burtyb

I wonder if anyone can help i own a myo2 wrx and in the wet i find the backend slides really easy round roundabouts is this normal and no im not booting it lol
My lass took it to work and when she came back said that she got such a fright when the car slid around the roundabout she thought that she had steered to much into the roundabout any clues or is it just normal .ps its good fun tho

StickyMicky

could be anything to be honest

Chris L

Could be tyre condition or type of tyre? Loads of things really. I've never felt that in a Scoob in the time I've been driving them - unless I've really provoked it with a lot of revs

Edcase

only thing to cause this is lifting off dramatically mid-corner, very badly aligned geometry, badly worn / mismatched / low quality tyres, or fuel spill on the roundabout from a truck.

pugoetru

my leggy was doing this i changed the tyres and it helped a bit but i think the shocks are done
funny thing is i was carrying some weight in the back tonight and it seemed much better!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Things to check:

Cheap brand tyres or low end spec tyres (avons, nankangs etc.)
Worn tyres (less than 4mm)
Incorrect tyre pressures
Old tyres (5 years +)
Good tyres on front, poor tyres on rear (should always have the best tyres on the rear for road use - FWD 4WD or RWD)
Too low a gear
Too late on the brakes
Too sudden with the steering (left, right, left - ohh there goes the back end ).
Lifting off the accelarator mid-bend or on turn in

Normally the damn thing just ploughs wide

WRX_Rich

iTrader: (5)

when I had my p zero tyre's and they were near the end of there life any 90 degree bend could get the rears sliding ( may be shouldn't have swapped the fronts and rears around )

was mighty fun round town as I didn't even have to brake the speed limit ( probably only sliding a little bit but my girl friend sure did moan and my mates sure did smile )

went to goodyears and this solved the problem, I always feel that these make the car feel more twitchy but then agian that probably becaue you get more feeling and im going quicker )

pugoetru

my first thought was tyres too but i put a matching set on and it still slides.


The car the tyres came off of stuck like glue !

ScoobySport (SdB)

Tyres are probably the most likely culprit.. more likely mis-matched tyres, rather than just crap tyres.. crap tyres all-round generally balances out!

If you've got decent tyres all round, then geometry is the next thing to check, especially rear toe / bumpsteer.

After that, diffs.

Good luck!

Simon

STi 7

If you check your tyres, and you find them really worn on the outside edge, this will be the reason... and this is most probably due to badly aligned geometry.

harrymonk

Could be your driving ?

pugoetru

driving my **** i drove my last leggy much more agressively and it did not slide about like this one
it is like driving a transit

Richard Askew

Tyre pressures been checked recently?

pugoetru

I have just had a look at my rear shocks and they are soaked so i guess thats whats wrong with mine

Don't know about the origional poster his is an 02 model surely the shocks last longer than 2 years !!

QuattroMNC

Got a mate with an STI PPP MY03 20k on clock rear shockers needed changing - these were done under warranty

QuattroMNC

PS the car's con quite a year ol yet!!!

GaryScoobNCBR

what tyres have you got?

My pzeros need replacing now and they start sliding cos they got no grip...

DeanF

iTrader: (1)

Is it the same roundabouts ?/ Greasy surface , Diesel, Are you on standard suspension ??

Dean