van tyres

[kevnicvw12]

hi everyone just need some sound advice
i have just had my van lowered now it handles like a bag of s*&t,
go round a corner at any kind of speed puts you in the path of oncoming vehicles, it is running standard 14 inch wheels whith van tyres any advice would be helpfull i didnt know whether to go for some new 15 inch wheels but what about the tyre do they need to be van tyres? any advice greatly welcomed

[fast65]

have you have the tracking, camber and caster angle checked?

cheers andy

[kevnicvw12]

thanks for the reply i had it lowered in wellingborough at dg motors they where
adjusting the tracking when i picked it up it drives in a strait line and doesn't pull to 1 side it is just when you go round a corner to fast it pulls to 1 side i didnt know if the tyre had lost some of its strength as it stood for quite a while before i got it would a wider tyre help or 1 with a lower profile and whats the law say about car tyres on a van

[fast65]

have you changed the tyres since lowering if not sounds to me there s somthing not quite adjusted correctly i would take it back and get them to check it

cheers andy

[kevnicvw12]

looks like i need to make a call
cheers for your advice

[kevnicvw12]

ran up dg today about my lousy handling he told me nothing gets removed when lowering the bus, but i did check my tyre pressures today front passenger 35psi drivers front 60 psi might have something to do with it what do you think i will drop them to 30 psi and see if it improves the handling im sure it will

[fast65]

yes worth a try, but they remove the beam plus more did they upgrade the shocks? lowering also changes the the suspension geometry so can make the car handling change if it didnt drive like it before then its somthing they have done and 60psi is way tooooo high

cheers andy

[steve66!]

what type of van is it?
if its a type two then normal car tyres will be fine so long as the load rating isn't too low.
they're just not heavy enough to warrant having van tyres.

[kevnicvw12]

hi the van is an early bay do you think car tyres with a load rating of 88 will be good enough
i don't want to go to low profile as the van is quite low

[fast65]

have you changed the tyres since lowering?