has anyone used or owned a NRG Steering Wheel Release Kit?
NRG Innovations

with my new Evo seat, im afraid room to get in and out of my car is going to be even tighter. my solution is a new steering wheel set up. so im looking into a after market wheel, hub adaptor, and quick release kit and i tripped over a good deal on the NRG 2nd Gen Kit, but im not sure how good they are.

any input is, as always, greatly appreciated.

 

Out of the copies that are floating around I think the NRG releases are the best. I had a cheap Ebay ball bearing type and I had it for about year, but within the first month of owning it, it developed alot of play. It got so bad I couldn't deal with it anymore so I bought a NRG Slim. It looks like the FET quick release and I don't see this thing having any major play anytime soon.


Since the NRG Slim is well slim I had to get a spacer to push the steering wheel out so that I felt more comfortable.


I have compared the NRG ball bearing type to a my old ball bearing release and the NRG felt much tighter


You can see pics of my NRG Slim with the SRR 30mm steering wheel spacer here. Oh and my horn does work, where the ebay no name brand copy didn't.

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a30...ering%20wheel/

 

awesome, thank you very much.

how did you hook up your horn to work? the guy at Sparco saids a pain, but possible.i cant imagine it would be much different from FC to FD.

 

I have the nrg with a spacer on my MOMO wheel, and even though it pushes it out a little further than stock it gives it more of a race feel to me.

 

anyway you can get a picture for me?

 

I can't say how its done with the Sparco releases, but with the NRG slim its fairly easy. I had to run wires from the steering wheel hub to the back of the release. Then attach wires from the other half of the release to your steering wheel.


Its hard to explain. You can see the 2 small brass contacts that are for the horn in the pics.

 

Worksbell only son.

 

Why did you guys with the NRG units get the slim version and add a spacer, don't they have too versions, one slim and one...um...er... non-slim?

 

Because I didn't want the ball bearing type. The NRG slim doesn't use ball bearings to release and lock. Think of the FET quick release.



NRG has like 4 versions of quick releases. 3 are ball bearing and one (slim) isn't.


I didn't need the spacer but I got it because it was more comfortable and it gave me more leg room so that I can shift. Even using the release as a spacer my leg would hit the steering wheel making it very annoying to shift. I'm actually thinking about using the 50mm spacer to see if I like that.

 

Gotcha.. What was wrong with the ball bearing type?

 

I don't think there is anything wrong with the NRG ball bearing type, but from my experience with the other ebay ball bearing type I wanted to try something else.


The ebay one started to get alot of play over time. I have a picture somewhere of where the bearings started to where there seats and instead of being perfectly round. They started to have a more oval shape to them. When I find it I'll post the pic.

 

Nrg Is A Well Copy Of Worksbell Unit. I Have Both Of Them And It Work Just The Same. I Have No Probelm With Neighter Of Them

 

not a good pick but



I'll get a better one

 

 

which parts would i need for this for my FD? which type nrg release and what hub? and besides the steering wheel is that all? thanks

 

this is a regular nrg hub, and a momo spacer. Like I said it sticks out further than stock but I personally like it. Without the quick release its too far away for me.

 

I have a NRG quick release and a sparco EVO seat in my FC. Im glad i got a short hub because the NRG quick release extends it even closer to me.

 

thanks a lot for the pictures and help, guys.

 

i like my steering wheel close like the nascar drivers : )

 

the first version one that is like pretty thick.

 

I have an NRG, ball bearing type, nothing but good things to say.

 

 

I installed a NRG Quick Release adapter not too long ago. Above are the shots. Ignore the dust. Since the car hasn't been driven in a few years, I haven't had the urgency to clean it all up yet.

 

hey with teh NRG units, does the horn still work?? all ive seen in the pics is wires passing through em and thats it..

their gen 2 kit looks pretty decent.. but i can see where the slims might have an advantage as far as its probably not as commonly expected.. meaning average car thief could plan ahead with a typical ball bearing wheel??

 

Yes, the horn works (as long as you wire it correctly).