Any advice on making steering heavier?

[shattered_memory]

Originally Posted by twag4

Whiteline caster correcting bushings. KCA-434 is the part number.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I already installed energy poly bushings for front LCA. I probably should have gotten the whiteline bushings in the first place lol.

Originally Posted by Tor

Some of the other suggestion might help, but the most cost-effective would be slight toe-in at the front. It will make it stay in lane better too, but at the cost of turn-in.

Personally, I'll take a light feel (toe out) and good turn in over heavy steering feel.

With toe, we are talking miniscle differences with large effect. Try 0.05 inch deg toe-in instead of 0.

Thanks for the advice! I want the best in both worlds for turn in and steering weight. I will probably go -2 degrees of camber in front with a little bit of toe out in the front.

Originally Posted by nikitopo

There are some bigger steering bolts and you can change also the bushings. Image of bolts:




After installation it is definetly heavier, but after a few days you'll get used to it ...

After your post, I went ahead and ordered a set of the STI bolts. I currently have energy poly steering rack bushings,but with the stock bolt.

[ap5512]

I'm glad I ran into this thread. Last year I got RCE Yellows installed and noticed a huge difference in handling but that was to be expected. I think i noticed the lighter steering the most and i wasn't a huge fan of that. I went back and checked the alignment report and saw that the car had negative toe up front and I had asked to be dialed back to 0 degrees thinking any amount of toe wasn't good. This thread helped answer the question as to why the steering feels so light...not a bad thing but I also prefer just a tad more heavy-ness.

[twag4]

[QUOTE=shattered_memory;2783015]Thanks for the suggestion, but I already installed energy poly bushings for front LCA. I probably should have gotten the whiteline bushings in the first place lol

Easy to change, and not too expensive. You will get the results you're after.