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beemerboy3
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Post Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:21 pm

i hav a 320i, k&n filter, and straight through alipini exhaust, im findin that the bk end is kickin out a lot in the rain on corners and im not really pushin it, ne ideas or is it jst me. thing is i was in a 325i goin around miami speed way at a lot faster speeds and it wasnt havin the same problem
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Post Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:31 pm

mabey your tyres are pants in the rain :oops:
or could be subframe bushes, rear stabiliser bushes, susp. mounts, trailing arms mounts, air pressure too high in the rear, overly cambered rear wheels (only giving u half a try of traction really) or summin else :mad:

how farst r u goin when it kiks out
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Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:53 am

it did it yesterday and i was onli goin about 20 but i put my foot down
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Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:33 am

what springs u got? is it dropped, cars with stiff springs on the back snap. Plus u have an open diff, are u fishtailing down the road!!?!
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Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:53 pm

i will check on the springs tomoz and let u no, i think it is lowred by the look at it, it has fishtailed once on me but nt that bad i controlled it easier
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Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:07 am

Tyres sound supect to me, a Ԛ£25 budget with full tread will have totally shit grip in the wet.
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Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:12 pm

I can vouch for that, my SE came with Woosung spinmasters or something on it, the previous owner was quite proud of them as they had heaps of tread.

They scared the cr@p out of me so I put some decent rubber on.
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Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:09 pm

Andy_magic wrote:I can vouch for that, my SE came with Woosung spinmasters or something on it, the previous owner was quite proud of them as they had heaps of tread.

They scared the cr@p out of me so I put some decent rubber on.
woohoo! woosung ditchfinders are great fun! but i agree with ya mate they
do scare ya a bit :mad:
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Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:20 pm

Check the tyre pressures..
I bought a 320 for breaking a few years ago and on the wet journey home i had it full sideways at every junction, i thought i had a flat at first when i checked them and they had 55 & 60psi.. :lol:
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Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:25 pm

low325icab wrote:woohoo! woosung ditchfinders are great fun! but i agree with ya mate they
do scare ya a bit :mad:
On the BBS's I've got one of these on the front and another comedy-named Chinese or tyre on the other side, understeer on every roundabout without fail.

Now the ones on the back that I paid a decent price for refuse to lose grip....I think some swapping of front and rear wheels is needed! :cool:
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Post Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:35 pm

beemerboy3 wrote:i hav a 320i, k&n filter, and straight through alipini exhaust, im findin that the bk end is kickin out a lot in the rain on corners and im not really pushin it, ne ideas or is it jst me. thing is i was in a 325i goin around miami speed way at a lot faster speeds and it wasnt havin the same problem
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sorry but i dont see the problem here........ :mad:
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Post Tue May 03, 2005 6:45 pm

sorry but i dont see the problem here........
:lol: me neither
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Post Tue May 03, 2005 6:50 pm

Karan wrote:
beemerboy3 wrote:i hav a 320i, k&n filter, and straight through alipini exhaust, im findin that the bk end is kickin out a lot in the rain on corners and im not really pushin it, ne ideas or is it jst me. thing is i was in a 325i goin around miami speed way at a lot faster speeds and it wasnt havin the same problem
j
sorry but i dont see the problem here........ :mad:
Some how i knew you was gona say that
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Post Wed May 04, 2005 8:01 pm

that's half the reason I bought the car!!!

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