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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:23 PM
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Pics of momo wheel installed

Just installed it last night, its rally mod 78. It was an easy *** job, I was able to yank the old wheel without the use of a puller so it went super quick. Oh and the horn works too


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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:28 PM
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Heres another shot

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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:35 PM
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As for my initial thoughts on it: Styling looks exactly how I wanted it too, so I'm happy there. Diameter is perfect (about 1.2" inches smaller than stock). It feels great in my hands, but it didn't move any closer to me, so my awkwardly long legs still can't get under it, I have to put my knees to the side of the wheel (heel toe is not fun) and the one other thing that I hadn't given much thought too when buying it was that the smaller diameter cuts off the view of the corners of the gagues. From my normal seating position I cant see 4k on the tach, 80mph on the speedo or most of the oil pressure gauge without moving my head a bit. A small inconvienience I admit but still annoying. Oh and yes that is snow on my car, and I got that ricer brake pedal for free and I know it looks gay sitting there by itself, but the S2 pedals are horribly small. Anyway, hope you like it.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:40 PM
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that is a really nice wheel!! is that a chevy cavilier shift ****???
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:42 PM
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Thanks man! as for the shift **** I'm not sure as it was in my 83 LE rusty parts car when I got it. It was a light gray so I dyed it black and in it went. Its great, nice and small so it makes the throws a bit shorter feeling. If someone could confirm what it is from that would be cool as I want to get one for my other car (or something close to it anyway)
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 11:17 PM
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That is nice looking, but why do you only have one "performance" pedal? Where are the others?
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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Looks wicked!!!

great job!
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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Cool wheel. Now I gotta go down to the garage and spend like 45 minutes looking through the top of my wheel and think about what you said...
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Old Jan 19, 2004 | 01:14 AM
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That is basically the same Momo wheel that I have, but mine is leather wrapped. Well, now it is cracked leather, but in its day it was great. It has red stitching, too; so, it matches the car. Anyway, good job, bro. Gotta love the feel of a smaller wheel. Oh, and something about that Momo symbol puts a warm, fuzzy feeling in your heart, doesn't it? Heh.
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Old Jan 19, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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It is leather wrapped, but not shiny leather so it doesn't really look like leather per say. As for the pedal it was in one of the many boxes that came sitting in the back of my project car. There was another but it was in sad shape, I just stuck this one in to see how I liked the wider pedal, felt good so I kept it in. My next purchase is gonna be a full set of Razo pedals to install. Just one aftermarket pedal looks gay as hell, plus its beat. I'll post pics of those when I get them in.
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Old Jan 19, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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Flashy logo, etc. I would prefer leather that looks like leather, too.

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Old Jan 20, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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Good choice on the wheel! when you first showed it to me i couldnt picture it looking right in the car. but know i dig it. the yellow and red match your gauges. Plus, it fits the period. I hate when people put modern accesories in classic/vintage cars.
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Old Jan 20, 2004 | 01:26 PM
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Thanks guys. excitingleaopard, the flash makes it a big lighter than it really is, but its still not as dark as I wanted, the auction made it look black like my shift **** with some shine, then again it was one of those "stock" pics so i guess its not that accurate to begin with. Anyway I actually went for a real drive today (back to school) and I really like the feel, comfortable as hell.
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Old Jan 20, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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