I'm 6'4..could use some extra leg room. Has anyone ever installed a flat bottomed steering wheel ?...is it a problem with the adjustable stock Fiero steering wheel?.. I saw a SPARCO model..but man, they are too expensive. Got any ideas???
Try an NRG steering wheel. Great quality at a fraction of the Sparco price:
Mine is flat bottom.
I went and bought the same one after drooling over yours and I gotta say, it's been one of the best mods I've done to my car. Fiero2man, you won't regret it! I've had mine for about 2 years and not a single complaint. Just know that you need the thin/slim/low-pro (or whatever NRG calls it exactly) hub adapter if you want it to be the stock distance away from you.
What about a Kit style steering wheel? as most states now allow us to not have to have them inspected if you register them as antiques. I found one on eBay, while not cheap it would solve your problem with room.
I found a nice Pilot flat bottom wheel a while back at Auto Zone for $60.00. I liked it because it had two red horn buttons by the thumb grips rather than one horn mounted in the center of the wheel.
Steering wheels are just a round steel rod coated with some kind of plastic so I don't see why you couldn't just bend it, the bottom anyway to the D shape you wanted in the first place, if you cracked the plastic coating just wrap it in leather. I would take it off the column before trying to do something like that though or you might damage the column.
Steve
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Originally posted by ConvictedRedneck: I went and bought the same one after drooling over yours and I gotta say, it's been one of the best mods I've done to my car. Fiero2man, you won't regret it! I've had mine for about 2 years and not a single complaint. Just know that you need the thin/slim/low-pro (or whatever NRG calls it exactly) hub adapter if you want it to be the stock distance away from you.
I'm pretty sure johnyrottin took this wheel out of the GBCT when he got it. It might be for sale, but the color wouldn't match most interiors.
The wheels were turned in the pic... The flat part was at the bottom when going straight. So endless you only drive in a straight line you will still have the round part of the wheel hit your legs when you turn.
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