually when at a petrol station as I use the car everyday.

Thanks for the advice... will see what the garage says tonight. Will check the pressure myself also.

davemorton

I always find, expecially with cars without power steering, that when I get new tyres, the steering is always 'lighter' .

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Thanks Dave....my car has powersteering tho... this is like iceskating steering
:-(

Lemonade_Pockets

Besides what the others have posted

It may just be the "gloss" for want of a better word on the new tyres. They always take a little bit of bedding in. I always notice it, but then i tend to drive nearer the limits of adhesion (were conditions permit) than most.

Jakg

Check your tyre pressures...

epninety

Did you have the tracking checked/adjusted at the same time? It's not impossible that they adjusted it wrongly. I once had a garage adjust one of my cars so badly that the front tyres wore out in 600 miles!
Have you done many miles since they were changed. I used to find that some tyres (Falken in particular) have an outer overmoulded casing that wears off in about 30 miles, and the car always felt very twitchy until that happened. (I used a lot of Falken tyres - 100k miles at 6k / set :eek:)