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On 6 Jul 2004 at 0:34, Mark @ Mo-Sys wrote: > I've got a small emergency on my hands and would really appreciate some good > advice. I bought a set of sprintstar wheels and today had my tyres swapped > from my regular wheels and have just driven a very scary ride home with the > car leering over to the left at the slightest road camber Yes, this sounds scary. I think that first you have to try to figure out what the cause of the problem is. MOST modern tires are bidirectional, so swapping sides is not normally a problem. Nevertheless, I don't think anyone recommends that these days. If the new wheels have different offset, then this can aggrevate alignment problems, so an alignment is a good place to start, especially if you're not so sure about your current alignment. Check your brake rotors for temperature. If one is dragging this could cause this if the new wheels have less offset. They should be the same temp after a drive. Be careful, you can burn yourself badly if they are hot. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org