Wheels and Steering and Shocks, Oh My!

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  1. bisco

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    is it euro or japanese?
     
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    oh! i wonder if the owners manual, or maintenance/repair would have that info?
     
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    Interesting, Let me check it out. Or I will pay visit to dealer to see what is the ratio for my car based on VIN if Owner's manual doesn't state that. Thanks,.
     
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    there's a toyota technical site, but you have to pay by the day to use. there's also a toyota owners site you can plug your vin into, not sure what info it has. all the best!(y)
     
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    Thanks for the info,. I will check it out.
     
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    I'll go out on a limb and say it's got steering ratio typical to level II through IV. All that's happened is someone's swapped wheels.

    You could check lock-to-lock.
     
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    Someone probably just swapped the wheels. The steering ratio I think is around 3.25 lock-to-lock.

    A right turn on a 2011 model II-IV will require nearly 1/2 a turn. A right turn on the V will require just a smidge under 1/4 turn (@Mendel Leisk , can you confirm?)
     
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    ^ I checked that, well tried to:

    The amount of turn on the steering wheel is completely dependent on the radius of the turn, pretty much meaningless. A typical, quite tight right hand corner, maybe somewhere 3/4 and 1 complete revolution of the steering wheel. A more sweeping right turn, about 1/2 revolution?

    Bottom line, unless you control the radius it's meaningless measure.
     
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