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hansenp · 03-05-2012, 10:28 AM

I replaced my rear stock p zeros with toyo 295/40/20 tires. Problem now is when driving I notice if i hit a bump while on a curve I feel the ABS kick in for a brief second. It feels like a brief braking and if I am not ready for it it pulls the car for a brief second and scares the heck out of me. Has this happened to anybody? Idea how to fix ths?

Agent WD-40 · 03-05-2012, 11:46 AM

Do you still have the stock size front tires? If so I'm guessing this is because your front tires and rear tires are now different heights. Thus when you go around a corner the rear tires are turning different speeds from the front which makes the computer think you are spinning and thus the ABS/Traction Control kicks on.

I had this same exact thing happen to me when I had one of my rear tires under-inflated (I had just switched to my winter tires and one was low). When I pumped it up it was just fine.

hansenp · 03-05-2012, 12:17 PM

Stock fronts so I guess there is no cheap fix

03-05-2012, 10:28 AM	#1
hansenp Drives: 2010 Camaro 2 SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 416	Rear tires and ABS I replaced my rear stock p zeros with toyo 295/40/20 tires. Problem now is when driving I notice if i hit a bump while on a curve I feel the ABS kick in for a brief second. It feels like a brief braking and if I am not ready for it it pulls the car for a brief second and scares the heck out of me. Has this happened to anybody? Idea how to fix ths? __________________ Roto-Fab CAI , Flowmaster American Thunder System MGW short shifter, Lexani custom painted LX15 wheels ,Pfadt strut tower brace, Technostalgia Led tailights, Rx catch can, Vmax TB

03-05-2012, 11:46 AM	#2
Agent WD-40 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: MI Posts: 601	Do you still have the stock size front tires? If so I'm guessing this is because your front tires and rear tires are now different heights. Thus when you go around a corner the rear tires are turning different speeds from the front which makes the computer think you are spinning and thus the ABS/Traction Control kicks on. I had this same exact thing happen to me when I had one of my rear tires under-inflated (I had just switched to my winter tires and one was low). When I pumped it up it was just fine. __________________ L99 - 440 RWHP Livernois 2c Cam & VVT/DOD Delete Roto-Fab Intake Stainless Works 1 7/8" Long Tube Headers Corsa Exhaust

03-05-2012, 12:17 PM	#3
hansenp Drives: 2010 Camaro 2 SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 416	Stock fronts so I guess there is no cheap fix __________________ Roto-Fab CAI , Flowmaster American Thunder System MGW short shifter, Lexani custom painted LX15 wheels ,Pfadt strut tower brace, Technostalgia Led tailights, Rx catch can, Vmax TB

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