It tightens up the steering nicely but it's not as bad as removing PS all together. Many people don't know you can disconnect the solenoid and make the steering feel 100% better. Any time I show a customer that, they always love it. Mine is disconnected right now. To my knowledge, there is no downside to doing this as it's not a safety valve or anything. It's part of the adaptive steering based on speed. Disconnecting it simply removes this feature and the steering is constantly the same amount of resistance at all speeds.