So, for some reason every mod I want to make proves incredibly expensive or frustrating, so in keeping with this trend....

I got the xB because I needed an urban assault vehicle. I work in Hollywood. It seats 4 real adults, and that little back section can hold more than it looks like. Hell, I can stuff my race bike IN the car.

BUT IT CAN'T MAKE A U TURN ON A REGULAR STREET?!?!?!

I've got friends with tweaked out Hachi's that turn inside of this thing.

half of maneuvering in these little urban streets is the ability to loop inside of a car length. Instead, half the trucks I know can do this but I can't.

So I guess my first problem is to find out what's involved. Is this just a limitation of stearing stops put in to protect me from turning too tight at regular driving speeds? Is it a new wormgear, stearing boxy thing (that's a technical term by the way :\ ) are my wheels gonna hit the inside of the wheel well?

So, anyone with half a clue (being about 4.5/10's of a clue more than I have) want to help me figgure out what the steps to decreasing the turning radius on one of these things is?

Thanks.

-- James

 

Don't quote me on this, but it could be caster or toe that you can adjust to increase the turning radius.

 

even if you can do it the wheels will hit inner fender

 

i don't know about your xB man, but mine makes U-Turns easy.

 

Yup even if you could defeat the mechanical stops your tires would hit the subframes before they would move enough more to make any real difference in turn radius.

 

word. even full size trucks can make sharper turns.

 

About the only suggestion I have is don't go to larger wheels. Keep the 15's.

 

FYI - I believe the box has a 30- or 32-foot turning radius with stock wheels/tires. Not REAL tight, but then again not too bad, either. Maybe you could mark out a 32-foot arc and see if YOUR box can make it OK?

 

an a86 will easily out turn based on its smaller size, wheel base, and fact if they want they can power and drift the turn. i don't know the exact of them but i know my little xa will make turns fine. maybe the xb is slightly longer wheel base but i didn't think so.

 

It's an artifact of FWD and a relatively long wheelbase. CV joints only bend just so far...

My previous ride, an ancient Volvo, had a much smaller turning radius than my xB. RWD, relatively short wheelbase, and apparently engineered for just that quality.

I've learned to compensate somewhat by cranking the wheels to the limit quickly, at the beginning of a low speed turnaround, and by becoming better acquainted with the car's capabilities.

Just takes a little more awareness, and planning ahead...

 

yeah, i have noticed that it does not turn as tightly as i want, but it comes close. i am pretty certain that the CV joints are a big limiter. i don't know about the wheels hitting though.

 

our turning radious is 34 or 36 feet , not 30/32.