Steering Wheel Help

[Deleted member 69311]

I’m looking to get one of these steering wheels but have some questions.

Carbon Fiber vs Carbon Fiber w/LEDs.
Those with the LED shift lights, are those lights blinding at night? Do they ever get in the way or distract you?

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[Cory S]

What's wrong with your current steering wheel?

 

[Bikeman315]

I’m looking to get one of these steering wheels but have some questions.

Carbon Fiber vs Carbon Fiber w/LEDs.
Those with the LED shift lights, are those lights blinding at night? Do they ever get in the way or distract you?

Checkout this thread.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...s-have-in-your-gts.177593/page-8#post-3630945

 

[Deleted member 69311]

What's wrong with your current steering wheel?

Nothing is wrong with my current wheel. Previous owner installed a GT350R steering wheel and I love it! But I really love how the carbon fiber wheels look so I’ve been wanting to get one of those

 

[LOL WUT]

My only advice is to go hold a piece of carbon fiber and see if you’d like that to be your main point of contact in your car. I had a CF wheel which looked cool but I hated the feel. I swapped it out for leather/alcantara after just 500 miles. Just something to think about.

 

[Cobra Jet]

My only advice is to go hold a piece of carbon fiber and see if you’d like that to be your main point of contact in your car. I had a CF wheel which looked cool but I hated the feel. I swapped it out for leather/alcantara after just 500 miles. Just something to think about.

That’s a very good point and observation.

I would imagine that if the vehicle is used for any length of time (street driving or track use), a “solid” wheel like the one pictured may be a fatigue point for the driver.

A steering wheel like the factory steering wheel (or other aftermarket) which has padding full circle, isn’t a fatigue point. The steering wheel in the posted images may have padding only at the 3 & 9 positions, but not everyone always maintains that specific grip while driving.

Definitely a very good point to take into consideration, especially with the cost of custom CF steering wheels,.

 

[Bikeman315]

That’s a very good point and observation.

I would imagine that if the vehicle is used for any length of time (street driving or track use), a “solid” wheel like the one pictured may be a fatigue point for the driver.

A steering wheel like the factory steering wheel (or other aftermarket) which has padding full circle, isn’t a fatigue point. The steering wheel in the posted images may have padding only at the 3 & 9 positions, but not everyone always maintains that specific grip while driving.

Definitely a very good point to take into consideration, especially with the cost of custom CF steering wheels,.

Easy fix for that problem.

 

[Deleted member 69311]

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That’s a very good point and observation.

I would imagine that if the vehicle is used for any length of time (street driving or track use), a “solid” wheel like the one pictured may be a fatigue point for the driver.

A steering wheel like the factory steering wheel (or other aftermarket) which has padding full circle, isn’t a fatigue point. The steering wheel in the posted images may have padding only at the 3 & 9 positions, but not everyone always maintains that specific grip while driving.

Definitely a very good point to take into consideration, especially with the cost of custom CF steering wheels,.

I was driving yesterday with my hand on top of the wheel and noticed how comfortable it felt with the soft Alcantara. I don’t think it would be as comfortable with the hard carbon fiber finish. Not sure I even thought about that. Maybe I was so tunnel-visioned on how cool it looked. Thank you for the insight guys, it really helped!

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