Steering wheel swap.

[Harvy500]

My Griffith came with a momo wood rim steering wheel.
Tiny annoyance, the wood doesn't match the walnut on my dash.
I've just bought a as good as new 'Personal' steering wheel.
Am I going to have a straight swap or need a new boss etc?
(While uploading the pictures I've noticed the bolt pattern being different. Grrrrr. Now, where the hell do I get the correct boss?!
Piccys of existing and the new one.....

[Harvy500]

[Belle427]

You can buy adapters for an easy swap but i cant recommend a supplier sorry, it may be worth removing the existing wheel to see if one has been added already?
If not maybe somewhere like motoclan for a standard boss, they can be a right pita to remove though!

[Harvy500]

I found the adapter plate.
Only £20 delivered.
Now I'm thinking my horn button won't fit.
I'm on a rare day off work day so I've already taken of the steering wheel and it hasn't got an adapter plate.
Spoke to motaclan and they said they don't know.
Looks like another TVR mission of make it up as we go along.

[mk1fan]

Not heard of TVR fitting Momo wheels at the factory. The Momo wheel in my Tam was fitted by redrilling the factory boss by previous owner. Funnily enough my Wedge came with a Momo too. Again fitted by the previous owner and factory boss redrilled.

[Belle427]

Motoclan do list a boss so I am not sure why they did not know anything. Description does not make it clear what bolt pattern it is though.
https://motaclan.com/product/steering-wheel-boss-g...

[Harvy500]

Belle427 said:

Motoclan do list a boss so I am not sure why they did not know anything. Description does not make it clear what bolt pattern it is though.
https://motaclan.com/product/steering-wheel-boss-g...

I called them and they referenced that part you have the link for.
I was told they didn't know the pattern but would take a look, find out and call me (they took my phone number) and let me know.
That conversation was yesterday appx 11am and as of now near 24 hours later, no call.
I've now bought the steering wheel, adapter plate and a genuine (needs cleaning etc) Personal steering wheel horn push. That will be getting a TVR centre logo.
Seems now I've got incoming the bits I'll need for the swap.

[Harvy500]

After some adjustments and just making what I had the steering wheel is in.
TVR horn push logo on its way.
It feels fantastic in hand.

[Belle427]

They are lovely wheels, personally i cant see why people change them.

[Harvy500]

I looked at the back of the wheel I took off. It's got a date stamp. Made in November '99.
My car is a '95 500 so that wheel wasn't original to my car.
I could probably find a record of it in the deepest darkest corner of the cars history.

[Harvy500]

Better still.....

[Belle427]

Spot on, did you use an adapter in the end?

[andrewcliffe]

IIRC Personal use the Nardi fitment, which is 4mm different PCD to Momo.

[Harvy500]

Belle427 said:

Spot on, did you use an adapter in the end?

Yes but I've got a new M4 drill/tap tool so I'll use the adapter as a guide to redrill the original boss.
I'll them remove the adapter and my indicator and wiper arm stalks will be comfortable again.
And, the Griffith 500 badge in the picture of the new steering wheel is gold finish. On the original wheel, it's silver so I swapped them.
Didn't take a picture as it's probably only me who cares or would notice. Lol.

Edited by Harvy500 on Friday 23 May 21:56