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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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is it me or does anyone think the CX-7 steering wheel will look great on an FB I drove a cx-7 today and for some reason i think it has the same design of my fb wheel and it looks and feels great!
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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what does it look like?
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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I have a CX-7 and personally hate the steering wheel. I think the Mazdaspeed 3 steering wheels look much nicer.
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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I thought the CX-7 was uncomfortable and bulky. Personally, I like the FD Efini wheel best
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
I think the Mazdaspeed 3 steering wheels look much nicer.
Mazdaspeed 3 Wheel




I am gonna go with the RX-8 as the prettiest out of these choices.
(they are all kind of... Ugh.)
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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Now to get all the damn buttons to work, right. lol None of them belong in a 1st gen.
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 11:53 PM
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Yah, you guys and your fancy steering wheel fantasies..
The buttons would be so out of place....

I recently saw a Nardi wheel and shifter in an FB, and I was super impressed. Im not usually a fan of the oldschool wooden steering wheels, but that one sure set the car off!
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Gen1onr
Yah, you guys and your fancy steering wheel fantasies..
The buttons would be so out of place....

I recently saw a Nardi wheel and shifter in an FB, and I was super impressed. Im not usually a fan of the oldschool wooden steering wheels, but that one sure set the car off!
I used to have those almost 15 years ago in one of my FB's. It looked and felt awesome. The 15" DP (I think that was the name) Rims didn't hurt either, LOL!

Still like my "Mo' Mo'" though.


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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 01:03 AM
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Here's the Efini wheel for the FD. Steve has it on his red Mariah widebody FB. Looks fantastic
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 01:36 AM
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1st gens are basic, bare bones sports cars. No need for all that fancy technomological crap. Plus the wheels in the newer Mazdas are bulky (or any new car for that matter), and it just doesn't suit the car.
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 01:54 AM
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The 99-02 Miata one's nice.
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 02:06 AM
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nardi +1
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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Airbag go BOOM!

Regardless of the unlikely event of that happening,Ill stick with the Infini or the 88-UP 2nd gen steering wheels.They look good and are cheap....I have the 3 spoke FC wheel on my Samurai and my boat.
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by steve84GS TII
Airbag go BOOM!.
Was going to say the same thing... Not a very good idea.
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 07:10 AM
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Was going to say the same thing... Not a very good idea.
+ 1...

Get rid of the explosive device in front of my face and we'll talk.
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Mazdaspeed protege ones are nice
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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+1 for the miata wheel. I like the look of it in that pic and wouldn't mind seeing it in the 7... but really, of all these wheels I like my stock S3 steering wheel the best.

Jon
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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I like my Nardi 3 spoke wood steering wheel!
:-)
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