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OH LAWD!
More EVO IVs please!
Also a big
It actually makes it quite a lot better to drive. More room for your hands and your knees, less shuffling about. That looks like a 320mm Momo Monte Carlo.Must be bloody awful to drive with something that small and it looks daft.
It's not that you need to change it, it's just better, that's all. Well, in my case, I need more leg room, but otherwise.I very much doubt I'll swap the wheel in my car for anything smaller, it's just about the perfect size for me. I'm not a big bloke anyway so I've never had a problem with needing more elbow room or whatever.
As for shuffling about Keef, the rack on the MX5 is pretty quick anyway so I can virtually always keep my hands on the wheel. Even on tight roundabouts crossing my arms gives enough lock, and in all honesty I think a larger wheel would be probably better when you're parking too so I've no reason to change.
And, in my opinion, the smaller ones look stupid. Out of proportion compared to the rest of the interior. Not so much in the Miata, but definitely in that Civic.
Uh oh, it's the Attack of the Wheel I Don't Think I've Ever Seen Before...
It's not that you need to change it, it's just better, that's all.
Invisi. +rep sir. đź‘ŤWedsport SA55M.
Worth bearing in mind that changing brakes is a genuine improvement whereas changing the steering wheel is down to personal taste. I'd change suspension, tyres, wheels, bushes and all manner of other things if I wanted to change the way my car felt before doing the steering wheel.
Increased steering effort shouldn't be confused with "feel". Sometimes they positively correlate, but not always.
I don't think you've driven a car with a truly proper, good steering wheel, have you?Worth bearing in mind that changing brakes is a genuine improvement whereas changing the steering wheel is down to personal taste. I'd change suspension, tyres, wheels, bushes and all manner of other things if I wanted to change the way my car felt before doing the steering wheel.
Increased steering effort shouldn't be confused with "feel". Sometimes they positively correlate, but not always.
Wedsport SA55M.
I don't think you've driven a car with a truly proper, good steering wheel, have you?
Yes, I have driven cars with good factory steering wheels (Mitsubishi Evos, a few Toyota steering wheels, the one in my 240sx isn't bad off the top of my head), I was going to mention the Miata is definitely not one of them.On the contrary... the question is... have you driven a car with a truly proper, good stock steering wheel? There are cars that could use a better steering wheel, but HFS's Miata isn't one.
Personally, only reason I'd change a stock wheel is if the stock wheel is too tall (which Mazda wheels aren't) or too thick for me to grip properly (again, aren't). Have never had any problems in hard driving or on the racetrack. For a track-only car, it does make sense, mind.
Personally... I see both sides of the argument as equally valid, depending on what car you're coming from and what purpose you're doing the change for.
Ah ok, I knew they made a Nardi wheel, but I thought it was simply an option, I didn't think it came standard everywhere except for here.That wheel was only for the US market, Europe and Asia had a very nice Nardi 3 spoke wheel as standard equipment...
And I never knew they made automatic Miatas. Must be quite boring to drive.
That wheel is a lot better, in which case I would in fact upgrade the suspension and other stuff before the wheel, but I still think it's a very effective upgrade that shouldn't be overlooked in a car. Even the factory Nardi wheels still have some weight to them that just isn't the same as an aftermarket wheel. (though apparently Keef says I'm thinking the one for the NB Miatas.)+1, you guys got shafted on steering wheels...
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(our local ones are LHD... but the ones I've driven have steering wheels like this...)
At least your NBs got the Nardi wheels everyone else got. Great wheels... if a little slick for track use.