new steering wheel
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From: Columbus Oh
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[QUOTE=OkieBikerDude;1580035717]Oh man, i am thinking the exact same thing. Have you had any luck. I'm looking at a Grant 967, you can buy a Corvette badge horn cap for it, but have yet to figure out how to fit it on the C5
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[QUOTE=Jollyrock;1582054207]Get a hub adapter and quick release. Most use the momo sparco bolt pattern, so you would need an adapter to go from the momo sparco pattern to grant. Should be easy to find on amazon or ebay.
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Those steering wheels look amazing! I would love to do that to my car but the whole airbag thing bothers me.
What happens if you ever need to sell it? You have just cut the value of the car considerably. Secondly, depending on where you live, what happens if it needs to go through an inspection (for safety, insurance, etc)? It will certainly fail.
Thirdly, isn't removing an airbag from a car a Federal offence? I believe it is here in Canada. I know for a fact that I would never be able to import a car from the US with the airbag removed.
Sooooo, I'm still sitting on the fence on this one. If my car was a track car, this wouldn't be an issue but it is not. I guess I,ll look into getting a recovered (alcantara or other) steering wheel surround.
But, yah the posted steering wheels look amazing. Damn airbags!
PS: Everybody knocks the C5 steering wheel but that design is typical for those years. Automakers were limited by the size of the airbag systems. Just take a look at the steering wheel in a Ferrari F355. Look familiar? Almost an exact copy!!
What happens if you ever need to sell it? You have just cut the value of the car considerably. Secondly, depending on where you live, what happens if it needs to go through an inspection (for safety, insurance, etc)? It will certainly fail.
Thirdly, isn't removing an airbag from a car a Federal offence? I believe it is here in Canada. I know for a fact that I would never be able to import a car from the US with the airbag removed.
Sooooo, I'm still sitting on the fence on this one. If my car was a track car, this wouldn't be an issue but it is not. I guess I,ll look into getting a recovered (alcantara or other) steering wheel surround.
But, yah the posted steering wheels look amazing. Damn airbags!
PS: Everybody knocks the C5 steering wheel but that design is typical for those years. Automakers were limited by the size of the airbag systems. Just take a look at the steering wheel in a Ferrari F355. Look familiar? Almost an exact copy!!
Last edited by Cybermind; Oct 12, 2012 at 06:58 AM.
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Drifting
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From: Columbus Oh
Those steering wheels look amazing! I would love to do that to my car but the whole airbag thing bothers me.
What happens if you ever need to sell it? You have just cut the value of the car considerably. Secondly, depending on where you live, what happens if it needs to go through an inspection (for safety, insurance, etc)? It will certainly fail.
Thirdly, isn't removing an airbag from a car a Federal offence? I believe it is here in Canada. I know for a fact that I would never be able to import a car from the US with the airbag removed.
Sooooo, I'm still sitting on the fence on this one. If my car was a track car, this wouldn't be an issue but it is not. I guess I,ll look into getting a recovered (alcantara or other) steering wheel surround.
But, yah the posted steering wheels look amazing. Damn airbags!
PS: Everybody knocks the C5 steering wheel but that design is typical for those years. Automakers were limited by the size of the airbag systems. Just take a look at the steering wheel in a Ferrari F355. Look familiar? Almost an exact copy!!
What happens if you ever need to sell it? You have just cut the value of the car considerably. Secondly, depending on where you live, what happens if it needs to go through an inspection (for safety, insurance, etc)? It will certainly fail.
Thirdly, isn't removing an airbag from a car a Federal offence? I believe it is here in Canada. I know for a fact that I would never be able to import a car from the US with the airbag removed.
Sooooo, I'm still sitting on the fence on this one. If my car was a track car, this wouldn't be an issue but it is not. I guess I,ll look into getting a recovered (alcantara or other) steering wheel surround.
But, yah the posted steering wheels look amazing. Damn airbags!
PS: Everybody knocks the C5 steering wheel but that design is typical for those years. Automakers were limited by the size of the airbag systems. Just take a look at the steering wheel in a Ferrari F355. Look familiar? Almost an exact copy!!
