Reply to "Electric Power Steering"

Doug,

Thoughtless speculation on your part. If you can't or won't afford the EZ system, feel free to "scab" together a power steering system from junkyard parts but don't try to convince others that the EZ system isn't good, just to make yourself feel better about not having it. If you had purchased an EZ system, or had first hand knowledge of it, your comments would be valid.

As of a year ago, EZ had sold more than twenty Pantera kits without a complaint or problems. Without exception, the owners love it. Furthermore, any sheetmetal that's removed in the installation is replaced by brackets that are far stronger than what's been removed. EZ has also received TÜV certification for the kit, which is the gold standard in safety certifications.

As Kid wrote above, if your steering column doesn't "wiggle" when "you" apply torque to the column, why would it "wiggle" when the EPAS motor applies exactly the same amount of torque? The obvious answer is, it wouldn't.

Hemmingway wrote: "Pheasant hunting is worth whatever you have to pay to do it" and some of us feel the same way about modifications where safety is concerned.

The only EPAS system that is probably better than the EZ system is made by DC Electronics in the UK. It is compact and uses user programmable MAPS to determine levels of assist vs. speed. It still requires custom fabrication for installation and is at least double the price of the EZ system but I'm sure the end result would be brilliant.