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Old 11-15-2001, 07:12 PM
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Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
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Which steering wheel should I use, check out the pics...

These two are from a 89 and 87 I beleive. Someone I know got a grant and gave me his old one. I like the one thats on my car right now because of the grip and where you can place you hand when driveing. The 87 I thought it was cool at first but I guess I'm getting use to mine. What do you think any opinion at all¿









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Car: 89 Formula Firebird
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Transmission: 700R4
Come on now first or second????¿¿¿¿¿¿

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first, much better looking!
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Defintely the 1st!! Looks like the ones that came in the Formulas.
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the first looks much better.
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Guess I'm the only one that likes the 2nd style. The first one looks amazingly cheap to me. That wheel was in Grand Ams, Sunbirds, etc. The 2nd one was a firebird exclusive, and to me has a timeless classic design.

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Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
Transmission: 700R4
This one is more like it. The only problem is this is the on my freind already has and I dont want to look like some kind of poser or something by putting the same one on my car. What do you think of the crome one instead of grey?



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I think that Grant looks cheap. Any wheel available in Pep Boys looks cheap to me. I've got a Grant GT that came with my Sport Coupe, and it's fairly comfortable, but nowhere near as nice as leather, and it looks like a plastic toy.

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I've got to agree with Jim... I like the second wheel better, too. There's just something about the first that doesn't look right.

I've got a leather Grant wheel on my IROC and I like it

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Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
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Can any one of you post a pic here of the leather grand??

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by redbird_400:
Can any one of you post a pic here of the leather grand??

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Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
Transmission: 700R4
Damn thats a nice wheel, shifter and tach! Makes me wish I had a grand or so to drop in my interior. By the way what kind of hotwheel is that there. Got a pic haha.

looks like a bird from what I can kida see.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TheWraith:
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Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
Engine: 5.1L TPI, 5.0L TPI
Transmission: 700R4, M5
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I personally like the first one better...since...thats what I have on mine. The second one is what my car came with. It is ok, but It looed cheep to me. I liked the second one better, so i found one in a junk yard paid $25 & ran.

I am now in the process of taking the steeringwheel controls from a Grandprix/Boneville & adapting them to my Kenwood. It will work... So I am sticking with style 1.

By the way the Grandprix/Boneville and firebird steering wheels are slightly different & the controls will not fit into the firebird wheel.

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I installed this one



and it is awesome.

but if it is between one or two above.

number 2 all the way one looks like a cheap POS 4 door plastic piece of crap.

number one you polish up the spokes and it would look great.

just my 3.00 (exchange rate)

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Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
Transmission: 700R4
Does anyone have this wheel?
haha look like a wheel from the organ trail or something. Its hard to beleive thats even a steering wheel.

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i do have that wheel it makes for that quick steering response. i am considering geting it leather wraped. the guy i bought it from said it was the only one of its kind so how did you get a picture of it.

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2.73 posi
K&N air filters
polyurithane front and rear anti-roll bar bushings
3 inch exaust
DF88ECU pannasonic cd player head unit
soundstream audio 200w amp
JL audio 12" subwoofer
pioneer 6x9 rear speakers
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89 mustaing GT
97 civic type R
96 s-10 SS
94 integra type R
98 cavalier (this guy must have been high, it was a 4 cyl.)
89 caprice
90 camaro RS 305 tpi
95 mistubishi 3000 gt VR4
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Just kidding! I like wheel 2. Number one looks cheep like it would fall off in quick manuvers.

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My Ride:
1987 IROC-Z 355 TPI
2.73 posi
K&N air filters
polyurithane front and rear anti-roll bar bushings
3 inch exaust
DF88ECU pannasonic cd player head unit
soundstream audio 200w amp
JL audio 12" subwoofer
pioneer 6x9 rear speakers
KILLS:
89 mustaing GT
97 civic type R
96 s-10 SS
94 integra type R
98 cavalier (this guy must have been high, it was a 4 cyl.)
89 caprice
90 camaro RS 305 tpi
95 mistubishi 3000 gt VR4
many more slow stupid cars.
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This is my wheel. It's a grant, and it was pricey but it looks sweet, the design matches my wheels real nice.
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Does anyone have a pic of a grant wheel with the billet instalation adapter? I have the normal black one right now but the shiny chrome would look sweet, at least I think so. I also want this horn button to go with it (none right now, looks like crap).
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