Aftermarket Steering Wheels

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Aftermarket Steering Wheels

February 02, 2008, 04:20:01 AM

Who's got 'em? How do you go about installing them? Show me some pics :hick:

Aftermarket Steering Wheels

Reply #1 – February 02, 2008, 06:06:35 PM

Auto Zone had a nice looking woodgrain one i wanted, it was pretty thick and had a good grip to it. i took my steering wheel cover off and i had forgotten how thin the steering wheel is.

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Reply #2 – February 03, 2008, 10:52:21 AM

i've thought about this before. my problem is i like my cruse more than i dislike the a-frame wheel that my bird has. i've seen the kit to add the cc back to the after market wheel but i think they look like ass.
to put on an after market steering wheel on you need an adapter kit to make it fit your car. grant gt makes them for our cars. most of the time the grant kit will work for those ebay wheels also.

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Reply #3 – February 08, 2008, 06:26:43 AM

I have a MOMO and the Saleen adapter kit. It came with cruise buttons, but I never hooked them up.
Sorry, no pics.

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Reply #4 – February 08, 2008, 08:47:21 AM

I had a Grant GT wheel in mine, with a Grant adapter. Hated it (felt and looked cheap), so I reverted back to a stock TC wheel. Note the relocated cruise buttons.

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Reply #5 – February 08, 2008, 08:54:58 AM

My '86 had a Grant GT wheel that the previous owner installed. While it looked kind of cool, it stuck out too far because of the adapter and was choppy when taking turns.

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Reply #6 – February 08, 2008, 10:05:46 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;202875

I had a Grant GT wheel in mine, with a Grant adapter. Hated it (felt and looked cheap), so I reverted back to a stock TC wheel. Note the relocated cruise buttons.

Nice I like the buttons :)

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Reply #7 – February 08, 2008, 12:29:45 PM

Has anyone swapped over a Saleen wheel? i like tose and they have CC buttons too. do they make replicas?

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Reply #8 – February 08, 2008, 02:11:12 PM

What about a Capri steering wheel, for example. Would that just bolt on?

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Reply #9 – February 08, 2008, 02:43:34 PM

Quote from: tc²;202942

What about a Capri steering wheel, for example. Would that just bolt on?

Should bolt right on. I'm pretty certain I've even seen some one on here do exactly that.

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Reply #10 – February 08, 2008, 03:31:18 PM

Quote from: tc²;202942

What about a Capri steering wheel, for example. Would that just bolt on?

As long as it's an '83+ wheel.

The mounting post on the column was different on the earlier (78-82) cars.

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Reply #11 – February 08, 2008, 04:06:55 PM

heres mine:

im not all that impressed with the adapter arrangement for a couple reasons. the adapter is too tall which puts the wheel too close to me/far from the column switches. also the factory TC wheel is offset on the hub, but this adapter is set up on center.

i will be buildin a new adapter in the VERY near future....

what is cruise control? :dunno:

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Reply #12 – February 08, 2008, 06:52:53 PM

I lost the cruise when I went MAF, but if I ever do go back I have a steering wheel from an 87 Cougar with the cruise buttons. It's a chrome Grant GT with a Lincoln horn button. I wouldn't have done a GT if the horn button wasn't available.

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Reply #13 – February 08, 2008, 09:18:02 PM

:burnout:

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Reply #14 – February 10, 2008, 11:53:36 PM

Those are all pretty sharp. There's a nice Capri 3 spoke with holes in the spokes in the JY nearby. I'm heading there pretty soon so I'll have to check it out. I don't remember too much about it, but I do remember it had a Ford center cap.