Today we are going to check out a problem that may prove to be unsafe. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Bmw 1 series , it is essential that you drive cautiously and take care of it quickly. Our team has written and published this article content to help you resolve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the main components that assure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Bmw 1 series doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to resolve your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that assure great road holding and handling on a Bmw 1 series?

We begin this content by quickly telling you the most important components that will assure good road holding for your Bmw 1 series. It’s essential to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently be based upon many factors, we will show you down below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important components of your road handling, they perpetually assure the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will assure the grip of your Bmw 1 series on the road, the softer they are, the more grip you have, but the faster they get broken, the harder they are, the less grip you have, but the more resistant they are. Temperature influences their wear. Their size will also play on grip, the wider they are the more contact with the ground will be important.
  • The center of gravity: The higher your car is going to be, the more it will lean in the corners and consequently lose handling, that’s why low profile sports cars grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment allows you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is consequently necessary for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be done by specialists.

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There are many other components to consider such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Bmw 1 series having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the component that interests you the most, why my Bmw 1 series has handling problems? As we described earlier, there are quite a lot of elements to consider for your car to have a good grip, however there are few that can evolve with time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the vehicle, we will discover right away those that can affect your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we outlined earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial role in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, if your tyres are dead, you might have problems of road holding on wet road at first and when you reach the “cord” even on dry road.
  • Dead shock absorbers: If your shock absorbers are dead, your motor vehicle will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road effectively and it will often “float”, which will result in a bad distribution of the masses on the vehicle and shift the centre of gravity of the vehicle. You risk slipping in the bends.
  • The risk with a misalignment is that your ground contact area is reduced because of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last necessary element for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good state. The most traditional circumstance is that your stabilizer bar or the silent blocks of your steering triangles are dead. The consequence will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you resolve the handling problems?

We now move on to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Bmw 1 series .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just replace your tyres, make sure to check them cautiously and replace them when you get to the visual indicator in the grooves of your tyres. It is generally necessary to count between 100 and 200 euros for a pair of tires.
  • Shock absorbers: Ditto, dead shock absorbers have to be changed, if you want to know when to change the shock absorbers of a Bmw 1 series, please have a look at our content on this topic. The price can vary quite a lot, but you will have to count at least 400€
  • Wheel alignment: You will have to go to your garage area to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Bmw 1 series because of your steering, there might be some elements involved, in such a case you will have to make a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a professional.

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