I was letting a friend drive my GSR yesterday, and he kept commenting on how loose my steering felt compared to his Civic. Granted his is a 99 and min's a 94 with 80k+ on it, but it still bothers me a bit. Pump and fluid are fine, by the way, and I'm running almost new Yokahama AVS 205/50/15s at 40psi front, 37 rear.
Is there a way I can tighten up the steering without taking it to the shop? Any help or thoughts are appreciated.

 

Looser steering might be a side affect of higher tire pressures. I run 40f and 37r also since I like the better turn in feeling I have with the tire pressure, but I do notice that if I lower the tire pressure the steering kinda feels tighter. So try it lower and see if you prefer that feeling or the higher pressures.

 

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Loose steering can be a side effect of bad alignment, bad ball joints/bushings or both.
Lift your car in the air, put on jack stands, have a friend hold the steering wheel and brakes.
Grab a front wheel and try to move it around.
A bad upper/lower ball joint or tie rod will allow the wheel/knuckle to move around.
Check for tears in the protective rubber boots on the ball joints, tie rods, rack/pinion/CV joints etc.
Check the bushings for tears/cracks or bulging out.
After you ensure all is A-Okay take it to an alignment/tire shop and have your alignment done.

I had recently started replacing all my ball joints and bushings etc up front on my Integra.
After changing out a few components (probably mainly due to trading the upper camber kits for oem upper control arms) my steering got very light.
Turns out, my toe on the alignment was thrown way off and caused the steering to get really light.
I went to Firestone tire for the alignment. It was like $80 for one time or $180 for lifetime.
I went with the lifetime alignment so after every time I change some parts out, I can take it back and get a free touch up. Its already paid for itself...

 

17 years later... LOL@ the OP who was getting crap from his friend with a Civic, cause he was jealous of the teg.

 

Damn it Dave. Look what you made me do -_-

 

necrobump needs mention of steering tool:

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ffs @ multi necrobumping lol