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Kaido_RR Grand Master

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This thread has made me see why people hate us in skylines... come on guys use common sense.

If your at the front of the lights there will be oil in the wheel lines (road indented).

try this:

1. move the car to the left or right of the lane to get off the oil.

2. park back a little from the lights so not to be right in it for your back tyres.

3. just nudge the car until the back wheels pass the white line and then give some gas.

o and obvious one is get better tyres or a problem i see a lot get your camber fixed so your whole tyre has contact with the road.

doesn't matter were u drive the oil is everywhere.

seriously its not that hard to drive a skyline in the wet. i have NO issue with not spinning the wheels in my 350hp+ skyline.

Also you should note that getting better tyres won't solve the problem as MOST soft tyres (performance tyres) have poor grip level in the wet

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Submiqent Apprentice

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thanks for the replies fellas. i got a driving course coming up soon, should get my moneys worth outta that. so i gotta pick up some t1r's and check the camber. i haven't locked off hicas, does anyone find it to be troublesome in the wet? or at all really? cause this car is a daily driver for me, so i dont need to lock it off for performance reasons.

djr81 Grand Master

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doesn't matter were u drive the oil is everywhere.

seriously its not that hard to drive a skyline in the wet. i have NO issue with not spinning the wheels in my 350hp+ skyline.

Also you should note that getting better tyres won't solve the problem as MOST soft tyres (performance tyres) have poor grip level in the wet

I agree & um, disagree.

No car is difficult to drive in the wet. If you can't take off from a set of lights without wheelspin you shouldn't be driving. Or won't be for long after plod sees you.

But the only tyres that suffer unduly in the wet are R compounds & cheap "performance" tyres. The reason you pay good money for good tyres is that they grip well in all circumstances.

streatracer Enthusiast

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Seriously if you think that getting sideways in fourth on a wet road is testament to you driving ability you need to think again.

:P

Things to avoid are:

1. Driving like a dickhead.

2. Bragging about it on an internet forum.

I can see how you would take that point of view from what I said but I think you've taken it a little out of context.

Getting sideways in fourth fear is definitely not a testament to my driving ability rather quite the opposite I was overtaking the friend I was travelling with and was not expecting it to break loose in such a high gear/low revs. All up it was a fail and I have a new found respect for/fear of my car in the wet.

Mr. Keets Grand Master

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mate, next time just select second gear

make sure your window is down

make sure your right foot is firmly pressed to the floor

and remember to shake your fist out the wondow while shouting "DORRRIFTOOOOOOO"

On the track, privately owned road or controlled environment of course. Not the fist, go the 'cuda lol......doooooorrriffffftooooo11ty.

Black_CSR Rising Star

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Yeh the Wet is the Unpredictable Factor... you don't know how much distance or buffer to give until u know the car's limits.

Changing to a Better Tyres help a lot. My Rear tyres was almost bald n was shocking in the wet, then i changed over to new ones and made a big difference. I felt more confident in the car but i haven't pushed the limit of the tyres of how much i can give it cuz i got used to being so carefull on my near Bald rear Tyres :-)

Sneakyazn Enthusiast

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thanks for the replies fellas. i got a driving course coming up soon, should get my moneys worth outta that. so i gotta pick up some t1r's and check the camber. i haven't locked off hicas, does anyone find it to be troublesome in the wet? or at all really? cause this car is a daily driver for me, so i dont need to lock it off for performance reasons.

i think hicas is great, though many others may disagree an have locked it off an what not but in my personal opinion i love it its great for corner turning at higher speeds an it hasn't affected me for drifting wise, but yea i think its good... just my 2 cents

Ehgriez Mentor

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When i first got the skyline i spun it in the wet cos the tyres were crap. 3am though so luckily there was noone around.

Everyone loses it sometimes, and thats when you realise the limits of your car. Once you find those limits you know what level you can/should drive at so that you don't reach them again on public roads.

R33_NICK Community Regular

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steering work as well. in the wet, if you turn your steering wheel too hard or like turning it too quickly going into a corner, your car will either understeer or oversteer (depends on how fast your going) also if you are in the middle of the corner and you suddenly jerk the wheel hard to either direction like say going into an 'S' corner, you can loose traction as well. the key is to be smooth with the steering work as possible.

my car looses traction when it hits boost and thats with pretty much new Bridgestone Potenza RE001 tyres(255/40/17 rears), soft setting on the rear dampers and stock boost :S but thats only if i press the pedal halfway or more. no problems when taking off the lights tho.

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