Funny smell

btstone84 · 07-27-2007, 03:20 PM

So I just bout brand new 18X7.5 fornt and 18X9 rear. wheels and tires. now when i get on the highway and hold it to about 100 and up. i have a funny smell. is this the new tires or is something worng in the engine possibly. i did not notice this smell unitl i got my new wheels and tires

gomarlins3 · 07-27-2007, 06:14 PM

If you don't want to experience the smell again, I would suggest not going 100 miles per hour.

Never had that problem before.

Dr. Jimbo · 07-27-2007, 06:47 PM

My tires get sticky and smell when I hit the twisties real hard. The same smell as when you spin the tires. Is that the smell?

PGSberg · 07-28-2007, 12:24 PM

Better ensure that there is not any rubbing going on. The wind over the car at speed may be pushing the car down ever so slightly and barely touching the tire. Is the new wheel/tire combo taller than stock?

ugadogs_11 · 07-30-2007, 08:45 AM

Why dont you put your stock wheels/tires back on, and then try.

mru22 · 10-23-2007, 09:23 PM

WHen i first purchased my car i noticed a burning rubber smell from the rear area for about the first 3000-4000 miles and I was not doing any burn outs or going real fast.

That may be what you are experiencing.

Scooter · 10-23-2007, 11:42 PM

There is no smell like burning rubber, you'd know it if that was it, something in your hindbrain would go "cool" instead of "huh?". Or for some of us, it'd be going, "dang, that's a month off my tires..."

s2ook · 10-24-2007, 02:50 AM

Are any of the wheels hot when you stop?

What offsets are you running?

07-27-2007, 03:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
btstone84 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 52	Funny smell So I just bout brand new 18X7.5 fornt and 18X9 rear. wheels and tires. now when i get on the highway and hold it to about 100 and up. i have a funny smell. is this the new tires or is something worng in the engine possibly. i did not notice this smell unitl i got my new wheels and tires

07-27-2007, 06:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
gomarlins3 "Enjoy the drive" Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kuna Idaho Posts: 2,811	If you don't want to experience the smell again, I would suggest not going 100 miles per hour. Never had that problem before. __________________ Yablownowitz Racing brought to you by Anytime Fitness. Happiness is a nice road, great weather, and driving the S with Sue in the seat next to me. "Whatever you do, where ever you go, enjoy the drive." I know for a FACT that the last year of production of the S2000 is 2003!!!!! After that, it will be the S2200 under an assumed name.

10-24-2007, 02:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
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07-27-2007, 06:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dr. Jimbo Don't taze me bro! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Santa Barbara, Ca. Posts: 1,019	My tires get sticky and smell when I hit the twisties real hard. The same smell as when you spin the tires. Is that the smell?

07-28-2007, 12:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
PGSberg Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2	Better ensure that there is not any rubbing going on. The wind over the car at speed may be pushing the car down ever so slightly and barely touching the tire. Is the new wheel/tire combo taller than stock?

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ugadogs_11 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 19	Why dont you put your stock wheels/tires back on, and then try.

10-23-2007, 09:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
mru22 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 17	WHen i first purchased my car i noticed a burning rubber smell from the rear area for about the first 3000-4000 miles and I was not doing any burn outs or going real fast. That may be what you are experiencing.

10-23-2007, 11:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Scooter Senior Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,228	There is no smell like burning rubber, you'd know it if that was it, something in your hindbrain would go "cool" instead of "huh?". Or for some of us, it'd be going, "dang, that's a month off my tires..."