C32 Steering Wheel Upgrade
07-21-2004, 11:45 PM
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Um, where's the airbag... 
I saw this picture a while ago. The four buttons on the center console are where the steering wheel buttons were moved to.
I saw this picture a while ago. The four buttons on the center console are where the steering wheel buttons were moved to.
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that thing with all due respect is UUUUGLLLYYY!!!! doesn't fit in well at all with he rest of the car. Get a safety car steering wheel.
07-22-2004, 11:09 AM
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Wow so many takers! LOL
Ill say the car drove 200% better than stock with the small momo wheel. Need a little opposite lock at the track... flick your wrist... no need to move your arms! This is a big help when trying to do Asian drifting in a Germany C32!
Form vs. Function... I have always be with function as I don’t give a hoot what it looks like!
Ill say the car drove 200% better than stock with the small momo wheel. Need a little opposite lock at the track... flick your wrist... no need to move your arms! This is a big help when trying to do Asian drifting in a Germany C32!
Form vs. Function... I have always be with function as I don’t give a hoot what it looks like!
07-22-2004, 12:28 PM
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Wow so many people love that steering wheel huh? 
Unfortunately what is good on the track does not always look good. That is a fact of racing I have learned
I for one like it but I think there should be more stuff stripped especially off the steering column to go with the minimalist approach. I also think the carpets should go too
replace it with some carbon fiber fabric and with some rubber studs put into the metal underneath. Now that would be 
. Ok got a little carried way there but I think what you have so far is cool.
The pedal configuration looks really good. Can you explain what you did? It seems like you have reduced the gap between the brake and the gas a lot. Did you actually have to redo some of the pedals or is that just how the picture looks with the new gas pedal?
Lastly how do you go about doing heel-toe work on an automatic? I tried to match revs with downshifting but I am not succesfull. I have pretty large feet (12-1/2) and I usually brake with the bottom of my foot anways so I can reach the gas pedal (uncomfortably) but the car lurches when I am braking downshifting and blipping. Can you please let me know how you are doing it?
thanks.
Prasith
Unfortunately what is good on the track does not always look good. That is a fact of racing I have learned
I for one like it but I think there should be more stuff stripped especially off the steering column to go with the minimalist approach. I also think the carpets should go too
replace it with some carbon fiber fabric and with some rubber studs put into the metal underneath. Now that would be . Ok got a little carried way there but I think what you have so far is cool.The pedal configuration looks really good. Can you explain what you did? It seems like you have reduced the gap between the brake and the gas a lot. Did you actually have to redo some of the pedals or is that just how the picture looks with the new gas pedal?
Lastly how do you go about doing heel-toe work on an automatic? I tried to match revs with downshifting but I am not succesfull. I have pretty large feet (12-1/2) and I usually brake with the bottom of my foot anways so I can reach the gas pedal (uncomfortably) but the car lurches when I am braking downshifting and blipping. Can you please let me know how you are doing it?
thanks.
Prasith
07-23-2004, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by moa4r
2nd looks better, but whats with the bmw emblem?? I'm assuming its a joke, but it looks kind of duumb IMHO
Might look bad but it is done for a reason. Believe met when I say it makew the so much easier to drive hard. Great idea on SMG's part!
07-23-2004, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by CynCarvin32
The time and effort put into that was hardly a joke!
Might look bad but it is done for a reason. Believe met when I say it makew the so much easier to drive hard. Great idea on SMG's part!
Might look bad but it is done for a reason. Believe met when I say it makew the so much easier to drive hard. Great idea on SMG's part!
07-23-2004, 01:35 AM
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What amazes me is that no one even cares that it even could be done or how it was done. Short of a DTM touring car, this is the only street example ever converted, and it took great effort and substantial cost to complete. I have not posted my Sparco Mugello pic yet and don't see a reason to do so with such a warm welcome. Any MOMO or Sparco steering wheel will fit the universal bolt pattern of the hub. As for the Roundel, I couldn't find a civic decal and though the force of the propellers would increase my lap times.. I like to think of my car as a four door M3.
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07-23-2004, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by smgC32
What amazes me is that no one even cares that it even could be done or how it was done. Short of a DTM touring car, this is the only street example ever converted, and it took great effort and substantial cost to complete. I have not posted my Sparco Mugello pic yet and don't see a reason to do so with such a warm welcome. Any MOMO or Sparco steering wheel will fit the universal bolt pattern of the hub. As for the Roundel, I couldn't find a civic decal and though the force of the propellers would increase my lap times.. I like to think of my car as a four door M3.
but
for what you did. everyone's gotta do something they like on their car to set them apart, right?
