Realized that the stock steering wheel is pretty sweet.

[Heavy-D]

I just put the stock steering wheel back in(im assuming that the 1G Turbos and N/T's had same wheel). For a month or two I was driving around with a steering wheel that came with my cheap EBay hub , I wished I bought a MOMO one. Anyway,

as you can see its a fake Bride wheel. It might not look too bad from far away, but the red stitching wasn't too good and it was TINY, at least compared to the stock one. Its diameter was at least 3 inches less.
So when I put the stock one back on I realized it looked kind nice, being black and having a decent design and its a perfect size.

 

[AWDMENACE]

Mmmm how i love my factory talon steering wheel. I was gonna replace it but its just to comfortable and nice

 

[speedy13]

I racently bought me a Ralliart knocoff,same design as heavy D's.While the hub did leave something to be desired i am quite happy with the quality of the steering wheel for what i paid for it.Steering response was greatly improved.It is actually only about 1.5" smaller in diameter compered to the stock one.feels nice,looks nice,horn sucks,ut hey i used to have a 2g,now those horns suck .

 

[turbo98eclipse]

I racently bought

pun? ...

 

[Turbo Demon]

I love the 1G stock wheel. Can't beat black leather. I don't like my 2G wheel nearly as much.

 

[Detail]

i like my 2g with the airbag so that when that deer jumps in front of me a triple digits i still have a face later on!

 

[Spartan302]

(im assuming that the 1G Turbos and N/T's had same wheel

nt's didn't have a leather wheel. atleast my nt laser didnt. the turbo one is nicer.

 

[Defiant]

nt's didn't have a leather wheel. atleast my nt laser didnt. the turbo one is nicer.

Eh, vinyl doesn't rot from sun and sweat.

 

[Scrubulum]

I really don't understand all of the people that are so quick to take out safety features. Especially air bags. ABS I can understand for racing or something but airbags are a good thing. Also you can get into serious trouble selling a car with non working airbags. And if you get in an accident and your airbags don't deploy because you just had to have that TV screen in the dash or a smaller steering wheel and the insurance people find out that you insured it as having an air bag, someone isn't going to get paid or worse yet, sued for a paralyzed friend. Just don't understand.

 

[impuresoul2k3]

I really don't understand all of the people that are so quick to take out safety features. Especially air bags. ABS I can understand for racing or something but airbags are a good thing. Also you can get into serious trouble selling a car with non working airbags. And if you get in an accident and your airbags don't deploy because you just had to have that TV screen in the dash or a smaller steering wheel and the insurance people find out that you insured it as having an air bag, someone isn't going to get paid or worse yet, sued for a paralyzed friend. Just don't understand.

Except that 1Gs didn't come with airbags

 

[Scrubulum]

Except that 1Gs didn't come with airbags

I realized that the original poster has a 1G. I wasn't tirading about him. Just everyone else. It was off the subject and uncalled for but I felt like blabbing.

 

[Talesin]

Personally, if I had a 2G I'd eliminate the airbags anyway. True, they might save your posterior when you get into a collision at 60+ mph... but at least in this area, that is exceedingly unlikely. And having a mortar go off in your face for a 35mph kiss only makes things worse.

Seriously.. the guy I sold my '90 GS-T to ended up getting rear-ended (he stopped, they didn't). He got a scratch on his right arm, a minor bruise to his shoulder, and a bit of lower-back pain for about a month, possibly from a hairline-fractured coccyx. The car was totalled.
The lady who ran into him was pulled out of her car, bleeding from the face, and placed on a stretcher. She was wearing glasses, and the airbag went off... severe neck injuries, broken wrist, and they had to extract a shard of glass from her *eye*.

If I'm going fast enough to become paste on impact, I understand and accept the consequences, and feel unlikely that a collision will happen. Otherwise, I'd be driving slower.

 

[Quasimondo]

I really don't understand all of the people that are so quick to take out safety features. Especially air bags. ABS I can understand for racing or something but airbags are a good thing. Also you can get into serious trouble selling a car with non working airbags. And if you get in an accident and your airbags don't deploy because you just had to have that TV screen in the dash or a smaller steering wheel and the insurance people find out that you insured it as having an air bag, someone isn't going to get paid or worse yet, sued for a paralyzed friend. Just don't understand.

I'm not too fond of a controlled explosion going off half a foot from my face. With these older airbags, if you're less than average height and need to move the seat forward, the decreased distance makes the airbag more dangerous. There have been documented cases of drivers being killed by their airbag because they were too close when it deployed. The newer ones aren't as bad because the computer has sensors in the seat to detect how far forward the seat is and the system can be set to deploy at a less violent rate, or not at all, but I'd rather just have my seat belt.

 

[Defiant]

I really don't understand all of the people that are so quick to take out safety features. Especially air bags.

If you're properly belted-in, you won't reach what the airbag is "protecting" you from. Airbags exist because of politics and profits. If they were serious about safty, we'd have real harnesses instead of the three-point system a fellow at Volvo invented in the fifties.
Facebombs are terrific if you're running a lab test. Out here on the streets, crashes often involve more than one aligned impact, and being able to still see and steer after the first hit might be considered to be of importance to those of us who like to think we can drive.
None of which has much to do with how good the 1G steering wheel is.
The 2G is just a bit too large a diameter to be really good.

 

[pianoman]

I think the 1g wheel is a bit large. I have some decent sized mits, but its diameter is a bit over the top. My cousin had a smaller grant wheel in his car. It was a crappy wheel, but the steering response was definetly improved.


And Defiant is completly right. A 5point harness when *correctly* strapped in will keep you in the seat. You won't go anywhere. Even if you roll, you are still held in spot. Our safety is compromised for dollar bills. Its a bunch of CRAP!

ok time for my morning coffee....

 

[Mr96GSX408]

The way I see it is, you're only going to benefit from airbags at a crash <35mph. This is the speed most airbags seem to be tested at. Sure, it can and might also help at 45 or maybe even 50 mph. But, beyond that your internal organs won't stand a fighting chance with the extreme forces of the sudden deceleration from, lets say, 60-65 mph to zero in half a second flat.

This also goes for the 4/5 point saftey harness, on the track it may be beneficial due to the track providing sand/dirt/an impact wall for cars to dissipate energy through, but on the street, the chances of you hitting anything other than that are greatly increased. With a harness, it will help out during roll-over conditions and such, but like the airbag, going from 60-0 will still kill you or at least send you to the intensive care unit for a while. Nowadays, even with all the safety equipment on the track, they still make drivers wear a HANS just to make sure they do not die from the violent affects of deceleration when hitting a wall straight-on.

My point is that airbags do help you to a certain extent. 4-point harnesses also help you to a certain extent as well, but over a speed threashold, you're good as gone.

One more point about 3-point vs. 4-point seatbelt systems, it is my understanding that they decided to go with the 3-point because most cars do not have roll cages. Having a 4-point harness holding you in while the roof of your car collapsing on your head is not an ideal situation to be in. Contrary, with the 3-point seatbelts, drivers and passengers alike have the chance to turn their body to the side, getting away from the crushing effects of the roof. I'm not defending one or the other, just an observation.

-Bao

 

[speedy13]

pun? ...

naww,just some good ol fashion imigrant english. ,it escapes me somtimes.The 1g wheel is good,but i never liked the 2g wheel.never thought about the 3 point harness deal in that kind of impact.good post.

 

[95gstnj]

Eh, vinyl doesn't rot from sun and sweat.

I second that. I hate when i drive my car and the leather comes off in little pieces and sticks to my hands.
Ive had both wheels, the 1g is nice, but i love the 2g one

 

[eclipsegsx1736]

I opted to get a smaller wheel and sacrifice the airbag. Im getting some Sparco or simliar seats, and then a 4 point harness. At first you would think this would be enough, but I realized your neck could still snap forward, maybe that's where an airbag could help? I see how having a 4 point harness could prevent your body from moving forward, but your neck and head will still snap forward on impact. Right??

 

[98eclipseRS]

I realized that the original poster has a 1G. I wasn't tirading about him. Just everyone else. It was off the subject and uncalled for but I felt like blabbing.

Man have you ever seen an airbag placed face first on the groung and set off??? Its frightening to think that someting that can be projected a good 40 feet into the air from the force its being deployed is going to be exploding into my face if I get in an accident. Not to mention the 2g steering wheel is friggin ginormous.

 

[DROOPY209]

the 1g turbo steering wheel sure is nice, I put mine all the way low and drive very comfortable.

Airbags are very dangerous from my opinion and many of my close friends experiences.

One of my good friends broke his nose and had a concussion from the airbag going off in his face at a 10 m.p.h. roll.....I passed by and stopped to help....Blood was everywhere!!!

If my car came with airbags, I would unplug them.

 

[Turbo Demon]

I would like to order a new 1G wheel from the dealer to put in my car. I gently rolled it a while back and the airbags didn't even go off anyway. I'm glad, cause I didn't need them. I'm wondering how much I could get for them on ebay. I'd rather put in 4 point harnesses. And I think the 1G wheel looks better than a lot of the aftermarket stuff. I'm pretty big and could use a little more leg clearance.

 

[CYIMSOFAST]

i like my 2g with the airbag so that when that deer jumps in front of me a triple digits i still have a face later on!

My thoughts exactly,I love my airbag, "im too sexxy"....(sounding like right said fredd) to drive without one.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

My thoughts exactly,I love my airbag, "im too sexxy"....(sounding like right said fredd) to drive without one.

They're pretty dangerous.. My buddies 99 gsx got hit pretty hard(Hit in right front and bent in left rear from the impact) But anyways, The passenger side airbag blew the
''oh-shit handle" out the back window. He also got BURNED from the airbag
I'd rather not get hit with one, But maybe that is just me.