Just had new RS3 fitted to my Fabia VRS

 

The car is standard, not remapped, not lowered. Since having the RS3's fitted this past weekend the car is more unpredictable in the corners. It dives before turning now and doesnt inspire confidence. 

 

Im lead to believe the RS3 are a softer tyre. Anyone care to comment.

Edited 16 April, 201511 yr by fullbeem

Will say I replaced 2 x Primewells, 1 x Pirelli P Zero and a Westlake with these RainSport3

Check the tyre pressures. Fitters are often not very good at putting the correct pressure in.

Which load rating are the tyres? i have the high load rating ones (87W i think) and run them at 35psi, no problems infact very impressed with them. 

Which load rating are the tyres? i have the high load rating ones (87W i think) and run them at 35psi, no problems infact very impressed with them. 

Will check this.

i rate them the best tyres ive ever put on my car

205/45R16 83Y

how many miles on them?

less than 200. Fitted last Saturday, 

 

I've checked and they are the correct tyres and correct load rating for my car so am I now looking at other issues perhaps. 

 

78k miles

original brakes (front)

34 psi

 

The piece of road where this is most noticable is this part of the B4109 just off the M69 (marked in red)

 

Edited 16 April, 201511 yr by fullbeem

could be the road surface

You should give them a chance to wear in before deciding whether they are any good.

 

SN

What do you mean when you say it dives before turning? it could be the fact that you have gone from a mixture of pretty naff sounding worn tyres to some excellent ones, therefore have high levels of adhesion to the road surface now which has changed the behaviour of the car (for the better) and you are simply not used to it?

New tyres (green)  and did you tell the fitter the tyre pressure you wanted, or set yourself.?

 

The Tyre Brand / Compound should not be an issue.  Correct tyre for the job.

Edited 16 April, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi

What do you mean when you say it dives before turning? it could be the fact that you have gone from a mixture of pretty naff sounding worn tyres to some excellent ones, therefore have high levels of adhesion to the road surface now which has changed the behaviour of the car (for the better) and you are simply not used to it?

 

I will assume this may be the case a try a drive it like it not on rails for the time being

I had a pair fitted to the front wheels of my Fabia vRS recently to replace some RS2s. I can't say I have noticed any changes in the handling. Have your tyres been fitted the right way round, ie with outside visible on the sidewalls? If so, you will notice that the tread pattern is the opposite way round on the left and right tyres when you look at them from the front.

When I replaced my rear tyres the was horrible to drive. On the motorway the car was wandering all over the place, round corners it was unpredictable. after a few weeks I swapped them to the front worn them in for a month or so, swapped them back and all was well.

Only thing I can think of was excessive movement from the tread blocks.

As said by others these are good tyres and should perform very well.

What is the exact spec of the tyres? Are they the increased load ones?

Edit, you've given the spec.

I found the 83Y ones to be a bit soft on the front giving a tyre flex, but I only noticed this when really pushing it in the dry. They were great the other 99% of the time.

I found them to wear very fast, I left about half of the front tyres on Castle Combe race track in <30min.

I tried to get some higher load rating ones but they are hard to get and I ended up with Federal RSR's.

How are these grip wise in the dry?

How are these grip wise in the dry?

Good!

I'll wager that the dramatically better grip from the new tyres has lulled you into cornering faster without even realising, the piece of road you highlight curves from left to right which will involve a significant weight shift, it could be that your dampers are no longer handling the transition well enough.

 

Maybe a RARB and new dampers will sort it.

As a typical miser just fitted some new budget tyres at £67.00 the pair, plus fitting, at the tyre fitters.

Car sticks to the road like glue even given a sporty turn of speed into a corner (naughty I know yeh. yeh, tyres should be ran in)..

Probably when worn and water on the road will be like a aqua-planing sled..LOL..time will tell.

But having to change front tyres every 15 -18 months puts me off buying brand-names with their inflated price-tag, and don't last a second longer..

After driving to London and back this weekend the car seems to behaving more expected, as in no more excessive dip/dive and then turn. I do think the 83Y load rating are very soft in the sidewall (certainly from the look of them) and the front end weight of the Fabia doesnt help so yes will be probably looking at a new axle set by the end of '15

 

Could be, as stated, newness of the tyres at the time, dampers are knackered, RARB upgrade

 

 

I had a pair fitted to the front wheels of my Fabia vRS recently to replace some RS2s. I can't say I have noticed any changes in the handling. Have your tyres been fitted the right way round, ie with outside visible on the sidewalls? If so, you will notice that the tread pattern is the opposite way round on the left and right tyres when you look at them from the front.

 

Yep all correctly fitted. I do find that weird that the tread pattern is not symettrical but it works so shrug shoulders and carry on

If you're thinking the sidewalls are soft, keep an eye on the treads for evidence of underinflated edge wear, and if you see it try giving the tyres an extra 2PSI all round.