ALPSTA

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I just installed my new steering wheel and works bell tall hub. As you can see in the pic below there is a gap where the accordion section of the hub doesn't cover. Is this normal? I expected a more flush fitment

ALPSTA

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Can anyone with a Works Bell hub confirm if this is normal or not?

rlee429

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Same gap with my short hub... guess it's supposed to be that way? Never noticed it before until you pointed this out.

misterstyx69

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Is that ridged ring just not plastic??.
if so you can just pull it towards the column surround a wee bit.

ALPSTA

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I also haven't noticed it in photos before buying otherwise would've gone for another hub.

Can't pull, it's hard plastic.

BLUE TII

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My works bell hub had the same gap. I pushed the plastic back so the aluminum near the steering wheel was showing instead.

It bugs me too.

ALPSTA

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I wonder if MX5 Miata hub many others use has the same gap because I picked WB over that one due to the accordion design (instead of the flat one of the MX5 hub).

rlee429

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It doesn't bother me too much since I normally don't see it unless I look for the gap. I didn't think the MX5 Hub is for sale anymore with the "flat" look, I might be wrong.

Jdmdrew

I have the short hub and my gap is better but you can move the sleeve back. U can even remove it for the nice polished look but it will reveal the wires.

SebenEleben

As far I as I know the gap is pretty normal.

BLUE TII

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I had pushed the black plastic bellows shaped plastic piece back toward the steering column garnish.

After having the stock steering wheel back on for a bit I reinstalled my aftermarket one.

I painted the gap where the silver aluminum of the hub adapter showed with black textured Duplicolor truck bed liner (my go to surface treatment).

Looks better, I will put a pic up.

ALPSTA

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^^ Good idea! I was lazy to remove it again, but yeah a paintjob or even a black vinyl/sticker will do. Maybe I will do it too.

BLUE TII

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Okay... My before picture doesn't really show the annoying shiny WB hub adapter peeking out in front of the plastic bellows piece after I pushed it back to clear the gap. I wasn't really trying to get a picture of something that annoyed me.


I used Duplicolor Truck Bed Liner to paint the gap and nicely finished black hex bolts that came with a Daikei quick disconnect instead of the shiny stainless button head hex screws that came with the WB Rapfix GT-C Hybrid.

In person it is more of a difference, one less shiny thing catching your eye distracting from the overall balance of the car.

rlee429

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Side note : What happened to your Nardi shift ****? Did it flex too much on hard shifting?

Good idea on the rhino paint.

BLUE TII

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Side note : What happened to your Nardi shift ****? Did it flex too much on hard shifting?

You are exactly right on the Nardi ****. It felt low quality with how much the plastic moved around under the leather. In addition, when I switched steering wheels it was no longer matchy-matchy.

I did like how with the light Nardi **** I could really feel the transmission and engage shifts in the most mechanically sympathetic way possible. I feel like I am ramming it home brute forcing the match with the stock weighted ****.

I really want to get a black wood/arcylic/delrin/nylon ball or really a ghost shaped **** (ball with skirt at bottom.)

rlee429

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Yeah I have the same shift ****... looks great till you try to shift it a bit harder and it kind of stuck up higher too. I also wanted to match my nardi wheel... Ended up going back to stock ****... best one yet.... Black wood is an interesting idea.