Hi everyone. I wrecked and replaced my R53 and my new one has a much lighter feel to the front end. The steering wheel is easier to turn and the car feels much less planted than my old one and than my other R53.... All have stock suspension, I am wondering what I should rob from my wrecked car to make my new one feel like that. The new car has 69k miles and does need some new control arm bushings but they aren't worse than the old cars.

I am just trying to make it feel like normal and not light and less planted. I know coil overs, strut tower brace, x brace underneath, new ball joints etc would make things different but I am wondering if like I have a different power steering rack or something. My old car and my wife's (normal feel) are both 2006 but my new one is 2005, could they have changed something to make them better in that year?

 

Are you running a different wheel and tire package? Like narrower tires and lighter wheels?

 

Great question! I actually swapped my old wheels and tires onto the new car. So no.... :(