INstalled my new steering wheel Nardi/personal Grinta
 

So i got my new hub today and it took some work to make it work properly.

I had to use my drill press (read: a hand drill with the hub squezed between my knees) to make 2 new holes for the power steering/turn signal sensor thingy...

It fits quite well and feels really nice... The steering feels stiffer so I'm not sure if my power steering is working properly or if it's just less torqe from a smaller wheel... But we will see.

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wow thats nice did you have a hard time pulling the old steering wheel out?
I'm installing mine soon, with sparco. :) let me know any hint to make things easier. thanks.

looks nice!

+ 1 for the red stitching

wow that wheel's shape is just like the stock s4 wheel. (the bumps at 10 and 2)

thats badass there! very nice upgrade. I just upgraded myself to a Nardi wheel and I love it. It was on an R33 Skyline and I was like "must have that" pedals came off of it as well. They are Razo.

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what i did is loosen the bolt enough but still on the shaft, than spray wd40 on the shaft where the wheel is stuck on. after that i used a torque wrench and banged the back of the wheel a few times each side till it got loose and pulled it out without hitting my face with the wheel. :icon16:

i bought the Tekniq Snap off quick relelease with momo champion wheel, havent got a chance to install anything else but the hub

I got that wheel for 100 bucks :)

The hub I got from a website called autoz concept here is the link to the hub: http://www.autozconcept.com/product_...roducts_id=675

For 12 bucks you can't complain. The hub has dual bolt patterns because i think there are 2 different styles of holes for wheels (one more spread out than the other. kinda like wheels are 5x100 and 5x114.3) Because the Rx7 has those pins that need to sit in holes in the back of the wheel only one set of holes lines up to make the wheel sit straight. I had to drill new holes a little off set on the back of the hub to make it work properly but it was easy to do with just a hand drill so i'm happy.

thats a good deal :)

thanks and hope your project is going well. :)

Oh the other think i liked about this hub was how slim it was. Many other hubs i saw were very long and would make hitting the turn signal difficult while keeping both hands on the wheel. This one is probably only about 2.5 inches so i can hit the controlls easily!

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i love nardi wheels! i got the sport rallye

maybe if i get bored of my sparco i can buy a used Nardi. how much does those run?

mine was free! so where my pedals. I just had to buy a hub.

new they are around $230 but i got mine for 100 slightly used and i have seen them on ebay for a decent price.

thanks :icon_tup:

I have that same wheel but I think there may be something wrong w/ the hub because no matter how many times I tried to adjust it, its slightly off. If the car is traveling straight the while is turned slightly to the right.

I've almost gotten used to it now, but I was wondering if a different hub would solve my problem? maybe an alignment?

^its called an alignment.

well i dunno about that. I mean the spline only has so many notches and if one doesn't line up perfectly the wheel wont sit straight. Mine is a little crooked when traveling straight so I am gonna try turnbing it a bit but if it doesn't work then it wont bother me too much.

what size is your wheel? i have the same one uninstalled. looks great on your car!

I have a 330mm is that small or fine or perfect?

Mechanic had it right in that an alignment shop can tweak the tierod adjustments to bring the steering wheel to dead straight.
If your alignment is OK and you don't want to screw with it, don't forget you have a splined connection at the steering rack where the column joins.
Maybe a change there along with a shift of the wheel will make it sit straight.

I think it's 330 but i'm not 100% sure... would it be marked on it somewhere?

Well, I'm gonna put my money on the alignment being the problem, since:

a) The car has never been aligned (while in my posession...read 1 year) lol
b) I tried messing w/ the hub/ splines to get it to line up right for 2 days, and
the best I could get was still about 5-10 degrees off center.