R sport or not R sport that is the question???!!!!

Post by **340GLT** » 20 Nov 2006 11:04 pm

Right well as the thread in general might have suggested, i have got my hands on an old momo steering wheel and now with an R sport horn push is a very good replica. Question is which wheel do i keep? As i like the old wheel with my second R sport horn button but i really like the look of the R sport wheel as it really suits the car!! So votes please guys!!!
Cheers Adam

Old wheel in car

Old wheel with R sport horn button

Close up of R Sport button

R sport wheel in car

Post by **SteveP** » 20 Nov 2006 11:39 pm

R sport replica for the win!

Post by **340GLT** » 20 Nov 2006 11:40 pm

I know mate its such a split decision!!!
Adam

Post by **redline** » 21 Nov 2006 12:01 am

how much do you want for the old wheel Adam ?

Post by **340GLT** » 21 Nov 2006 12:02 am

I dunno which one i'm keeping yet mate!!!!

Adam

Post by **redline** » 21 Nov 2006 12:05 am

I do , it will be the R sport

Post by **jarlidge** » 21 Nov 2006 12:11 am

i think the r sport replica, suits the car very well.
thats the one i would use

Post by **Ronnie** » 21 Nov 2006 12:15 am

I prefer the old one to be honest, but you should maybe lose the logo on the spoke if you're going with the R-Sport centre

Post by **Chris_C** » 21 Nov 2006 12:59 am

I'm with Aaron, old wheel, new button, loose the current R. The old wheel suits *your* dash, more than the r-sport suits a 300 dash, if you get what I mean.

Post by **foggyjames** » 21 Nov 2006 01:42 am

Curiously, the Dave Barton buttons are a bit of a red herring, as the original R-Sport wheels only had a plain 'Volvo' badge.

None of this imitation R-Sport wheel stuff anyway....my 'genuine pimp shiznat' arrives this weekend

Shame there's no boss, no button, it needs recovering, and cost many, many times what yours did....but the wheel is stamped with 'Volvo' as well as 'Momo'.

Hopefully we also manage to track down my 'nice' R-Sport wheel too, but that all seems very quiet.

cheers

James

Post by **Fuse** » 21 Nov 2006 09:17 am

Plain "Volvo" badge, what do you mean?

I mean at least my original button is quite like that replica.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/G ... li2/38.jpg

Post by **foggyjames** » 21 Nov 2006 10:05 am

Interesting....are you sure that's the original button? Although I can't find pics at the moment, I'm sure all the rest I've seen have a plain 'Volvo' badge.

cheers

James

Post by **Fuse** » 21 Nov 2006 11:15 am

Hmm.. Now that you mentioned it, I've also seen ones with the plain badge.

But I would be VERY surprised if that button would be a Barton replica, as the car which my wheel was taken from, was a 240 which had been laying in a barn for maany many years and the wheel had been in the car since the 80's. Wheel is 100% original for sure, it has the product-ID's and Volvo logo painted on.

Aren't those Barton buttons kinda new product?

This one guy here has a same wheel as I do, I'll have to check what button it has. If it has the same as mine, it's definately original. Because he also has had the wheel since new. (It's the white roof-change 360 with the B19ET and twin dellortos, originally it was turboed at the dealer when new and it had an R-Sport turbo kit before)

Post by **Fuse** » 21 Nov 2006 04:27 pm

Ok, the badge is definately original. I've got a magazine article from the 80's and R-Sport button is shown.

And that's a 242GTX 16V straight from the dealer, so it is original for sure.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/v ... 16V_s2.jpg

R-Sport badge can be seen clearly. I also remember seeing some Finnish magazine articles about the 343/345 R-Sport and those also had the same badge.

So there are two kinds of badges available as original too.

Post by **Ronnie** » 21 Nov 2006 04:32 pm

Mmmmm... That's a nice car. I feel more and more drawn to the 200. Maybe it's because I passed my test in a 240GLT estate

R sport or not R sport that is the question???!!!!

Which wheel old or new?

R sport or not R sport that is the question???!!!!