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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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car seems jumpy in corners

Hey guys just wondering if I need to get used to my new G37s, seems when you throw it in the corners, it feels like its skipping a little. I 've tried turning off traction control but it feels the same with it off. On the test drives it didn't feel this way. I plan on lowering it on ebachs after the first service, will this help you think?? What else could this be? Anyways great site thanks
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 11:57 PM
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Are your rear tires bald? Is this your first RWD car?
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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is the road smooth? :P we got really hard suspensions
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 02:38 AM
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did you drive it as hard on the test drive?
I noticed the car has a lot of roll on the stock setup and would feel wavy on a long corner
Just did some swaybars and it transformed the car completely
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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That's why you get better tires and suspension =]
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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When the tires are cold I notice it will "skip" a little when I corner too fast. If it happens to you all the time, maybe you should drive a little slower.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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tires are cold... no traction. try warming it up before taking hard turns
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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thanks for the input, the tires are new only 700 miles on car. Good suggestions, I planed on lowering but did'nt consider the sway bars till now. I thought the bridgstones were good tires. I will see if I notice a difference with regards to tire temp. Part of the problem is I only have to drive 2 miles a day to work and back , guess thats not enough time for the tires to heat up!
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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O.O two miles... wow lucky you. That's a nice jog workout a day. No gas spent haha. definitely a sway is the BEST upgrade you can do. I would do sways first before the lowering...
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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Tires are cold and don't have enough wear on them IMO.

Drive her more
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Gamedog
Tires are cold and don't have enough wear on them IMO.

Drive her more
Agreed, When i first had my car it felt very jumpy and skippy around turns. And being me i ended up doing a pretty nice burnout to wear the tires down and I have not had any issues since. swaybars are for sure the way to go
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 10:32 PM
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thanks all, so I guess the stock sway bars don't cut it? Are we talking stillen for sways or somebody else?? I'm taking it up north cal coastline for a week so that should break it in!
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 05:45 AM
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Check the tire pressure, dealer may have neglected to reset them from shipping pressure ~50psi.
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