kiker14

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Hey Guys, I got a SA steering wheel (at least I think it's from an SA...) and I plan on putting it in my gsl-se once I get home for spring break in a few weeks. I was wondering if any other guys here have done this, and if so, do you have any pictures?

also, Here is a pic, I'm almost done sanding it down... I think it looks pretty cool in silver...

Alex-7

My buddy (Midwest 7's on the forum) has a '79 wheel in his '84 GS. I think it looks great. I love the four spoke.


Ps. I like the silver spokes
--Alex

rwatson5651

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Did you recently outbid me for this item on E-bay???

I like the silver spokes to!!

I really like the SA steering wheels, I think some of the later year cars have a different diameter steering shaft, but i'm not sure.

patman

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i had an 83 wheel in my 86, not that that helps you any. I think they are all pretty much the same tho.

kiker14

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i'm really not too consirned about the size, it looks like the same shaft size, but I'll be able to tell for sure in a few weeks

and no, this was never on e-bay, i got it from the good ol "for sale" section on this very forum! lol

thx for the compliments on the silver... I'm going to continue to work on it tonight to get rid of the rest of the old black paint, then I'm going to try to buff it out the best I can. I'm very excited, as I like the 4 spoke MUCH better than the "T" style of my gsl-se. Not to mention this one is black, not blue or red... (I have a red interior, but a blue wheel, apparently the previous owner was color blind or something...)

I've attatched a pic of the current wheel setup I have to this post to show ya all what i'm workin with

I plan on painting the steering column cover black too... should be pretty sweet when i'm done...

kiker14

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almost done...

jays83gsl

Isn't that an S2 wheel? Maybe I'm trippin' O_o

jays83gsl

patman

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talk about dirty...i hope thats a parts car...

Siraniko

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kiker14

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it definitely could be S2, i really don't know the difference, i just knew it wasn't from an 84 gsl-se

Todd Staples

I like the looks of those over the later 3-spoke. THey also have real leather. I painted mine with a dark dray pebble finish enamel. Really looks good.
Thanks,
Todd

jays83gsl

Hey, dirty girls are SEXAY.

It's a HELLUVA cleaner now, by the way. More torn apart, yes, but cleaner

That's when I first got it from the middle of the damn desert. Only one for sale in the entire town at the time (since then, there's been. . . . two. . . . others for sale, one with a bent axle, the other is asking too much)

jays83gsl

Ah, but that leather's a pain in the *** to clean!

Snapshot

I've got a 3-spoke Grant on one 7 (a Dino on the other) & love it. Looks & feels so much better than anything stock. I could never drive a stock wheel again.

jays83gsl

True, Snapshot. These wheels are good, just not GOOD.

The only stock steering wheel I ever truley loved was on my old 91 Dodge Ram. It was thick, and not TOO tacky looking. Just FELT right, y'know?

ops

my sa wheel doesnt look like that O_o maybe its not stock, but its not new lol, mine has one bar on each side, wide like, and two holes in each bar

jays83gsl

Yeah, it's an S2 wheel (81-83.5), which is why I have one like it in my 83.5

richlrx7

My two '79s have stock 4-spoke wheels. I also have a 4-spoke wheel on my '85 GSL-SE that looks identical to the ones on the '79s, but it is slightly different where it slides onto the steering shaft. I tried to mount one from the '79 onto the '85 because it was cleaner, but it fit kind of funky. Its easier to see the difference in the two, if you look at the slight differences between the '79 & '85 steering shafts.

Siraniko

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what difference? there is no difference up to 85. in fact, RX-7 steering wheels is a straight swap to earlier cars such as RX-2, RX-3's, RX-4, Cosmo and REPU.

richlrx7

Well, if you do take a look at the end of the steering shaft from a '79, then compare that to that of an '85, there is a difference. I just replaced the steering box on the '85, thats when I found that there was a difference in the way the steering wheels mated to the shaft. I am by no means an expert mechanic, and I can't tell you exactly what was different without having them right in front of me, but they were not the same. If you are truly interested, I will dig through my parts stash and let you know.

Snapshot

I guess you guys are stuck on Mazda period wheels. But seriously, If you want to feel your car in your hands go aftermarket. A Momo is so form-fitted to 10-2 & 9-3 its scary magic. Even my mahogany Dino has finger grooves. Leather is better. Why stay w/ stock? No, really???

richlrx7

Yeah, no kidding! Unless you really do want to stick with the stock look, there are much more comfortable wheels available. I never thought any of the stock 1st gen wheels were designed properly.

Aviator 902S

That 4-spoke should fit the '84 and '85 models. It was actually available from '79 to '83. But the standard wheel on the base models for those years was a two-spoke with three holes in each spoke, and with the spokes in the 8:30 and 3:30 positions.

Frankenrex

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It's stock. Your car is an 'S' base model; they got the 2-spoke wheel. The GS got the 4-spoke wheel, among other things, stock.