No more Kleenex box

[motorollow]

Photo0160..jpgFinally got around to getting the Momo steering installed that miataspeedracer had up for sale in January.

It is so much nicer than the OEM wheel!

Here is what I learned from this experience:

Momo has different sized horn buttons for their different steering wheels. They are not interchangeable. You either need a large or small horn button depending on the horn button trim ring. Momo USA has a decent selection of horn buttons and horn button trim rings you can buy.

There's a reason the plug-n-play hub adapter cost twice as much money as the standard hub adapter. If you screw up the plastic bits you must trim for the install, it can cost you a lot of money or a trip to the salvage yard. Luckily, my install went well, but the instructions on the pointy board could be a bit more detailed. Also, you cannot reinstall the OEM wheel once you trim all the plastic bits without a lot of work.

You might as well go ahead and order the hub adapter spacer ring when you order the standard Momo hub adapter. I will be placing my order this week. You need the extra room to keep your fingers from bumping the turn signal and wiper stalks.

Attached is the wheel installed. It has a different feel which I like and the wheel takes slightly more effort to turn due to the smaller diameter.

[POS Racing]

For crying out loud clean out your garage!









Momo looks very nice BTW!

[trickyrix]

That looks awesome! Really sets off the interior. How did you get it to fit? New horn button or new center ring?

Nice work!

[motorollow]

For crying out loud clean out your garage!

Ha! You can't see the other side that is cleaned out for the Queen to park her massive full-sized Chevy conversion van. I am going to order a TuffShed this weekend to get all of the other CRAP out of there so I can park MY car.

[motorollow]

That looks awesome! Really sets off the interior. How did you get it to fit? New horn button or new center ring?

Nice work!

Thanks! I had GoMiata.com replace the large horn button with a small one so I could use the horn button trim ring I already had.

By the way, I had to call Momo USA about the horn button and I asked them about your steering wheel since I had not seen it on any other websites. They said they stopped making it 4-5 years ago. While I was talking to GoMiata.com about replacing the horn button i asked them why they still offered your steering wheel. They said that in order to become distributor of Momo parts they were required to buy a large inventory to get started. GoMiata.com is probably the only place you can still buy your steering wheel in case someone asks. The requirement to purchase a large inventory to start selling Momo parts is probably why there are very few Momo distributors around.