how well does your 172/182 handle in the wet?

[seb172]

was driving my 172 in the wet for the first time today and found it was understeering quite a bit, don't know whether it's the tyres (avon z 3's front and exalto's on the back) or just normal for the car? My old vts was a bit twitchy, but not as bad as the 172

 

[LegoHead]

mine always understeers loads on islands in the wet.

 

[john.med]

ideally you'd have the same tyre design with good tread depth all round.

I'd check your tread, pressures (33f 31r) and just go a bit easier into the corners, power out where grip's available.

Hope this helps

 

[seb172]

yeah, the tread and the pressures are all fine, checked them at the weekend. I wasn't ragging it or anything, i was just getting a feel for how it went in the wet. Thought it might have been a bit easier to handle than it was

 

[The Hoff]

I had some Avons, wasn't impressed with them tbh. Understeer is ALWAYS an issue on FWD cars, but your tires are going to have a large impact on that.

Personally i'd put your PE2's on the front if your understeer is worrying you.

 

[benji&eka]

top notch on gsd3's!

 

[seb172]

I did wonder about the avon's. Ive never used them before and they didnt seem that great in the dry either. It doesn't so much worry me, as I did expect it to an extent, with all that power going through the front wheels. Just wanted to check it was normal really

 

[seb172]

I'll have to get to work at wearing the avons out to justify getting some decent ones on!

 

[fizzy_drink]

It's excellent in the wet (provided you have the right tyres for it).

Eagle F1 GSD3's are simply FANTASTIC. They warm-up and get gorgeously sticky.

Winter/wet weather doesn't slow me down much... Stability program is OFF when I'm tear-arsing.

 

[Big Iain]

handles better than the old un did I reckon, on 205 45 16 exalto 2's and lowered on sportlines right enough the old one was standard!!!

 

[fUbAr]

mine's fine, again using the GSD3's on a Ph1 172, so its got 15"s if that makes any difference.

 

[Neil G]

Avons aren't the best in the wet

 

[blink172]

PE2's on the front will sort you out.

 

[seb172]

Cheers for all the feedback, I think I might go for the Eagle's when the Avon's need replacing then, used to have some before and found them excellent. The only thing I didn't like about them was the lack of rim protection, is this still the case?