Aftermarket Steering wheels on 340 ?

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Aftermarket Steering wheels on 340 ?

Post by jr » 02 Jan 2007 12:02 am

Seen a few, and TBH the standard one is horrible, cant find a boss kit anywhere though ?

any tips as it needs changing

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Post by petefarrell360 » 02 Jan 2007 12:57 am

There are some available if you know what to look for and where. If it's the bog standard 340 wheel, I agree, it's not nice, it sticks out as not fitting in. A cheap and simple upgrade is the 360 steering wheel, or the higher spec 340's. It's not twin horn pushes, it's a whole central pad. Looks a lot better as a start. Otherwise it can get tricky finding a boss to fit or one that is designed to fit a 300, there must be some other more popular vehicles we can borrow boss kits from.
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Post by Chris_C » 02 Jan 2007 01:00 am

Stock 360/late 340 wheel is also a fatter rim, as the 340 one is spindley as hell, so you can actually grab something when needed.
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Post by A M R » 02 Jan 2007 01:29 am

ive asked classicswede to make some bosses if he can. we'll have to wait and see...

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Post by Ali » 02 Jan 2007 12:39 pm

Pug 205 bosses fit so theres no need for him to make one :wink:
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Post by Chris_C » 02 Jan 2007 01:03 pm

As do 300 Astrali's (surprisinging ;)) and I've heard 400 MOMO's, can't remember who had one. The Astrali's were dead easy to get when I got mine, think 5 or 6 of us got them from fleabay, and someone got one direct.
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'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Post by jr » 02 Jan 2007 07:48 pm

Cheers for the info :D

so 205's are a direct fit ?

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Post by IvanAE86 » 03 Jan 2007 10:49 am

The 205 hubs fit, but I'm told the horn wont work, so it might need a bit of tweaking to get that working too. I'm just going to put the horn under a random button on the dash in the meantime.

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Post by foggyjames » 03 Jan 2007 10:34 pm

You can get Momo hubs for 300s if you're crafty.

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Post by Fuse » 03 Jan 2007 10:58 pm

Luisi makes boss kits for 300-series, basic momo/omp/spacro 6-bolt pattern. ;)
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Post by foggyjames » 03 Jan 2007 11:11 pm

Does it take care of the horn ring too? I'm kinda looking for a boss, but the Momo (may even be aftermarket) one I've found is £50.

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Post by classicswede » 03 Jan 2007 11:18 pm

Yep it is the proper job
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Post by foggyjames » 03 Jan 2007 11:21 pm

The Luisi one is?

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Post by redline » 03 Jan 2007 11:56 pm

Dave ( dekay ) has got my old mountney wheel and astrali boss , perhaps he could be persuaded to have a nose and post the serial numbers ( although I think I did that ages ago ) which may make ordering easier
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Post by Chris_C » 04 Jan 2007 12:30 am

My Astrali is upstairs, but I seem to remember the reason I didn't use it was it didn't have the indicator cancel thing, or I could just be forgetting things!
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'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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