jarath

I was hoping some of you folks could post some pictures of your aftermarket steering wheels, sizes, and any pro's / con's you've had with it. Trying to decide how I want to go for steering wheels on my project car.

Xanius

I'd like to see as well. The standard wheel is massive and makes driving a bit awkward.

FIBREMAZ

Not the best pic but you can see the wheel. Mine is a 320mm MOMO Race

trochoid

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Most common complaint from those that have gone to a smaller steering wheel is it blocks the tach and speedo. Other than that, it makes the manual steering a bit harder due to reduced leverage.

Since I recently installed aftermarket seats with large upper side bolsters, I may need to downsize the steering wheel just so I can get in and out of the car., lol.

-xlr8planet-

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This is my Momo

I havent installed yet, because the car is STILL at the bodyshop

its 1cm smaller than stock

I really like it

jarath

Jeeez, that's a nice Momo wheel... anybody know the size of the stock wheel?

rotaryboy23

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stock wheel is 15", IIRC. I went to one of those cheap 13" ebay wheels with a hub adapter you can get for $25. I was planning on changing wheels, and keeping the hub adapter, but ran out of money! I don't have any pics, but it be forewarned: it does block your tach off. I don't mind this at all, since you never have time to look at your tach at autocross anyway.The buzzer tells you when your shift is coming up. But I used to smack my arms into my legs at autocross when you go hand-over-hand (-over-hand-over-hand-over- hand....stupid steering ratios...) for those tight 180* turns. The smaller steering wheel definatly helped this. It also makes your car feel like suspicously like a go-kart. For me this is a pro, rather than a con cuz its fun as hell.
But again, since its a smaller wheel, it also makes low-speed parking jobs harder.

I'd suggest trying out the cheap ebay wheel if you need to buy a hub adapter anyways. Then if you don't like it, you havne't spent much money, or you can go to a 14" instead and be halfway between.

1badFB

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I have been looking at this one:


I love the style, but its a 350mm wheel which isnt much smaller than the stock one... about an inch.
Would I be better off with a 300mm or a 320mm since Im dishin out the cash anyway???

rotaryboy23

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An inch will help. Whether its enough is probably personal preference. If you want to wait til my car is done, Gen1onr, you can have a seat and see if you like it. You don't get to autocross it though... lol.

Xanius

I'm confused, why do steering wheels cost $400?

And how difficult is it to remove the standard wheel and put a new one in? And would replacing the steering wheel be a good time to figure out why my steering column vibrates?

John64

I'm running a 13" Grant wheel. As stated above, it is sometimes hard to see the speedo, but it is worth the trade of to fit my thighs under the wheel.

f/p79

After looking in catalogs (Jegs and Summit), I recently bought a Grant wheel from PeP Boys. I bought the correct adapter too. When I installed it, it did not feel as though it fit the shaft securely. I ended up taking it back. Some time back I had written to Grant for their adapter recommendation. It was the one I bought.
This was very frustrating.The splines just didn't seem to fit. To minimize scratching the wheel (so it could be returned), I didn't crank every thing down.
Should I just have tightened it up? Is this typical? This isn't a place I want to take chances.

Dan_s_young

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Heres mine, 320mm momo race.

jarath

I LOVE that wheel... how much do one of those run for?

84stock

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how about something like this to get best of both worlds (leg room and still see guages).. http://www.imotorgear.com/product.as...d=19100000P025