Would you consider your steering, sensitive?
 

When driving your Z at highway speeds, would you consider your steering sensitive? Like, do you find yourself white-knuckleing the steering wheel?

My '17 seems to follow every rut in the road; else, I got something going on.

Mine is a bit like that. You get used to it...

Have your alignment checked and have it set dead middle of spec. for the toe front and rear. Tramlining is normal for our cars. Alignment set to dead middle has worked awesome for me. If you have mismatched tires front and rear this can also make it worse.

No, the steering is perfect, manual and heavy. I love it.

I've found that if the air pressure in the tires is higher than what is written on the sticker on the inside of the driver door jamb, the car will wonder and move around on the road at freeway speeds and will require more input to drive straight.

Make sure the tires are not overfilled. 3 to 5 psi makes a big difference in this car.

As per Spooler, Zs are prone to tramlining (following ruts in the road). It's a problem that is common to all cars with wide tires. Being a light car just makes things worse. But that doesn't mean you don't have a problem. I'd first check inflation (as per IAmTheStig). If that doesn't make things better, get the alignment (front and back) checked. If everything checks out, learn to accept it.

Mine is twitchy as chit. Because of the way I have it set-up with alignment for the track. :driving: With the 285/35-19's on the front. It will want to follow lines in the road at times.

I just try not to yell at it, make fun of it, or call it names, that seems to keep the sensitivity in check :bowrofl:

:rofl2: Hopefully it's not a snowflake.

I add 25 mg adderall to gas tank and my car stays focused on the road

Y'all ain't right.
Mine tramlines as well. You get used to it. It's just one of the quirks of our cars.


Kirk B.

On a good highway I can go about a mile with out any steering inputs what so ever. On a bad one I have to hold the wheel firmly because I never know where it will want to go next. Overall I am very happy with my steering feel, I'm not happy with some roads.

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Pretty good feel for power steering but requires more force than I'd like when recovering from getting sideways. I'd prefer full manual. Gives much better road feel but major PITA in parking lots.

Then you need a Alfa Romeo 4C. That car will build muscle on your arms. :rofl2:

Yeah, may do … but, I don't even have 3k miles on it yet - running factory tires.

The steering in the 370Z is brilliant!

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I too like the feel of it quite a bit. One of the reasons I bought the Z. In fact, I like it better than my e46 M3.

However, worn tires would make it feel worse.

Ha... Try upgrading the Sway bars like I did - went to Eibach's with larger diameter tubes. If I even think of changing lanes, I'm there! It's just Awsome Squared...

It have to do with the wide tiers. My 16 nismo is the same way, also my FX50s dose the same do to the wide tires.

Really? I've found the Z's steering to be pretty numb compared to my E46 M3. Also the suspension overall is very floaty compared to the M3. Maybe a set of Konis/Swift springs would fix this though. My suspension is all stock and probably on the original struts at 65k.

that's correct. I prefer the Z over the M3's. Not sure how long you have your Z, but the tires make a big difference. Especially with worn tires, it worsen the feel quite a bit.

Off topic: that m3 inline 6 is so sweet...

Post up your alignment sheet; as that will tell us a lot...sometimes they’re not correct from factory.
Also you may want to have it adjusted on the more positive side of toe (Front & Rear) as these cars have 2x more positive toe in rear. :tup:

The closer you are to maximum on toe; the easier to drive; especially out back...less toe in the rear will really make it dance around @higher speeds.
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That's surprising. The steering felt pretty similar between the two for me, w/ the Z having a quicker ratio, maybe a hair more feedback in the Z, but more accuracy in the M3. Honestly, the two cars are comparable in so many ways, it's crazy. Great motor in that car though.

But to put in my 2¢ for the topic. IDK if it's overly sensitive, but it does tramline, the steering ratio is relatively quick so it makes the small changes even more pronounced, and this is even more evident if you're running big tires up front. IMO, steering feels good about 1-2 degrees off-center. The first degree or two just doesn't feel that tight on these cars to me.

Hochkis front sway-bar + ps4's + alignment = even better.

I thought the stock bridgestones that came on my 2014 were actually the worst tire on any car I've ever owned, ever (Yes this even includes the $55 tires I bought in college for my pos $800 mazda 323). I actually almost traded the POS in after 6 months solely because of those garbage tires, but switching the PSS's was like magic.