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WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:08 am
by Merlin
I've found a guy with a horn button for my GT Deluxe wheel, but I don't want to commit (it's a LOT of money!) until I figure out what to do with the wheel...

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I can't decide whether it's just a 'dent' in the one section, or whether it's deformed the entire wheel just a bit as well.

Do I try and straighten it slowly with a small bottle jack, some other way, or perhaps contemplate taking the OG leather off and cutting off and welding on a new ring? :o :o :o :(

Any ideas?

Thanks, N.

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:11 am
by Chris
I would buy the button,cause the 2 together is worth a little fortune,even if it is not perfect.

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:19 am
by Merlin
I know, and I will probably take it. He's waiting on an OG EMPI gearknob in order to get me a badge for it. Waiting for photos...

...but the wheel still worries me.

The small parts always cost more. ;) :o

A F*CKING LOT MORE! :o

N.

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:49 pm
by Tony Z
bent from which way? Almost all steering wheels have a type of flat spot at the bottom (6 o clock)

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:09 pm
by Merlin
OK, I just had another look...it seems that the top half of the wheel is bent backwards slightly, and the wheel has an centre-facing 'dent'...something like this: note the red areas.

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N.

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:47 am
by Blitzkrieg
Hop down to Autostyle and buy an Isotta steering wheel :P

*Ducks and runs screaming to hide under Fastback*

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:57 am
by Merlin
Do as you please...you can't make a Fasty any uglier than it already is. :lol:

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:09 am
by Blitzkrieg
Fastbacks are definitely not ugly :o

They have their own unique charm :evil:

More aerodynamic than a Beetle :wink:

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:22 am
by Merlin
You need to find a new debating fact. ;)

Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:36 am
by Blitzkrieg
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