Aftermarket Steering Wheel Question
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Aftermarket Steering Wheel Question
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Getting an aftermarket steering wheel and have a noob question.
Confused while looking at some others setups as to what parts need to be purchased to complete...do I simply need a quick release like the one below and be good to go? I wasn't sure if a hub needed to be purchased separately.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-STEERING-WHEEL-QUICK-RELEASE-2-0-BLACK-BODY-TITANIUM-CHROME-RING-SRK-200BK-/261382322309?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ARX-7&hash=item3cdb99b885&vxp=mtr
Getting an aftermarket steering wheel and have a noob question.
Confused while looking at some others setups as to what parts need to be purchased to complete...do I simply need a quick release like the one below and be good to go? I wasn't sure if a hub needed to be purchased separately.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-STEERING-WHEEL-QUICK-RELEASE-2-0-BLACK-BODY-TITANIUM-CHROME-RING-SRK-200BK-/261382322309?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ARX-7&hash=item3cdb99b885&vxp=mtr
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Anyone have experience w/this one?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-SRK-160H-STEERING-WHEEL-SHORT-SLIM-THIN-HUB-ADAPTER-MX5-ROADSTER-FC3S-FD3S-/230926340138?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ARX-7&hash=item35c448502a&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-SRK-160H-STEERING-WHEEL-SHORT-SLIM-THIN-HUB-ADAPTER-MX5-ROADSTER-FC3S-FD3S-/230926340138?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ARX-7&hash=item35c448502a&vxp=mtr
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Pretty much Works Bell if you have the money. NRG if you want to go Chinese and save a couple bucks.
One thing to consider is your wheel placement preference. If you're short, you will be sitting closer to the peddles so your stumplord legs can reach. Even with the "short" hub and quick release the steering wheel will end up extended some amount towards the driver. Depending on the wheel design this may end up feeling like you're piloting a really high tech school buss.
If your tall, you may prefer the wheel being extended closer to you because your god damn spider legs make you sit with the seat maxed out to the rear.
Also when the wheel is extended you need long skelator fingers to reach the blinker arm.
I wanted to retain the wheel distance as close to stock as possible so I went with a Works Bell short hub and QRS II ultra slim quick release. I think this is the shortest combo. It pretty much kept the wheel where it was stock and I was very pleased. The QRS isn't as flashy or as easy to operate as the standard Rapfix quick release, but wheel placement was more important to me.
You can always run a normal hub without a quick release and usually that's pretty close to stock.
One thing to consider is your wheel placement preference. If you're short, you will be sitting closer to the peddles so your stumplord legs can reach. Even with the "short" hub and quick release the steering wheel will end up extended some amount towards the driver. Depending on the wheel design this may end up feeling like you're piloting a really high tech school buss.
If your tall, you may prefer the wheel being extended closer to you because your god damn spider legs make you sit with the seat maxed out to the rear.
Also when the wheel is extended you need long skelator fingers to reach the blinker arm.
I wanted to retain the wheel distance as close to stock as possible so I went with a Works Bell short hub and QRS II ultra slim quick release. I think this is the shortest combo. It pretty much kept the wheel where it was stock and I was very pleased. The QRS isn't as flashy or as easy to operate as the standard Rapfix quick release, but wheel placement was more important to me.
You can always run a normal hub without a quick release and usually that's pretty close to stock.
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Pretty much Works Bell if you have the money. NRG if you want to go Chinese and save a couple bucks. One thing to consider is your wheel placement preference. If you're short, you will be sitting closer to the peddles so your stumplord legs can reach. Even with the "short" hub and quick release the steering wheel will end up extended some amount towards the driver. Depending on the wheel design this may end up feeling like you're piloting a really high tech school buss. If your tall, you may prefer the wheel being extended closer to you because your god damn spider legs make you sit with the seat maxed out to the rear. Also when the wheel is extended you need long skelator fingers to reach the blinker arm. I wanted to retain the wheel distance as close to stock as possible so I went with a Works Bell short hub and QRS II ultra slim quick release. I think this is the shortest combo. It pretty much kept the wheel where it was stock and I was very pleased. The QRS isn't as flashy or as easy to operate as the standard Rapfix quick release, but wheel placement was more important to me. You can always run a normal hub without a quick release and usually that's pretty close to stock.
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Save yourself the future headaches and get either a Works Bell or Daikei hub:
Daikei steering wheel hub adaptors - MiataRoadster - High-performance customer service...and parts for Roadsters
Works Bell steering wheel hub adaptors - MiataRoadster - High-performance customer service...and parts for Roadsters
Daikei steering wheel hub adaptors - MiataRoadster - High-performance customer service...and parts for Roadsters
Works Bell steering wheel hub adaptors - MiataRoadster - High-performance customer service...and parts for Roadsters
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Thanks for the help guys! Just to reiterate, if I get just the hub w/o a quick release...I should get the tall oppose to the short hub to retain stock placement?
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* Seat type/position
* Steering wheel type
* Driver size/position
It's not an exact science so be prepared to possibly experiment with a few options (unless you have someone local to you who already had a similar setup so you can find out directly what will or will not work).