flat spots on tires.

[slyedog240sx]

anyone who has 35 series ever flat spotted your tires.I got pulled out in front of yesterday and i had to brake hard.I locked the brakes and what do you know.I got a good flat spot on all four.Feels like im riding on blocks instead of wheels.I am getting 40 series for the front this time and 45 for the rear.This is the second time this has happened.Anyone else have this problem?

[skydragoness]

Are they summer tires? That's probably why.

[ryguy32789]

I did that two days ago, at 70mph, all the way down to the steel belting. If it's not that bad, do a couple burnouts, rotate tires, more burnouts, done. There will still be flat spots but nowhere near as bad.

[slyedog240sx]

first set were kumho ecsta and second set are nitto neo gen they both said all season when i ordered them.

[Chukidori]

Summer tires FTW.

We never see snow here so **** all seasons, and unless you are a noob rain is no issue and as far as flat spots...go practice threshold braking till its second nature.

[slyedog240sx]

Summer tires FTW.

We never see snow here so **** all seasons, and unless you are a noob rain is no issue and as far as flat spots...go practice threshold braking till its second nature.

love to see your car when you a$$ end the person who pulled out in front of you or you hit the deer that runs out in front of you.Threashold braking get real.Absolute genius.

[blinker_fluid]

How fast were you going and how long was the skid? If your panic stopping like that maybe you should slow down. I've been around alot of stupid drivers but never locked my brakes that bad. The faster your going(especially if its over the limit) the harder it is for another driver to judge distance, which is maybe why they pulled in front of you in the first place. Sucks about the tires though.

[slyedog240sx]

How fast were you going and how long was the skid? If your panic stopping like that maybe you should slow down. I've been around alot of stupid drivers but never locked my brakes that bad. The faster your going(especially if its over the limit) the harder it is for another driver to judge distance, which is maybe why they pulled in front of you in the first place. Sucks about the tires though.

55 on a rural highway. Some guy backed out of his driveway right in front of me. It was lock em up or hit him.skid wasn't very long maybe 15 or 20 ft. The first time i did it a deer ran out in front of me on interstate going 70.First time was a lot worse than the second.i always follow the limit.I can't afford 100+ ticket.

[blinker_fluid]

Just so you know i don't think that koukidori was being a wiseass. Practicing threshold braking will save your tires in the future. Its just how the physics of it works. When a car is deaccelerating the maximum amount of friction between the tires and the road is achieved just before the coefficient threshold. In other words you have a shorter stopping distance if you can keep your tires from skidding as opposed to locking them up. Which is why abs is now standard on most cars. When you get your new tires get used to how much pressure on the brake pedal it takes to lock them up then ease off just enough so they aren't skidding. I suggest doing this in the rain at low speeds in a safe place until you get the gyst of it. Once you know where the threshold is you can stop efficiently without locking the tires and risking loss of control.

[95_240]

Yeah to "threshold " brake when a deer runs out in front of you would be retarded.

Lets see 1000 dollars worth of damage from hitting a deer or having to buy new tires.

[roplusbee]

I feel you on that. If the situation allowed, you could steer around the deer. I did that before, but in a 96 Altima, not the S13.

[Grover]

It sounds like some people don't understand that threshold braking will stop your car faster than skidding and sliding will.

[yokota180sx]

too bad you will stop faster using the threshold method htan skidding ot a stop you idiot

Yeah to "threshold " brake when a deer runs out in front of you would be retarded.

Lets see 1000 dollars worth of damage from hitting a deer or having to buy new tires.

[nismofly]

i also dont see how you think changing the aspect ratio will make you magically not get flat spots

[yokota180sx]

i also dont see how you think changing the aspect ratio will make you magically not get flat spots

pixie dust dude

pixie dust

[95_240]

too bad you will stop faster using the threshold method htan skidding ot a stop you idiot

I never said you wouldn't. I just want to see someone threshold brake when an animal like a deer runs out in front of you. The only thing that can help you then is ABS. Oh and calling me an idiot was classic. I'm going to go emo myself now and have sex with your mom.

[yokota180sx]

for people that know how to drive, track drive, or actually take time to learn the corect way to drive, its second nature

I can actually say (not being a d!ck) that i have been in that situation and thanks to my motorsports background i was able to brake without skidding. so yes, you could haev seen it had you been in my car

and classicmom jokek thx bye

I never said you wouldn't. I just want to see someone threshold brake when an animal like a deer runs out in front of you. The only thing that can help you then is ABS. Oh and calling me an idiot was classic. I'm going to go emo myself now and have sex with your mom.

[95_240]

Well I can actually say with track time as well that nothing can prepare you for every situation that occurs. It always seems that someone has a response to how they would approach a situation differently as in this case. But if you're not their then how can you say that you would have been able to threshold. Because you have driven on a track that has animals constantly running out in front of. I don't think so. I have been in situations many times where deer have run out in front of me. They are crazy and like to do stupid things so any theory on trying to avoid them goes completly out the window.

As for the mom joke it was supposed to say "my mom" instead of yours. I was trying to make fun of the emo crowd and their hate for their parents but my typo made me fail.

[yokota180sx]

yes

95_240 = fail

[95_240]

Nice one!?!?

[slyedog240sx]

too bad you will stop faster using the threshold method htan skidding ot a stop you idiot

hey dumb fock i would love to see your reaction when you are going around a 90 deg corner and a guy backs out of his driveway and you have less than 50 feet to stop.Luckily he heard me skid and pulled back forward.i missed him by 8 to 10 ft.You are an absolute focking doushbag .Learn to shut your mouth or you will have it done for you which it probubly has already.Lets see you run your mouth with no teeth.
Modified by slyedog240sx at 12:16 PM 9/24/2007

[yokota180sx]

would you really like to see my reaction?

Im sure it would be something like, Oh ****, let me brake and turn the wheel so that i go AROUND himacutally im about 100% sure it would be like thatdrivign 101avoid obstacles

hey dumb fock i would love to see your reaction when you are going around a 90 deg corner and a guy backs out of his driveway and you have less than 50 feet to stop.Luckily he heard me skid and pulled back forward.i missed him by 8 to 10 ft.You are an absolute focking doushbag .Learn to shut your mouth or you will have it done for you which it probubly has already.Lets see you run your mouth with no teeth.

Modified by slyedog240sx at 12:16 PM 9/24/2007

[slyedog240sx]

would you really like to see my reaction?

Im sure it would be something like, Oh ****, let me brake and turn the wheel so that i go AROUND himacutally im about 100% sure it would be like thatdrivign 101avoid obstacles

in america we drive on the right side of the road.If he is halfway in my lane with the bed of his truck while i am heading east and he is backing out from the northside into your eastbound lane halfway and entirely in the westbound lane you go right ahead and swerve and put it in the ditch then and see where that gets ya.Understand the situation before you comment ,or ask ?'s 1st cause you make yourself look like an a$$.Either way i am not on here to have driving 101 i have been driving a lot longer than most on this forum and never had an accident.My question was if anyone has had the same problem.I have never had that happen till i got the 35 series.I have locked up the 40 series on my seventeens on purpose before and it never happened.

[yokota180sx]

maybe you had a ****ty tire

profile isnt really going to affect your braking lockup. It will to a point, but not enough for yuo not to able to adjust for in an instant.

[slyedog240sx]

maybe you had a ****ty tire

profile isnt really going to affect your braking lockup. It will to a point, but not enough for yuo not to able to adjust for in an instant.

i was meaning the tire holding up to the skid not the 35 series being the cause of the brakes locking up.i was saying when i had 40 series they never flat spotted when i skidded. I know very well how to moderately brake and only in a panic stop type situation have i ever locked the brakes up ,except for messing around when pulling up to a friend.I think the kumho were cheap tires but the nitto should be much better i would think.

[yokota180sx]

tires are not made to skidend of story

dont buy a tire becuase it hold sup better to skiddingjust dont lock up your brakes like an *******

[nismofly]

**** i flat spotted a 225/50 before, thats still not your problem