I had a 97 max and that had a great turning radius. It had 2001 17" SE wheels. I now have a 2000 max with 18" HP Evo 235 40/18. The turning radius is much larger on this car than my 97. I have a 2001 expedition that turns way tighter than my 2000 max. My questions is:

Is this normal? Or is it because of the wheels i am using?

 

Yes, crappy turning radius. Normal

 

5th gen and up have a crap turning radius, get used to it.

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I had a '96 Sonoma 4x4 that could make full turns inside our '01 Maxima's turning radius. Embarrassing.

 

Whenever someone drives my car I always imagine them hitting a parked car while trying to park, then I'm like ****! I'm used to it, there are worse things to complain about, like my rattling trunk ( good job bodyshop! ).

 

Well, my turning radius sucks and I have an 05'. I've been in older ones as well and other Nissan's in general and most of the newer models suck to park it seems!

 

Visit the sound deadener sticky in the audio forum

 

Already have


I got something cooking for the entire cabin as soon as the garage is empty.

 

Here are some good links to visit.
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/
http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/
http://www.shiftice.com/
ShiftIce has a good rightup on the reardeck fix

 

Wow, even the 05's have a sucky turning radius, I figured nissan would of fixed it. I wonder what changed in the front end in the 2000 and up models to have created this problem?

 

I think its like that so the tires dont rub the splash gaurds? You never get used to it either.

 

I hate the turn radius on my '03 it's absolutely terrible. '96 > '03.

 

that's the first thing i complained about when i first got the 02 maxima lol just few days after i got the car i dented the front bumper when i turned into a parking spot at the mall...i thought i had enough room and had no idea the car barely turns when it's cranked all the way...ended up hitting the wheel of an suv and dented the corner lol

 

yep, horrible turn radius all across the board, ive got 19's on my car.......after a while i just learned to live with it

 

turning radius? terrible.
I need more than 3 lanes to make a u-turn.
I notice 5th gens have smaller turning radius than 5.5th gens.

 

Yeah it's horrible. My 95 was really good but my 02 is horrible.
I sell cars at a large dealerahip and drive around 50 different cars a month. All makes and years. The Maxima has about the worst turning radius of any car I can think of.
It's easy to forgive the turning radius when I dip into the throttle though

 

5th gen turning rad = fail.

 

Agreed completely!

My gf has a 97 wrangler and i hate just about everything about it. The only thing that I am jealous of is the turning radius. I would need to make a 9 point turn for some of the U-turns she makes no problem.

 

turning radius is horrible my friend hit a car when he borrowed it trying a park i got white paint stuck on the bumper.

 

you can increase the turning radius by a bit

 

+1! I was just going to say that. I thought they would be the same?

 

5.5th gens have stoppers, 5th gens don't, and I could easily make a u-turn in my friend's 5th gen.

 

that explains why turning is actually a possibility in my mom's i30 lol

 

I've gotten pretty used to it and I can park my Maxima just like I would any other car. U-turns suck though. I think my turning radius is a tad better than stock though due to the negative camber I run.

I get to drive the 7th gen pretty often and its turning radius is waaaaay smaller and tighter than 5th or 6th gens.

 

7th is like 37ft and 5th gen is like 41ft. IIRC

 

The steering stop bolts (with the nylon caps) are used on both the Gen. 5 and Gen 5.5.

 

sad that some suvs have a better turning radius

 

is the wheelbase significantly different from 4th to 5th gen?

 

5th-6th gen with 17 inch rims are larger have the horrible turning radius, which was improved by a few feet on the 7th gen. 2nd-4th turned really good!