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steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 7th, 2009, 7:42 pm
by cdub92
i tried to search for this and came up empty. rekognize's p5 steering wheel got me to thinking and i was wondering if anyone had used a steering wheel from a mazda 3. i know they have some other controls avail which may or may not work but they would definitely be easier to find than p5's. i was also wondering about the shifter knobs from the 05/06 models with the chrome and stitching. again, just wondering if anyone has tried or knows for sure one way or the other on both.
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 11th, 2009, 5:23 pm
by mrmike420
I really like the diameter and size of our stock wheel. But that is just me... I wonder if i can get it reconditioned some how, i got some cracks on the top part, probably b/c of sun abuse.
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 12th, 2009, 10:54 am
by Icarus_27
I've had pretty good luck finding decent ones at junkyards... probably easier than fixing a bad one
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 12th, 2009, 4:50 pm
by Jovian2k
Can get one inported, I got myself a eunos one. Here's a nice Autozam one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D1
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 12th, 2009, 6:07 pm
by Mooneggs
I had an Autozam steering wheel and the splines didn't fit in my mx-3...
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 12th, 2009, 6:17 pm
by Jovian2k
oh... just kidding!

Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 12th, 2009, 7:27 pm
by Mooneggs
but maybe it was mismarked and really came out of an AZ-1 or something

Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 13th, 2009, 1:50 pm
by Mad Cow
I got one from a '98-ish protege and even thought it's bigger it just feels so much better for some reason.
The only problem I ran into is that the horn buttons are connected differently, but that's ok because my horn stopped working a while ago anyway.
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 15th, 2009, 12:07 pm
by ninjajim4
Mad Cow wrote:I got one from a '98-ish protege and even thought it's bigger it just feels so much better for some reason.
The only problem I ran into is that the horn buttons are connected differently, but that's ok because my horn stopped working a while ago anyway.
off topic, but how in the world can you live without a horn?? i went for like 2 days and it was really, really killing me
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 15th, 2009, 1:10 pm
by onlytrueromeo
I use my horn once every 3 months lol
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 15th, 2009, 3:38 pm
by cdub92
cdub92 wrote:... i was also wondering about the shifter knobs from the 05/06 models with the chrome and stitching.
Thanks for the input about the steering wheels. anybody got anything on the shifter knobs?
Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 15th, 2009, 4:13 pm
by Mad Cow
ninjajim4 wrote:Mad Cow wrote:I got one from a '98-ish protege and even thought it's bigger it just feels so much better for some reason.
The only problem I ran into is that the horn buttons are connected differently, but that's ok because my horn stopped working a while ago anyway.
off topic, but how in the world can you live without a horn?? i went for like 2 days and it was really, really killing me
Honestly it's not that bad, I rarely honk. Maybe it's different in Chicago, but there in Toronto people tend to only honk when they absolutely have to. If I want someone to notice me I just rev the engine.

Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 15th, 2009, 5:01 pm
by Mooneggs
I like to honk because I have dual airhorns

Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 15th, 2009, 5:16 pm
by mrmike420
No need to honk... All eyes are on the MX already!

Re: steering wheel and other options
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 7:55 pm
by cdub92
BUMP...
cdub92 wrote:cdub92 wrote:... i was also wondering about the shifter knobs from the 05/06 models with the chrome and stitching.
Thanks for the input about the steering wheels. anybody got anything on the shifter knobs?