so my stock wheel has seen better days, i would like to get another but the recovered price is crazy. has anyone tried a local apolstry shop to see if they can be recovered?

how about a sugestion or pics of wheels. i need something on the stock side since the only mod well i have a bunch but i am trying to stay in the stock mode upgraded but looking the same.

anyone have a cherry wheel around?

thanks jeff

 

Have you considered the '90-'92 airbag wheels? I had one in my '89 before I got the restoration bug, and it bolted right in - it took less than 15 minutes to pull the old wheel and swap in the airbag one.

- 89_IROC

 

not sure if this is your style or not, but I installed a Grant GT Signature Series in mine. I can actually have the steering wheel all the way down without it hitting me knee's too

 

yeah the 91-92 style does look pretty good ....

lol

ive actually got one to sell too if your interested shoot me a pm

 

Aww, dammit. You beat me to it; selling mine only occurred to me AFTER reading your post and then realizing that I don't need mine anymore because I'm getting a new stock one

- 89_IROC

 

The stock one in the Iroc had 2 different steering whel covers on it when i got it, when i took them off i knew why anyways since i work at a junkyard i just went out through the yard one day and found a steering wheel i thought would look good in the ol roc, and came across the one pictured. They come in 90-94 Lumina's (the apv van and cars) and 90-94 Cavaliers. the black ones had either a silver bowtie like mine or red. the steering wheels also came in blue, red, gray and tan.

 

the 91-92 air bag wheels are cheap junk, the top of mine rotted out and the buttons on either side don't work, I pulled it out and replaced it with a 3 spoke wheel off of a later trans am, now my horn works and I have something to hold onto when I drive!

 

I have the same wheel but I sanded the black off and polished it.

Looks very nice.

 

that sounds like a cool idea...you have any pictures of it?

 

Sickness....

NICE looking interior you have there. when you replaced the
"air bag" wheel on your car did you run into any problems?

mine has stared coming a part at the top and i need to get another steering wheel and your looks quite nice.

thanks!!

 

You know, I’ve always liked the look of those, especially considering how much cheaper they are then most of the other wheels that I like, but I’ve wondered about how durable the synthetic leather grip is and how it feels for some fast driving (autox…)

Is that a black grip or a grey one that you have on your car?

 

only problem I noticed was that when I put the 87 trans am wheel on I had to grind the plastic cover I just had to cut it down like a cetemeter or less. so it would not rub on the colum

 

oops repost

 

here is the wheel I got from the junk yard for 12 bucks

 

nice interior sickness

 

how about a 4th gen leather one. i picked up mine for 70 bucks on ebay with the air bag. its a direct swap and looks stock. plus it says camaro on it like the 90-92 wheels.
matt
wow my interior looks real dirty there but its actually really clean, prolly should leave the flash off next time.

 

I have the same one Sickness has... its great! I replaced my Z28 wheel because, even though it looks alright, the leather wrap got loose, and it was annoying as hell having it slide around.

 

How Much is too much.There is a guy on ebay that will redo a camaro wheel in leather for $150(w/core)+ $10 for shipping.Thats where i got mine.

 

i have a three spoke light up LED wheel right now I need to get some pics of it

 

Umm the original post is from 09-12-2004

 

That’s the same one that I have in my car, stock, but mine isn’t nearly in as nice a shape. The paint on the spokes has for some reason started bubbling and the cover isn’t in as good a shape.

I would consider taking it apart, cleaning it up and even stitching a new cover for it (I’ve done stuff like that before with good success when I was in college and had more time then money), but I’d also like to get something slightly smaller in diameter (I’ve got some very long legs) and with a fatter grip in there.

 

actually, I keep thinking that it would look really good cleaned up in my truck...

I guess that I'd have to do something with the firechicken logo on it though...

 

or fiero lol

 

Actually, the wheel I mentioned stitching a cover for was the one in my ’83 TA, which was similar but had a slightly bulkier center section. I wish I had a picture of it, I cut back the padded areas on the spokes slightly…

The center section had a soft rubber horn button that the firebird logo was like a little medallion which popped out, in that case you could put anything you wanted in there.

 

im a fan of aftermarket steering wheels because of the size i love having a smaller wheel heres a grant wheel that cost about 60 for the wheel and adaptor peice... btw horn is a pain in the *** to get working on these steering wheels

 

should be the same I have about three of those with the lil medalian and 3 of the fieros and 3 of the regular firebirds all off the same style wheels

 

I always wondered if the steering wheel out of my Tahoe would fit. It is comfortable and looks nice in a "neutral" kind of way And, it is not that bulky for an airbag wheel..

It may come too far back though.. Bad shot, but it is the only one I have:





Ken