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Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:25 pm

BrookShadow_RC wrote: Maimas13 wrote:

IMO empi gts are the best looking steering wheels out there... but they are pretty pricey, unless you happen to find a set on a junker :D

Awesome Dash!

My brother bought a 68 bug witha blown engine for $50. Didn't notice that it had a Empi GTS on it until he got it home. Sold the steering wheel for $700 I think.

Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:30 pm

yah I found mine on a pickup bug a guy was selling for like 800 bux, he advertised it as a cheap chinese steering wheel. I offered him $100 for the steering wheel and hurst shifter and sent him a stock wheel and shifter to put back on the car. :D

Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:02 pm

I've got two... the generic one i got at bugformance

And my Formuling 12" that i LOVE, i always get it greasy though

Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:25 am

I knida like the el cheapo wheel most days but I finally found a good Mountney Limited adapter and saving up found a Mountney wheel.

Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:45 am

bmph8ter wrote: I don't have a picture of it in the car yet, but I've got THIS ONE from Mooneyes. Metal Flake blue and I got the one with holes in the spokes.

what kit are you using to install the mooneyes steering wheel?

Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:57 am

This one my brother picked up for me at an op shop for $15 AUS. Its an Italian (probably Personal) wheel with a German boss

Nardi Wheel, Luisi boss and Abarth horn button. Feels nice to handle...
1974 Standard Beetle.

Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:10 am

69satellite wrote: bmph8ter wrote: I don't have a picture of it in the car yet, but I've got THIS ONE from Mooneyes. Metal Flake blue and I got the one with holes in the spokes.

what kit are you using to install the mooneyes steering wheel?

I second that question. The PO put a mooneyes red flake one in mine and didn't use a kit.

Heather

Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:42 pm

heatherw wrote: 69satellite wrote: bmph8ter wrote: I don't have a picture of it in the car yet, but I've got THIS ONE from Mooneyes. Metal Flake blue and I got the one with holes in the spokes.

what kit are you using to install the mooneyes steering wheel?

I second that question. The PO put a mooneyes red flake one in mine and didn't use a kit.

Heather

More than likely a Grant adaptor kit since it has that chrome center horn button. Usually the same kit will work for any of the 5 bolt steering wheel styles. Heather, IIRC, those wheels will not fit on a VW steering shaft without an adaptor kit.

Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:24 pm

Which one??? :-k

Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:09 pm

The mounting adaptor kit that Grant sells now fits 3 bolt and 5 bolt steering wheels universally. IIRC, adaptor kit #3568 for the late 74 and up models, not sure what kit# for the earlier models. It has diagrams for both the older 3 bolt mounting style wheels Like the vintage Superior and older Grant/GT classic models use, plus it's used for the more modern 5 bolt mounts like these -

My wife's

and mine

Grant Rally GT's, a less expensive alternative to a popular MoMo steering wheel style.

My metallic orange 3 bolt mount steering wheel -

Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:48 pm

Kelley wrote: heatherw wrote: 69satellite wrote:
what kit are you using to install the mooneyes steering wheel?

I second that question. The PO put a mooneyes red flake one in mine and didn't use a kit.

Heather

More than likely a Grant adaptor kit since it has that chrome center horn button. Usually the same kit will work for any of the 5 bolt steering wheel styles. Heather, IIRC, those wheels will not fit on a VW steering shaft without an adaptor kit.

Sorry for the late reply, but yeah I used the Grant kit. My Mooneyes wheel has the same pattern as the metallic orange wheel that Kelley posted.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:57 am

One of the interesting things about this post, in addition to the steering wheel variety, is what everyone's done with their gauges. I have '72 Super and am still trying to determine how to place the gauges. Do I use the dash insert panels currently available, do I mount the tach on the dash or under it? That's the beauty of the VW world -- there's no right or wrong way, just the way you decide to do it. To re-emphasize one of the posts, some of these interiors are awesome!

Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:49 pm

This was on the car when I got it. Says "BRITANNIA" on it.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:48 pm

Kelley wrote: heatherw wrote: 69satellite wrote: bmph8ter wrote: I don't have a picture of it in the car yet, but I've got THIS ONE from Mooneyes. Metal Flake blue and I got the one with holes in the spokes.

what kit are you using to install the mooneyes steering wheel?

I second that question. The PO put a mooneyes red flake one in mine and didn't use a kit.

Heather

More than likely a Grant adaptor kit since it has that chrome center horn button. Usually the same kit will work for any of the 5 bolt steering wheel styles. Heather, IIRC, those wheels will not fit on a VW steering shaft without an adaptor kit.

Ooooh thanks for clarification. So I must have the adapter in there, but the guy didn't put the horn/canceler thing in.

Heather

Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:44 am

Maimas13 wrote:

IMO empi gts are the best looking steering wheels out there... but they are pretty pricey, unless you happen to find a set on a junker :D

DOES ANYONE OFFER THIS WHEEL AS A REPRODUCTION? I FOUND ONE NEW WHEEL IN CLASSSIFIEDS BUT IT'S FOR A BUS.

Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:28 am

I just bought the Interlagos wheel from CIP1

Interlagos 3 spoke

I really like the style, as it kind of looks like the 1973 bug sport wheel, but it's kind of on the small size. It's an 11" wheel, anyone else using a small diameter wheel? How do you like it for normal driving?

thanks
TonyG

Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:45 am

a68veedub wrote: here is an old wood 500 wheel i got at a yard sale for $5

dude, I've got that identical wood three spoke wheel on my 70's Starcraft Runabout! It's nice!

Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:48 pm

EMPIImp69 wrote: What wheels do you guys have on your bugs besides stock horn ring ones? Im looking for something different and cool looking. I like the old Formuling France ones but they are harder to come by. I want to change out the woodgrain one that I have in my bug now. I think its made by Grant. Anyone looking for a 3 spoke woodgrain wheel for their bug?

My choice for replacing the stock steering wheel was a It's a 15" Grant model 1760. with the heavy chrome center ring.

I tried a 13" wheel and found steering the bug tedious. The 15" wheel handle the car nicely.

Here's the finished Install.

Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:24 pm

Just test fit this in my current build up. 1972 1302. It's a Momo trek

This was the set up in the bug that I just sold. 1974 1303. The wheel is a grant signature something.