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3rdgenhatchDX
01-30-2006, 12:33 PM
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/2109000-2109999/2109237_49_full.jpgjpg
Fits our cars perfectly (hub wise our hubs bolts are 3/4 inch sockets) however you have to remove the surround from the top and the bottom. I'm glad i went to the j/y got this for $15 and the civic box for $10, also found some cash in the car $4 to be exact so it cost me $21 for both and i got my money's worth, i pulled the whole air assembly, (exluding the intake manifold) just incase i felt like i was getting jipped later...

EDIT: I also got the stock intake tube i was missing, off the car i got the fender off of, and the civic was a hatch btw.
russiankid
01-30-2006, 01:04 PM
so the consol around the steering wheel hub or w/e, is there going to be a cover? or is it just gonna be naked like that?
3rdgenhatchDX
01-30-2006, 01:28 PM
yes for now, i dunno if the civic one will fit, i'll have to go back to the yard and get it... so we'll see...
HondaBoy
01-30-2006, 03:39 PM
yeah pretty much any honda or acura, and maybe the rover/sterling 825 and 827 steering wheels. i'm quite sure the wheel from the civic will fit. you should look for a prelude wheel. i think those look great, i used to have one on mine before i got a grant wheel.
3rdgenhatchDX
01-30-2006, 04:24 PM
yeah i know :( the civic had the piece you used for your insert i believe, you did get it off the wheels right?
Edit: BTW this is the wheel i really wanted glad i got it so cheap! :D
blazin3gen
01-31-2006, 07:51 PM
it makes the car look older heh
Deadhead
01-31-2006, 07:58 PM
IMO i like our stock steering wheel better....

but the prelude one's just seem like they might have a more padded wheel?

The prelude one's are great because you can wire up your cruise control to it (if you have it)
1320boy
01-31-2006, 08:56 PM
how bout an S2k wheel???
anyone think that would fit???
HondaBoy
01-31-2006, 10:21 PM
i doubt that a lot newer steering wheels will fit our car. its possible though. S2000 wheel really wouldnt go well the old accord's interior. it'd be too rounded to match.
B16KILLA
01-31-2006, 11:22 PM
I'm going to the junkyard on friday to get me a lude steering wheel:).......
That looks pretty good though
3rdgenhatchDX
02-01-2006, 03:03 PM
:) older ...its one year newer than the car, More padded? its only got one horn button, WHICH IS THE WHOLE PADDING! Lude steering wheel? which one??? :D
B16KILLA
02-01-2006, 03:42 PM
Not entirely sure but it has the cruise control buttons also,i think it's off of an 90 i'll see if i can get pix.
B16KILLA
02-01-2006, 03:53 PM
Here it is ,it's actually from an 88 but the one i'm getting has the cruise control butons on it-http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/7679/8d18sm.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8d18sm.jpg)
HondaBoy
02-01-2006, 05:20 PM
yeah that looks like mine except mine had the cruise control buttons on it.
1320boy
02-01-2006, 06:10 PM
i doubt that a lot newer steering wheels will fit our car. its possible though. S2000 wheel really wouldnt go well the old accord's interior. it'd be too rounded to match.
I think it would look good in our cars, its not that much different than most of the ones that you see people putting in there Accords now.
Shadowkat
02-01-2006, 06:21 PM
It looks nice, but I personally wouldn't have chosen that steering wheel. Mostly because it doesn't have the cruise controls for my LXi, plus, I'm a four spoke steering wheel fan. I just don't like the hand placement on the 2 or 3 spoke steering wheels. Just a personal preference though, and I do like the look of that one. So over all, nice find, but not for me.
3rdgenhatchDX
02-25-2006, 08:35 AM
whats wrong w/the hand placement?
HondaBoy
02-25-2006, 02:18 PM
i found the prelude wheel to have perfect placement for you hands. 10 and 2, right where you're supposed to have your hands set. and on mine it was designed to be comfortable and had a shape to where your thumbs were accommodated so they dont become uncomfortable. great design, IMO. that's one reason i got it. my newer Grant wheel is very much like the prelude one also, has the ergonomic design so its comfortable. thats one reason why i went from the prelude wheel to the Grant.
3gn86lxi
02-26-2006, 12:05 AM
LOL.......I had a Lude wheel a while back, I couldn't GIVE it away. I never used it, and nobody wanted it.:sad2:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d45/3gn86lxi/PICT0277.jpg
SO this is what I got instead.....WAY better IMO. Oh, it's quick release too.
Gemini2003
02-26-2006, 01:04 AM
OMG Hawt :eek5: :devil: :flip:
3rdgenhatchDX
02-26-2006, 10:25 AM
if i bought a quick release hub for this 'vic wheel could it work? i mean i know it'd work if i invested, but what hub should i get a grant one?
3gn86lxi
02-26-2006, 03:20 PM
I don't think it would work on a factory type wheel.
87accordHB
02-26-2006, 04:09 PM
I have lots of the 1-2 gen steerling wheels if peeps interested? How hard would it be to had a legend steering with that has SRS?
B16KILLA
02-26-2006, 11:44 PM
Finally got my lude wheel check it out:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/630/picture0026ip.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0026ip.jpg)
Cheeseburger
02-26-2006, 11:51 PM
that wheel looks clean!!!!
B16KILLA
02-26-2006, 11:55 PM
that wheel looks clean!!!!

I like it alot, cant beat it for the money either and i still get to keep my cruise control.
Cheeseburger
02-27-2006, 12:03 AM
thats sweet, is it smaller in diameter?
Cheeseburger
02-27-2006, 12:07 AM
i have this one right now on the car
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/Cheeseburger5203/2181387_21_full.jpg
3rdgenhatchDX
02-27-2006, 08:12 AM
so you guys don't think a grant hub would fit for the stockwheel? i'm just trying to lengthen it because it rubs the stock column cover...
B16KILLA
02-27-2006, 08:31 PM
so you guys don't think a grant hub would fit for the stockwheel? i'm just trying to lengthen it because it rubs the stock column cover...

I know what you mean about it rubbing, i still need to fix mine.I dont think your stock wheel would fit the quick release because it connects with allen screws.Unless you go through the trouble of making a custom adapter.
B16KILLA
02-27-2006, 08:35 PM
thats sweet, is it smaller in diameter?

It's smaller by about an inch and a half or so.I love that wheel you got ,how much did you pay for it. Thats the style that i was going for.
3gn86lxi
02-27-2006, 08:41 PM
I know what you mean about it rubbing, i still need to fix mine.I dont think your stock wheel would fit the quick release because it connects with allen screws.Unless you go through the trouble of making a custom adapter.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d45/3gn86lxi/PICT0275.jpg
Thats what the hub looks like of the quick release. I have a ball bearing style, and there is a different type also. But i still don't think it would work.