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m4a1mustang · 01-11-2011, 07:55 AM

It's not sway bar bind, it's the tires themselves. Summer tires become extremely hard below 40 degrees and lose almost all of their grip. When you give the car enough wheel the tires are turned but since they are rock hard with no grip they start to skip over the pavement. That's the sound you are hearing.

You have to be really careful if you choose to drive the car in cold temps with the summer tires. Allow at least 15-20 minutes of normal driving to get the tires warm enough to get most of your grip back, and just know that that noise you hear when you turn the wheel hard is normal... it's just a byproduct of using a summer tire outside of the specified temperature range.

01-11-2011, 07:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	It's not sway bar bind, it's the tires themselves. Summer tires become extremely hard below 40 degrees and lose almost all of their grip. When you give the car enough wheel the tires are turned but since they are rock hard with no grip they start to skip over the pavement. That's the sound you are hearing. You have to be really careful if you choose to drive the car in cold temps with the summer tires. Allow at least 15-20 minutes of normal driving to get the tires warm enough to get most of your grip back, and just know that that noise you hear when you turn the wheel hard is normal... it's just a byproduct of using a summer tire outside of the specified temperature range. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!