Aching back and neck, horrible seats

[FStephenMasek]

Originally Posted by lelandstanford

How did you come to determine the steering wheel is slanted?


Many vehicles have off-centered steering wheels (closer to center of vehicle). But slanted steering wheel is the first for me.

LS430 still has tilted headrests but not as bad as Sienna due to its thicker seatbacks.

Just curious, where did you find cross-reference info on Porsche brakes on Imapala? I've tried to find Toyota OEM brakes to upgrade Tacoma's with no success.

I read about the crooked steering column in a post on another forum, then went out to the Sienna and checked. I have tripods which I use for work, so set one on the wheel and extended the post out towards the headrest. It is quite a few inches off by the time it reaches the headrest.


I learned of the brake kit from my membership in NAISSO, the owner's group. The brake kit I used was from MOVIT:

http://www.movit.de/

On the Impala, the kit required modifying the stock knuckle by sawing off the old caliper supports and drilling and tapping holes for the new caliper suport bracket. I chose to upgrade to the police/Cadillac knuckles with a larger lower ball joint at the same time. The front brake kit cost $3,000, but it stopped much better than stock.




Here is a link:

[lelandstanford]

Was the steering wheel off-centered?

That quite adventurous to modify knuckle for larger brakes. I was merely thinking of a bolt-on upgrade with larger Toyota brakes.

[FStephenMasek]

Originally Posted by lelandstanford

Was the steering wheel off-centered?

That quite adventurous to modify knuckle for larger brakes. I was merely thinking of a bolt-on upgrade with larger Toyota brakes.

No, I think that the center of the steering wheel aligned with the center of the seat. However, the steering column is tilted to one side, so the left side of the wheel is closer to the front of the Sienna than the right side. Stated another way, the face of the steering wheel is not parallel to the back of the seat.