dsc

Does anyone experience wheel hop during launching? Is this normal or should I just have a clean smooth burn out? I have K2 with LSD and PS2s. I'm having a lot of trouble putting the power on the ground even with the LSD
Thanks.

WayneE

What pressure are you running in your tires? Have you tried different pressures?

dsc

I run 30 psi in back and 39 psi in front.

WayneE

Are these on the factory 18s? How bad is the wheelhop?

I would vary the pressure from 27-34 in the rear and see if that makes any difference.

AMG_55

i think ur pressure is 2 low, too much traction and power

dsc

The tires are on the factory AMG wheels. My RWHP is about 460 to 470 with the car lowered an inch. The wheel hop will last a couple of seconds untils I back off the throttle. Other experienced drivers have tried it and mentioned the hop. What rear tire pressure seems to work best for people?

Thanks for the help.

Vetluver

I would be concerned with whether lowering has changed the geometry of the rear suspension.

Another thought is that when they added your LSD they have not torqued things correctly and somethings loose.

ONe more thing to check is whether you have a worn shock/airbag. I think several folks on the forum have had prematurely worn suspension items on the W211s.

You shoulld not have rear wheel hop unless you are running DRs, even then I wouldn't expect it from such a sophisticated suspension. Hope this helps solve the problem.

BMWEATR

I've been experiencing wheel hop lately also, first it started when the rear shocks went bad now it still does it after mb put new ones on for me?? wierd. never happened before orig. shocks blew.

dsc

Thanks for the suggestions. I had the car aligned after I lowered it and had no wheel hop. I wiil have the shocks checked. The rear end has been gone over and OKed but you never know. A second look over never hurts.

dsc

BMWEATR,
How many miles were on your car when your shocks went bad?

BMWEATR

22k pretty ****ty huh? one was all the way blown flopp'n around and the other was leaking, they replaced both.