tbergma1

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?

VQP0WER

Yes, crappy turning radius. Normal

pmohr

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

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...ng-radius.html
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Thorzdad

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

reeloop

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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! ).

GirlLiz

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!

Metal Maxima

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Visit the sound deadener sticky in the audio forum

reeloop

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Already have


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

tbergma1

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

tbergma1

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?

PulsarGTS

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

ChrisMan287

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

lowincash

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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

hi-tek22

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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

jasonmax

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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.

Derrick2k2SE

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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

merlin2375

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5th gen turning rad = fail.

vball_max

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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.

sil07

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

Torgus

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you can increase the turning radius by a bit

pbn85

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

jasonmax

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

pbn85

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

skidz88

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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.

IHAVEA2KMAXIMA

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

P. Samson

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

Bjs470

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sad that some suvs have a better turning radius

McSteve

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

MONTE 01&97 SE

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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!