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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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Thumbs up New steering wheel and shifter

I put in a new Grant Evolution wheel and shifter. Tell me what you think!
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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me likes. how much did you pay for them? did you get your boot from manntis' site?
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 12:42 PM
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Wow I really like the look of that steering wheel. I need to get a new one myself. How much that beauty cost and where can I score one.
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Wow... that is a nice damn steering wheel.

I have a couple questions about it though:

1) How much?
2)Where do i get one?
3)Where the hell did you get those white face gauges at?

~Sup
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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Looks good!, I see bits of wire on the carpet, looks like mine
gotta love wiring gauges and such.
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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I got everything from Summit Racing.
Grant Evolution wheel ($179)and shift ****($59), plus the $15 adaptor kit.
The boot is from Manntis.
The white face gauges are off of EBay.

John
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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Max thanks! I'm still in the clean up phase of this project. I got some of my ideas from your page. Took alot of tial and error to make everything fit real nice.

John
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 04:32 PM
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Thats a quite a bit of money, but it is woth it. how big is it, I'd like to have one like that if its 13-12 inches diameter. That looks comfy too. Hows the ****? I'm unlear about shift **** until I use them, then they feel right haha, sorta weird isnt it?
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 04:50 PM
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How much work was it to do the guage faces?? Also noticed a dial in the consle for the speakers in place of the factory stick, where did that come from??
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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The wheel is 13", so its smaller then stock. Thats ok, I have huge legs, by product of lifting. I have to say that the shift **** is real nice, this is my first after market one and I really like it.

The gauges faces took some time to do, I wouold say a few hours, but most of that was finding the right wire to tap into. After doing the new gauges, just tap the wire at the light bulb of the ash tray. It powers up when you turn the lights on, easy that way.

The **** in the middle councel is a sub level control I custom made. Check out my car domain site. I go into deatail about everything I did to the car. If that can't help PM me and I will go into more detail.
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