2013 S5 Rough Ride question
03-07-2018, 05:33 AM
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2013 S5 Rough Ride question
I just bought a 2013 S5 and absolutely love the car...
Except for the rough ride of the tires.
Holy crap!
I'm certain it is the road texture up here in the Seattle area.
All the rain just tears up the surface into a huge sandpaper like surface.
I even feel it in my 2016 Ram 1500, but it's REALLY bad in the S5.
Currently there are 255/35Z19's on the car.
Any suggestions for replacements?
Except for the rough ride of the tires.
Holy crap!
I'm certain it is the road texture up here in the Seattle area.
All the rain just tears up the surface into a huge sandpaper like surface.
I even feel it in my 2016 Ram 1500, but it's REALLY bad in the S5.
Currently there are 255/35Z19's on the car.
Any suggestions for replacements?
03-07-2018, 05:41 AM
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I just bought a 2013 S5 and absolutely love the car...
Except for the rough ride of the tires.
Holy crap!
I'm certain it is the road texture up here in the Seattle area.
All the rain just tears up the surface into a huge sandpaper like surface.
I even feel it in my 2016 Ram 1500, but it's REALLY bad in the S5.
Currently there are 255/35Z19's on the car.
Any suggestions for replacements?
Except for the rough ride of the tires.
Holy crap!
I'm certain it is the road texture up here in the Seattle area.
All the rain just tears up the surface into a huge sandpaper like surface.
I even feel it in my 2016 Ram 1500, but it's REALLY bad in the S5.
Currently there are 255/35Z19's on the car.
Any suggestions for replacements?
Appreciate any help.
03-08-2018, 05:13 PM
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Check your tire pressure and drop it if its higher than 38 psi and do a road force balance of those wheels/tires. Some previous owners don't even know or do road force balancing. You may have a tire or two that have high road force variance that amplifies the road surface more on certain highways and less on others. Have them check the road force numbers and get them below 10 lbs and if there is a tire that is very high like 15 lbs or higher they can rematch high spot of that tire to the low spot of the rim to get total assembly lower than 10 lbs. However there are cases where you can get a bad tire that is excessive road force lbs and needs to be replaced. I have done this many times on Audis, Lexus, BMW, Merceedes etc and from my experience I want all assembly below 10lbs for my cars and 15 lbs for suv because I am sensitive and I hate vibration or amplification of certain road feel. I have Michelin Pilot A/S 3 on my A6 and A7 and they are glass smooth at all speed. I had a bad set of AS3 before that would amplify roads and vibrate on the highways.
03-08-2018, 05:38 PM
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Check your tire pressure and drop it if its higher than 38 psi and do a road force balance of those wheels/tires. Some previous owners don't even know or do road force balancing. You may have a tire or two that have high road force variance that amplifies the road surface more on certain highways and less on others. Have them check the road force numbers and get them below 10 lbs and if there is a tire that is very high like 15 lbs or higher they can rematch high spot of that tire to the low spot of the rim to get total assembly lower than 10 lbs. However there are cases where you can get a bad tire that is excessive road force lbs and needs to be replaced. I have done this many times on Audis, Lexus, BMW, Merceedes etc and from my experience I want all assembly below 10lbs for my cars and 15 lbs for suv because I am sensitive and I hate vibration or amplification of certain road feel. I have Michelin Pilot A/S 3 on my A6 and A7 and they are glass smooth at all speed. I had a bad set of AS3 before that would amplify roads and vibrate on the highways.
I’ll definitely have this checked out.
At least I know now that it may not necessarily be the tires!
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