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Car: 1982 Pontiac Trans Am
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Transmission: Stock 200C
Steering Wheel
I'd like to see how after-market steering wheels look on the third gens especially Firebirds. Does anyone have one on their car, it would be a appreciated. Thanks
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Car: 1988 camaro sc
Engine: 350 tbi swap
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: posi 3:23 swap
here's mine, i took a grant steering wheel from any auto parts stor and snazzed it up a little. painted it gunmetal grey and attached a round camaro keychain painted the same color to the horn. i like it looks custom but not to wild and in my opinion thirdgen camaros steering wheels were hideous. hope this helps
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Car: 91 firebird,mint
Engine: 305 tbi,lots of work done
Transmission: 700-r4 built by level 10 in nj
Axle/Gears: 3.73, auburn , precision
i like the idea of an airbag being in mine i think ill leave it alone
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Car: 1982 Pontiac Trans Am
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Well since my car is an 82 I don't have a stock airbag, otherwise I don't think I'd mess with it either. That is a nice looking wheel wilddog...did you use car paint or spray paint to make it that color...I really like the way that looks.
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Car: 1988 camaro sc
Engine: 350 tbi swap
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its touch up paint spray paint gunmetal grey i think from autozone. oh yeah the stickers...lol,i have a wierd fetish with em just gotta stick em everywhere. i don't really like em either they come and go all the time.
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Car: 1987 Iroc Z "Classic Roc"
Engine: 5.7 350
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Thanks. The gauges are from Classic Instruments.
http://www.classicinstruments.net/
They ran me about $425. I'm redoing the panel because some of the gauges are hard to see when I'm driving. I may go with a gauge pod for 2 or 3 of them.
http://www.classicinstruments.net/
They ran me about $425. I'm redoing the panel because some of the gauges are hard to see when I'm driving. I may go with a gauge pod for 2 or 3 of them.
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Car: 89 TTA
Engine: Turbo 3.8
Transmission: 200R4
I here the air bags in our cars suck pretty bad and you are probably safer without them. Personally, I'm a fan of the Momo figher wheel and the flame design Blue502 posted.
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hey willdog666, is that a cupholder I see in your center console??? If so, how did you get that in there????
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Car: '92 Rally Sport
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Yeah, I've heard that the airbags are pretty bad as well. They are first generation airbags which means they come out at at the same speed regardless of the speed of the car at impact. If you sustain injuries in a crash that the airbag could have supposedly prevented though the insurance companies won't pay for your medical expenses. I hate the fact that every time I go to blow the horn I end up punching the airbag twice before realizing that I have to press those two iddy biddy thumb tabs on the side that only work 20% of the time. My plan is to try to get a steering wheel out of an 87 or 88 to put in there as well as a guage cluster if I can get it to work. That way it will all look stock... just slightly older.
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hey willdog666, is that a cupholder I see in your center console??? If so, how did you get that in there????
hey willdog666, is that a cupholder I see in your center console??? If so, how did you get that in there????
I was in the market for a steering wheel myself. I have been looking at that same Grant steering wheel and wondered how it looked installed. After seeing it, I'll be getting one next week.
BTW - I say keep the stickers!
Being a MX'r, I have a big sticker fetish.
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Car: 1988 camaro sc
Engine: 350 tbi swap
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ahh the infamous cupholder. believe it or not it's a rice burner cupholder. it actually says type s on the side lol. i got it from Advanced Auto Parts in the ***** section(just be quick and don't let anyone see you). it was silver. i took my console out, traced the cupholder and used a little saw to cut the hole. then used textured black paint from lowes to match the interior. lemme know if you have any questions, pretty easy to do and looks great.
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Car: 1999 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: LS1 - 346 ci
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Ahh crap, you don't have power windows. The switches for pwr windows are right where that cupholder is. I have a cupholder, its right behind the center console, but its kinda hard to put it there and drive. It's one of those Spillmaster cupholders that are adjustable. I like yours though.
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Car: 89 RS
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Transmission: TH350
I just repainted mine kinda silver, it was black. I left the horn button the way it was after I took the wire wheel to it. Kinda looks good, I dunno.
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here's mine, i took a grant steering wheel from any auto parts stor and snazzed it up a little. painted it gunmetal grey and attached a round camaro keychain painted the same color to the horn. i like it looks custom but not to wild and in my opinion thirdgen camaros steering wheels were hideous. hope this helps
here's mine, i took a grant steering wheel from any auto parts stor and snazzed it up a little. painted it gunmetal grey and attached a round camaro keychain painted the same color to the horn. i like it looks custom but not to wild and in my opinion thirdgen camaros steering wheels were hideous. hope this helps
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Car: 1988 camaro sc
Engine: 350 tbi swap
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yup Jza a little bronze camaro keychain. it just happened to be the exact size of the "GT" logo on the wheel. i like the steering wheel but not the logo so i cut the chain off the camaro keychain glued ithe camaro logo on and painted it. :lala:
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willdogg, where abouts in MD do you live? we need to et together sometime and do some rice hunting. only thing is though, i gotta show u the difference between an L98 and TBI 350's.
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Car: 94 Camaro
Engine: 3.4L
Transmission: 4l60e
Originally posted by flippinTHEbird
Does any body know where I can find a 6 bolt wheel adapter for our cars? It seems like everyone has the Grant 5 bolt patterns. Even Summit couldn't help.
Does any body know where I can find a 6 bolt wheel adapter for our cars? It seems like everyone has the Grant 5 bolt patterns. Even Summit couldn't help.
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Well heck, I should've come in here before I posted my question. I've never installed an A/M wheel before. Do they come with horn switches? Or did everyone just rig their own?? If so, how?
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Engine: 305 TPI, 6.6, 350 Pontiac
Transmission: T5, 3 speed, TH350
I have the Grant GT wheel as well. Nothing fancy, but it feels better than the stock hula-hoop one
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Cupholder...ups the resale
I went to mcdonalds tonight and got a meal and a McFlurry. So I had a soda and a mcflurry, I had the soda between my legs and i was holding the mcflurry in my left hand (yeah..its a 5 speed ). Then a ***** gets next to me at a light and revs his engine. I had my hands full and I couldn't do anything....If I had the cupholder that would not have happened!!!!!!
I have power windows, but heres the solution. Route the switch to the sides of the console on each side...then make a cutout for a cupholder.
OR
use 1/3 of the console box to jerry-rig a cupholder into it. The only thing is that if you are drinking you need to have the lid open.
Let me know what you think.
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I have power windows, but heres the solution. Route the switch to the sides of the console on each side...then make a cutout for a cupholder.
OR
use 1/3 of the console box to jerry-rig a cupholder into it. The only thing is that if you are drinking you need to have the lid open.
Let me know what you think.
--Dan
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About cupholders...
There is a tech article lurking around here somewhere that details how to make cupholders that go in place of the front ashtray.
What the hell was Chevy thinking??....not even ONE cupholder.....
Even if it is a sports/muscle car.. Didn't the first Viper have at least one crappy cupholder?
What the hell was Chevy thinking??....not even ONE cupholder.....
Even if it is a sports/muscle car.. Didn't the first Viper have at least one crappy cupholder?
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Car: '92 Rally Sport
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I would say they were trying to be true to the old hot rod ideals of speed and function over creature comforts and luxuries, but if that were the case then AC, power windows, power doors, rear window defogger, power mirrors, etc would have never been available as options.
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Car: '92 Rally Sport
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I would just pull it back down into the steering column in case they give you **** about it come inspection time... you could just hook everything right back up.
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Thanks for the advice, its what I should have done. (I've already sporked up). I started by dissconnecting everything, removing the coil in the steering column, and taking the yellow shroud off the little black plastic plug at the end (where it hooks to the comp). Then tried to pull the wire up through the column....
It stuck halfway in...
after fighting with the dangling coil for over an hour, I finally just snatched it out, so I've got a broken SIR plug halfway inside my steering column...
On the upside, the wheel fits now
It stuck halfway in...
after fighting with the dangling coil for over an hour, I finally just snatched it out, so I've got a broken SIR plug halfway inside my steering column...
On the upside, the wheel fits now
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Car: 1986 Trans Am
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: Auto
It felt really good but it was a little to *****, not to mention the
aluminum hub didnt go with anything.
Sold it, momo here i come!
aluminum hub didnt go with anything.
Sold it, momo here i come!
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Car: 1988 camaro sc
Engine: 350 tbi swap
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ok just to clear this up the cupholder is not in the place of the clock i never had one, i know the clock was an option, but not for me. i made the cupholder. second the motor IS an l98 350 i put in the car and used the original 305 TBI with 350 chevy truck injectors, and it serves me well to lay some thick *** rubber. to see more info of what's done to the car go to www.hotrod-hell.com, it's my buddy's car enthusiast page, check it out.
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Car: '87 t-top, '88 'vert
Grant makes some nice Bowtie and Camaro horn buttons for those Challenger wheels, check out their site at:
www.grantproducts.com
www.grantproducts.com
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Car: 1989 Trans Am
Engine: 355 HSR
Transmission: Pro-Built 700r4 w/ 3400 converter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt w/ 3.42 gears
BitchinCamaro... hey man... that is the exact wheel that i am loooking for man... where did you pick that one up at???