8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - slow steering after upgrade to 215/45/17 tires

e60.deluxe · 10-11-2008, 09:30 PM

the contact patch is gonna be the same for the same PSI. the only way to reduce the size of the contact patch is to lighten the load on the tire or increase the PSI.

i think the grip of the tread design has more to do with it personally. at first i thought maybe that the new tires that are not broken in were not gripping thus needed more steering input. but as you clarified this was not the case..

10-11-2008, 09:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
e60.deluxe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lake Forest, CA Age: 25 Posts: 6,062	the contact patch is gonna be the same for the same PSI. the only way to reduce the size of the contact patch is to lighten the load on the tire or increase the PSI. i think the grip of the tread design has more to do with it personally. at first i thought maybe that the new tires that are not broken in were not gripping thus needed more steering input. but as you clarified this was not the case.. Last edited by e60.deluxe; 10-11-2008 at 09:32 PM.