My steering wheel finally started the dreaded brown death ooze this week. So it is time to replace it. I am looking for pics to help narrow the choice. What is the best size? If you have a "D": shaped wheel, how do you like it?


Input please. I am looking to buy before the week is over... BTW, I have not ruled out an aftermarket OEM style that the Fiero Store sells, but want to see what others have in their cars first.

......Edit to remove picture because this is just a stock steering wheel thread and I have an aftermarket one.

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Tony,

I had Don Lu at Dallas Custom Steering Wheel recover my stock GT wheel with 1/4" thinker padding and it has been great! His turn around is 3 days. I would say his work is on the higher end of the scale but worth every penny. BTW, don't forget to mention your Fiero Club membership discount (10%)













Side by side with the factory wheel
Here are the original wheel and my newly recovered wheel side by side



Here is the thickness compared (sorry for the poor image but I had to use my phone as my cameras were all packed away)



And an installed shot (partial view much?)



Do they do killer work or what?

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I like - a lot. I emailed him to see if he could do a two tone wheel.

Thanks for the link!

quote Originally posted by infinitewill: Tony, I had Don Lu at Dallas Custom Steering Wheel recover my stock GT wheel with 1/4" thinker padding and it has been great! His turn around is 3 days. I would say his work is on the higher end of the scale but worth every penny. BTW, don't forget to mention your Fiero Club membership discount (10%) ... Do they do killer work or what? \/\/

quote Originally posted by infinitewill: Do they do killer work or what?

That's actually pretty amazing. That looks really good. I'm not going to even inquire as to the cost because I know it was a pretty penny That type of work isn't cheap.

quote Originally posted by infinitewill: Tony, I had Don Lu at Dallas Custom Steering Wheel recover my stock GT wheel with 1/4" thinker padding and it has been great! His turn around is 3 days. I would say his work is on the higher end of the scale but worth every penny. BTW, don't forget to mention your Fiero Club membership discount (10%)

Very nice. How much does that usually run for if you don't mind me asking?

The releathered wheel looks amazing. for the job well done.

My Grant wheel. I modified the horn button using the original GT emblem. It is one inch smaller in diameter than the stocker wheel. I also used the Fiero hub, and redrilled it to fit the Grant wheel. I really did not like the quality of the aftermarket adapter. Having a wheel mounted solidly onto the column was important. Just something to reference. The Grant adapters are rather flimsey, and bend under any stress.

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quote Originally posted by Tony Kania: The releathered wheel looks amazing. for the job well done.

Tony (Kania),

Joe (Fieroking) has the same wheel I do, IIRC. I really like the way your Grant wheel turned out as well

Will

I had to do a new wheel for the dash swap, so I just made a new air bag/horn buton cover.
This one is from a 08 Malibu bolted to an 06 Monte Carlo columb.


I did not see you say it needs to bolt to the stock Fiero columb;

Tony I really like that Grant wheel, I just wish it wasn't so small. The stock wheel is already on the small side. I'm in the same boat as the OP, my stock GT wheel is starting to ooz in one spot so its only a matter of time before it becomes a mess.

Thanks to all for the replies! I emailed Dallas Custom Steering Wheels, and he is going to recover mine in a two tone leather. I am mailing it out tomorrow afternoon. I hope to get it back early next week.

Stay tuned for pics

quote Originally posted by Rickady88GT: I had to do a new wheel for the dash swap, so I just made a new air bag/horn buton cover. This one is from a 08 Malibu bolted to an 06 Monte Carlo columb. I did not see you say it needs to bolt to the stock Fiero columb;

Rick,

Have you ever decided what you are going to do with your center console? Or maybe I missed that part of your build thread. You ride is what I aspire to Give me your drive train and Tony's gorgeous Lapis paint job and I would be one happy guy

Will

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quote Originally posted by Tony Kania: The releathered wheel looks amazing. for the job well done. My Grant wheel. I modified the horn button using the original GT emblem. It is one inch smaller in diameter than the stocker wheel. I also used the Fiero hub, and redrilled it to fit the Grant wheel. I really did not like the quality of the aftermarket adapter. Having a wheel mounted solidly onto the column was important. Just something to reference. The Grant adapters are rather flimsey, and bend under any stress.

Your wheel looks pretty good... You'll have to show me how you made the horn button and the adapter plate...

Here is my wheel... Grant of course... Im still useing the adapter it came with, however it push's the wheel to far for it to be comfortable, maybe for someone alittle taller it would be fine...



Chris

momo Jet

quote Originally posted by topcat: Thanks to all for the replies! I emailed Dallas Custom Steering Wheels, and he is going to recover mine in a two tone leather. I am mailing it out tomorrow afternoon. I hope to get it back early next week. Stay tuned for pics

I will be waiting for the pics, I really want to see how the two-tone looks. I'm working on a two-tone theme, white and black. I'm going to make all of the gray either black or white.

Buy the way, what colors did you go with?

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Monterey, California

The one thing i hate is steering hubs as they push the steering wheel too far back. The good news with a fiero is you do not need a hub with many steering wheels. In particular sparco as it has a larger center hole and you only need to drill a few holes to line it up.
The stock horn can be mounted over the center to give a modern stock look.

quote Originally posted by Tony Kania: The releathered wheel looks amazing. for the job well done. My Grant wheel. I modified the horn button using the original GT emblem. It is one inch smaller in diameter than the stocker wheel. I also used the Fiero hub, and redrilled it to fit the Grant wheel. I really did not like the quality of the aftermarket adapter. Having a wheel mounted solidly onto the column was important. Just something to reference. The Grant adapters are rather flimsey, and bend under any stress.

I really dig when someone modifys a wheel to fit with stock hub and modify a fiero emblem to fit

I absolutely love the idea of a refurbed stock wheel. I kept the link to Dallas for future reference. Amazing work.

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quote Originally posted by Halcyon25: Your wheel looks pretty good... You'll have to show me how you made the horn button and the adapter plate... Chris

Thank you.

A few more pics. I dremeled and exactoed the Grant center button to take the stock GT emblem. The horn button works off of the stock pieces. Sorry, no really detailed pics of that. The mounting was done by redrilling the Grant wheel center to accept the 6 bolts of the stocker. Measuring, measuring, measuring, then drilling. The adapter that came with the Grant wheel would actually flex when the wheel was turned. Only slightly noticeable, but there. Also, my wingspan is four inches longer than my body. Having the wheel so close to me was annoying, and within several drives, I knew it was not going to work. My back hurt after from the change in reach.





I wanted to add that my GT wheel was in excellent condition. Dogcreek redid his car with powersteering, and went with a tap shift in his LS4 modded 86 GT. The Grant wheel that he just bought wasn't going to work, and I acquired it for free. I like the smaller diameter very much. It fits my style of driving, and allows my long legs more breating room during spirited driving. My GT wheel went to Aaron Koch. We do that here in the Inland Northwest.

Tony

quote Originally posted by infinitewill: Tony, I had Don Lu at Dallas Custom Steering Wheel recover my stock GT wheel with 1/4" thinker padding and it has been great! His turn around is 3 days. I would say his work is on the higher end of the scale but worth every penny. BTW, don't forget to mention your Fiero Club membership discount (10%)

Ok, I'll bite. How much?
That's exactly what I need. I have a spare GT wheel in desparate need of recovering and the one in my car has just started leaking chocolate this summer, so it's not going to last much longer.

For those asking how much, the best bet is to contact him for an estimate, because your price might vary depending on what you want. I sent mine off this afternoon and the price quoted for me is just north of 250.00. Is it cheap? - nope, but I am getting just what I want in a stock looking wheel.

Here is another MOMO using fiero hub.

quote Originally posted by infinitewill: Rick, Have you ever decided what you are going to do with your center console? Or maybe I missed that part of your build thread. You ride is what I aspire to Give me your drive train and Tony's gorgeous Lapis paint job and I would be one happy guy Will

Thanks, it is still on the shelf for now. I work on it now and then.

quote Originally posted by DKLSC:

Where did the shifter go?

quote Originally posted by DKLSC: Here is another MOMO using fiero hub. []

Slick install. I especially love it when someone puts just that little more effort into a project. Good stuff.

Tony

quote Originally posted by DKLSC: Here is another MOMO using fiero hub.

Darren, that looks nice! I will go well with the new paint job as well

Dr. W.

quote Originally posted by GBglide: Where did the shifter go?

X2.

My wheel went out yesterday, but will not get there until tomorrow. I will not have it bck foranother week and a half when you take shipping into account.

Stay tuned

Grant makes a Billet aluminum adapter in polished or black powder coated that is about 1.25" shorter than thier standard steel adapter. I have used them on 3 Fiero's and my Monte Carlo They work great and are plenty tough enough.

Pat

GBglide, your the first to notice !! I needed a drink and phone holder and that seemed like a good place .



Thanks Tony, Its not too bad really the MOMO bolt pattern will fit the Fiero GT hub with a little bending and grinding.

Thanks Will, I received my trunk seal yesterday and will be installing it shortly!

My shifter is now located under the ashtray door.



Darren

That's cool! What did it entail and cost to do a mod like that?

I bet you can see your stereo better now.

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The Fiero Store replacement steering wheel looks vaguely similar to the Dallas Recover.

quote Originally posted by DKLSC: GBglide, your the first to notice !! I needed a drink and phone holder and that seemed like a good place . My shifter is now located under the ashtray door. Darren

That is FREAKIN' AWESOME

Is that in you build thread Darren?

Dr. W

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by infinitewill:


That is FREAKIN' AWESOME

Is that in you build thread Darren?

Dr. W

I haven't been updating to much I'm using every spare minute to try to make it to the Run for the Hills.

Darren

quote Originally posted by DKLSC: My shifter is now located under the ashtray door. Darren

That is freaking insane! Awesome work bro. It wont work for my 5 speed but thats a wonderful upgrade for an auto! Very nice.

My MOMO wheel.

NRG leather and suede D shaped:

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Just got pics from Don







More to follow after is is installed next week.

Another NRG!!

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