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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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Cold weather sterring

Got in my car this morning temps in the teens, my steering was tight, is this normal?
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Wow thats weird, same here .. first time I noticed it was this morning temps in the single digits.
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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It was fine after the car warmed up a bit, but I def. noticed when i made my first turn, another quirk about this car?
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 02:32 PM
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It was -7F this morning and it feels like -25F!!... the CLS needed few cranks to start and it was just fine
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 03:27 PM
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Holy shit, I almost fell off my chair when I read the title for this thread. I noticed this for the first time this morning too. It was hard to steer and hard to keep it tracking straight. I was just gonna post about this. It seems better now that it warmed up tho.
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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not to keep repeating but same here. it was real tight but sounds awesome!!
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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maybe the power steering fluid hasnt reached proper viscosity?
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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I just installed the comptech STb yesterday and the stering was tight and it was fucken 11 deg yesterday, so I said to my self WOW it is so tight, after reading this I guess it is not the f#$ken bar...lol...
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 04:55 PM
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Originally posted by CLASSYCLS
I just installed the comptech STb yesterday and the stering was tight and it was fucken 11 deg yesterday, so I said to my self WOW it is so tight, after reading this I guess it is not the f#$ken bar...lol...
lol thats pretty funny. after like 10mins the power steering fluid warms up though and it goes back to normal .. other than that did the car feel better with the STB? I was thinking of buying this and was wondering what other people thought of it. Worth the 300$???
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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I noticed the same thing, then I ran the car up to like 100mph and it was doing good. The clutch felt funny as well, probably just the cold. It read 22F out when I got in, then 15F after the 100mph run. The car was warmed up for 5mins before moving the car, in case someone said I didn't let it warm up.
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 10:51 PM
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it was 0 degrees this morning and yes steering was a little tight but went away
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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Originally posted by blader
lol thats pretty funny. after like 10mins the power steering fluid warms up though and it goes back to normal .. other than that did the car feel better with the STB? I was thinking of buying this and was wondering what other people thought of it. Worth the 300$???
Well I bought the bar used, is it worth it, well I cant really tell that much yet, but I do feel a difference around the cornors and feel of the stering! so if you have the $$ to burn than get it, but if not its no biggie, but it does look really good under the hood
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