Hi guys, im thinking about getting an after-market steering wheel for my fd, cannot believe how much they are! I haven`t brought a decent steering wheel in 12yrs so wanna treat the rex to one. I want a removable wheel, do i need a special hub/boss? Im liking the momo range:InLove
You have to get a snap off boss kit if you want to make it removable.
I like the Key!s Racing wheels :p
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/26072008773-30.jpg)
Adam
The Momo boss doesn\'t work as standard with the FD horn wiring, you have to kinda bodge it a bit. You can get Jap bosses that go straight on, but they\'re expensive new and rare secondhand. Loads of snap-off kits from £50 up to, like £200 from Driftworks or any of the Jap importers, even eBay, just depends how much you wanna pay and how desperate you are for proper JDM bling. My Sparco Lap 3 wheel cost £25-ish secondhand on eBay, and I had to re-cover the suede myself. Which is only slightly harder than plaiting water or herding cats :(
Good point about the boss. If you get a cheap on then the horn wont work. I got a HKS one with the steering wheel from RHDjapan so i knew it would be right together, but as Nik says, they aren\'t cheap
Adam
Ada, how much did you pay for that wheel, thats the kind of style im going for. Looks like i won`t be going for a momo, Nik would you rate sparco over a momo?
Stupid question, is it illigal not to have a horn?
http://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm-low/KEY-s-Racing-Steering-Wheel-Flat-Type-325mm-350mm-17688
I think it is illegal to not have a horn. shouldnt pass an MOT without one
Adam
Quote from: turbo boy;644624Ada, how much did you pay for that wheel, thats the kind of style im going for. Looks like i won`t be going for a momo, Nik would you rate sparco over a momo?
Dunno, dude, I guess they\'re all much of a muchness. Sparco tend to be a bit more sport-orientated than Momo, which are more like a fashion thing, and OMP are even more motorsport based than either of them, but it all boils down to getting one you like the look of and that feels comfortable to you. After all, it\'s the one bit you hold all the time you\'re driving (no sordid details of what else you may hold onto, thanks :D) so you want it to feel nice as well as look it!
The Momo boss can be customised to work with a spade connector quite easily, there\'s a how-to about somewhere IIRC. As far as I\'m aware, Nardi are the only wheels that use a unique hole pattern and size, so any wheel other than a Nardi should fit a Momo-pattern boss.
Quote from: turbo boy;644626Stupid question, is it illigal not to have a horn?
Yes!
ive got a Nardi steering wheel mated to a momo boss with no probs:Laugh
Cheers guys. As for the horn, i`ll just fit a loud speaker to my roof blues brothers style!:rollin
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Quote from: lee mills;644634ive got a Nardi steering wheel mated to a momo boss with no probs:Laugh
Cool, how did you rig up a horn?
Quote from: lee mills;644634ive got a Nardi steering wheel mated to a momo boss with no probs:Laugh
Nice one, how did you rig up a horn?
Quote from: lee mills;644634ive got a Nardi steering wheel mated to a momo boss with no probs:Laugh
Hahaha! shows what I fduking know then :rollin
Momo wheel & boss here.
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/sandbagger_bucket/th_momowheel.jpg) (http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/sandbagger_bucket/?action=view¤t=momowheel.jpg)
Nardi and Momo PCD\'s are different - Nik\'s right. However, a lot of the bosses come with dual PCD\'s -- so they have two sets of holes drilled :)
Oh, and Nardi Deep Corn FTMFW.
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r30/Simon_r_hill/FDProject/Early%20Feb%2009/IMG_1218.jpg)
EDIT: Stupid computers, double post...
^^^^Mmmm, nice! :Thumbs-up
.....nice to be right about something for a change, too :rollin Here\'s mine, Sparco Lap3 with obscure Jap-make boss and Sparco ally spacer to bring it out a bit so my big hairy knuckles don\'t whack the indicator stalk every time I steer :D
(http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/My%20new%20RX%207%20version%20two/DSCF1575.jpg)
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Quote from: Nik da Greek;645244^^^^Mmmm, nice! :Thumbs-up
.....nice to be right about something for a change, too :rollin Here\'s mine, Sparco Lap3 with obscure Jap-make boss and Sparco ally spacer to bring it out a bit so my big hairy knuckles don\'t whack the indicator stalk every time I steer :D
(http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/My%20new%20RX%207%20version%20two/DSCF1575.jpg)
(http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/My%20new%20RX%207%20version%20two/DSCF1380.jpg)
how big are you\'re knuckles lol... and looks like u spilt milkshake or summit on your seat LOL!
i got a omp deep dish jobby i wanna get a works bell flip up boss but worried it will bring it too close to me....
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/malice-uk1/_DSC0025-2.jpg)
i\'ve got the fairly standard Momo "Race" wheel that\'s made a couple of appearances already in the thread, it\'s alright but i want a badass dishy one!
i\'ve got a cheap K-Sport snap off boss, it was only £50, made of ally and has a working horn. my steering wheel hasn\'t broken off while driving yet :D
Quote from: MaLicE;645246how big are you\'re knuckles lol... and looks like u spilt milkshake or summit on your seat LOL!
Well, they\'re just as big as they need to be to hold my fingers on :3Confused. Cos the wheel\'s got no dish to it and the boss is only a real shallow one of bizarre Jap provenance (nowhere near as deep as a Momo boss), there\'s really very little clearance, hence the Sparco spacer.
The seat came pre-stained :2Rolleyes Nothing more JDM than sitting in a mysterious "is-it-tummy-custard" stain :Tongue1
LOL!!! my stock seats were like that too, found some jap coins under there too lol! i need a narrower boss and talking of horns mine are pathetic lol they kinda sound asthmatic lol!
my omp wheel has big dish on it and if it wasnt for the fact that my gran got me it for xmas before she died i would either have a nardi corn wheel like si (would love a nardi nob wheel!) or a keys! racing deep dish i think its called the magna?
SiH... can i have you seats!! :god
Adam
I know its not an fd but got my fc one of a guy breaking his his crashed fd was meant to be £150+ wheel in mint condition, i got it for £60 bargain! & pretty sure they are the same boss fitting as i didn\'t have a problem, so might broaden you options a bit!
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r73/1987hankin/RX-7/Image0085.jpg)