Eagle F1s on a Cupra R

[TW]Fox · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:24

Yes. Just suprised his doesn't, especially with the way he tells us he drives it

Simon · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:25

[TW]Fox;10957440 said:
Yes. Just suprised his doesn't, especially with the way he tells us he drives it

Throttle control

wolvers · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:25

GT3 said:
Never ever ever have I pushed my car to understeer. It will only understeer right on the limit of grip and then I simply lift off into a bit of oversteer. Yet the outside of both front tyres is bald wheras the inner edge and middle bit is fine. The car is standard and doesn't have positive camber, it could probably do with a bit of negative but sadly it isn't adjustable.

If you're driving the car that hard then you are pushing the tyre hard on the outer edges, and I suspect that you are toe'ing in and the hard driving style is exagerating the wear.

All modern cars will have negative camber (or possibly zero camber). Positive camber is for old cars with cross ply tyres! It's possible if your car had adjustable camber then it may of been adjusted incorrectly or sometimes it moves hitting potholes and stuff like that. As yours is not adjustable I suspect that your probably toe'ing in too much.

GT3 · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:28

I solved the problem on my previous car though.

Used different tyres

Yoko A539s, lasted 10k and wore evenly.

wolvers · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:30

Simon said:
Do you know why a FWD car understeers?

Understeer is not just a handling characteristic of FWD cars. A RWD and 4WD car can understeer too. Likewise, any car could oversteer too.

It all depends on how the car is set up and how it's driven.

Jonnycoupe · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:32

Where do you want me to put the straw in the egg Si?

GT3 · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:34

Infact my mate is using Toyo R888s on his VTS and they have outlasted my Eagle F1s and they are a soft semi-slick tyre!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:39

[TW]Fox;10957374 said:
You have an FWD car which wont understeer?

265 are rather wide for your motor? are they after market alloys or alpina?
Mine are only 255 on my current motor and my vette C5 only had 285's on the rear!

[TW]Fox · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:45

They are BMW wheels and are the standard tyre size for an E39 Sport on 18's.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 23 Jan 2008 at 23:58

[TW]Fox;10957582 said:
They are BMW wheels and are the standard tyre size for an E39 Sport on 18's.

Kewl, nice clean shot of the car too, looks like you spent some time on it that day!

Mikey · 24 Jan 2008 at 00:05

I've had very good wear out of my PS2s and the uneven wear issue is why I stayed away from the F1s I may look at the new model

My mate had F1s on is LCR and they went like 50 pence pieces.

Simon · 24 Jan 2008 at 00:23

wolvers69 said:
Understeer is not just a handling characteristic of FWD cars. A RWD and 4WD car can understeer too. Likewise, any car could oversteer too.

It all depends on how the car is set up and how it's driven.

I know, people just seem to assume all FWD understeer and all RWD oversteer

jamoor · 24 Jan 2008 at 00:54

i have the same outer edge wearing thing, havent kdsd it, however the tyre pressures are spot on.

Simon · 24 Jan 2008 at 01:00

jamoor said:
i have the same outer edge wearing thing, havent kdsd it, however the tyre pressures are spot on.

What tyres? I assume a LCR too?

[TW]Fox · 24 Jan 2008 at 01:02

Simon said:
What tyres? I assume a LCR too?

He drives a 530d Sport. So 235/45/17 and 255/40/17.

I put 15k on a set of Eagle F1's on that exact tyre size and they wore perfectly evently so I can only assume he has allignment issues.

IAmATeaf · 24 Jan 2008 at 09:24

Damn, getting the F1 Asymmetrics fitted to my Jap barge tomorrow, hope they are an improvement over the tyres (GSD3) and pics posted here. Currently on Yokohama AVSdBs with no uneven wear issues.