My steering feels really light. Can I tweak it to stiffen up a little?

 

Don't think so, unless you feel like draining your power steering fluid...

good luck either way.

 

lower ur car, dont get an alignment, the negative camber of the wheels will make ur steering much more stiffer and responsive... good idea? not rilly good for the car, but if u rilly want it...

 

I have Dropped my car but got an alignment not to ruin my tires. What would be the best way to drain the power steering??

 

i've heard that upgrading to polyurethane front sway bar bushings and endlinks and/or urethane lower control arms tightens up your steering a bit - i'll let you know when i get mine installed

also, new rubber bushings might help if your old ones are worn, and you don't want the added stiffness of urethane

 

Its the 17" wheels that you have that is making your steering light.
What size tire do you have and what is the inflation pressure? You should keep it down near 30PSI and keep your negative camber to a minimum.

Tightening up the front end loads up the tires more and can make a mild improvement in the steering weight in the turns.

 

I have thePSI around 38. but keeping the PSI at 30 won't it start to chew at the tires on the outside.

 

Having 30-32 psi should not affect the outside of the tires if your alignment is O.K.

Every tire at about three or four points around the circumference has small triangular arrows that are placed near the edge of the sidewall where it meets the tread. Examine where the wear on your tread is relative to the point on the arrow. You can tell by the texture differences from where the tire is wearing vs. where it is not.


If your wear is not up to the arrow, you have room to let out some pressure. If your wear is at the arrow point, don't adjust the pressure. Of course, you might notice that if you lower the pressure too much, the steering may get tighter but also mushier off center but that should not happen unless you get well below 30psi.

The above technique is good to use for a tire that has relatively neutral camber (near 0 degrees camber) If you have a lot of negative camber, you can't do as much for the weight and feel of the steering. And running high pressure with a lot of negative camber is just eating up the inside edge of the tire.