Steering wheel..

JonnyP · Jan 4, 2014

Just done about 1300 miles in the disco in the last couple of weeks, n have decided i do not like the steering wheel. I dont like the shape (not round n feels all wrong in me hands), material used (its too slippery for my dry hands) n its bloody huge.
What wheels from other cars will fit..?
(Standard no airbags 200tdi)..

Discophil34 · Jan 4, 2014

if you dont have an airbag or not fussed about having one then there are plenty of 'sporty' 3-spoke type ones and boss'e to fit the collumn although I have three and not one of them fit proerly (alll bought second hand and was told they fit a discovery but if willing to pay new then plenty for sale in off road/ land rover magazines and e bay etc. for around or under £100 with Boss

JonnyP · Jan 4, 2014

Discophil34 said:
if you dont have an airbag or not fussed about having one then there are plenty of 'sporty' 3-spoke type ones and boss'e to fit the collumn although I have three and not one of them fit proerly (alll bought second hand and was told they fit a discovery but if willing to pay new then plenty for sale in off road/ land rover magazines and e bay etc. for around or under £100 with Boss

I wont be spending £100 on a new one. I was hoping that some wheels from other cars i could find in the srappy would fit.
Sounds like i need to avoid ebay if some people say they will fit n they dont..
Cheers chap

haigy · Jan 4, 2014

Rover metro wheels are meant to fit.

JonnyP · Jan 4, 2014

haigy said:
Rover metro wheels are meant to fit.

Wil look into it, cheers..

dieseldog69 · Jan 5, 2014

haigy said:
Rover metro wheels are meant to fit.

Don't quote me on this but I think Metro, Meastro and Montego steering wheels are all the same, you might find it hard to get Montego one now as they all disintegrated by the year 2000

Post up on what you find that fits as I would like a change too but you can double the prices over here for the same item

discool · Jan 5, 2014

That's a shame as I had a Montego as a company car in the 90s

JonnyP · Jan 5, 2014

dieseldog69 said:
Don't quote me on this but I think Metro, Meastro and Montego steering wheels are all the same, you might find it hard to get Montego one now as they all disintegrated by the year 2000

Post up on what you find that fits as I would like a change too but you can double the prices over here for the same item

Will do..

MGBGTV8 · Jan 5, 2014

What about a leather bound motolita wheel on an appropriate boss?
You can get them in all sorts of sizes. Dished or flat. Plain, drilled, slotted or tear drop spokes. Black or Polished. Leather rim or wood.

The leather bound are very chunky but the wood rimmed variety are very slim and probably no good and not particularly safe for an off roader.

They are about £130 new but used examples come up on ebay all the time from upwards of 20 notes.

Quite a few alternative examples to see here:
http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproductsByBrand.asp?brand=Moto-Lita&brandCode=Z6&pageno=2

dieseldog69 · Jan 5, 2014

MGBGTV8 said:
What about a leather bound motolita wheel?

Kinky barsteward

Leather bound indeed

JonnyP · Jan 5, 2014

MGBGTV8 said:
What about a leather bound motolita wheel on an appropriate boss?
You can get them in all sorts of sizes. Dished or flat. Plain, drilled, slotted or tear drop spokes. Black or Polished.

Very nice but a bit too posh for my old pop pop..

MGBGTV8 · Jan 5, 2014

JonnyP said:
Very nice but a bit too posh for my old pop pop..

The other obvious aftermarket wheel is Mountney then...
Although, the spokes are much thinner than the motolita so they tend to flex quite a lot. You can get them new from about £35 quid plus the boss last time I looked!

When I was a student and I couldn't afford to run my MGB V8 I bought a Mk2 Metro from a pal with 30k on the clock.
It had been titivated with colour coded bumpers, Vanden Plas wheels and the steering wheel from a Metro Vanden Plas.
Something like that would bolt on with no modifications....

*edit*
Actually I've found a couple of pictures of it! Very 80's - Champagne gold with "world of brown" interior but the steering wheel was very nice. Unfortunately some spiteful bastard decided to dance on the roof and kick all the glass in for me. But I suppose that's what you get for parking a car in Birmingham!

Discophil34 · Jan 6, 2014

i just had i thought. my disco 1 steering wheel looks very similar to the sierra mk1 steering wheel my dad had with only the oval badges looking different, obviously. might be worth a punt. or maybe be one from an XR2/3/4 etc

Chrisw8 · Jan 6, 2014

doesn't it matter for mot if you replace steering wheel with air bag. for one without ??

The V8 man · Jan 7, 2014

Chrisw8 said:
doesn't it matter for mot if you replace steering wheel with air bag. for one without ??

Not sure about mot but your insurance company wont like it !

discool · Jan 7, 2014

Chrisw8 said:
doesn't it matter for mot if you replace steering wheel with air bag. for one without ??

Yes. this info is in the mot manual which u can download. An airbag obviously missing or defective

JonnyP · Jan 7, 2014

Chrisw8 said:
doesn't it matter for mot if you replace steering wheel with air bag. for one without ??

I have not got any air bags though..

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