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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Can't pull, it's hard plastic.

 

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.

 

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).

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

^^ 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.

 

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.

 

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

Good idea on the rhino paint.

 

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.)

 

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.