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Player 2 has entered the game... Never heard of them, but I'll give their stuff a look. How long have you had yours? How has it held up in that time?
I got the Renown 100 Black which is the deeper dish wheel with black stitching.
It's held up great so far! I've had if for about a year now. When I received the wheel it came with a little sample of the suede leather used to make it and it was very thick and tough. I don't suspect I'll have any issues with it apart from the suede getting matted but that will happen to any suede wheel over time.
I would post a pic but I'm on a business trip right now and don't have any photos on my phone. My car is completely gutted though so it wouldn't really give you much of an idea of what it would look like in a car with an interior in it.
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I plan to get a Grip Royal when I replace my factory 3-spoke. I've read lots of good reviews and they have what I want for a good price. Lots of options.
Don't laugh........PepBoys.........sturdy, stitched very well, comfortable in my hands..........jusy sayin', doesn't need to be expensive.
That's actually very close to what I was looking for in shape (round with flat bottom, thick rim). Doesn't look bad at all. How long have you had it, and has it held up pretty well? Did they have an adapter or did you source that elsewhere?
For OEM wheels, I have grown to prefer the 4-spoke sport wheel, which is 14" in diameter. If you can find one from a 1979 Sebring edition car, you don't have to worry about the cover, as it is made of a nice "squishy" rubberized plastic sort of material, which stays looking nice and doesn't have the wear issues of leather wrapped wheels.
Here's a pic of my 79 Sebring with it's original wheel:
Some of the 951s had a version of this wheel with an extended hub, which is really nice for guys that are taller, or in certain race configurations.
I now run this style of wheel in my 937, 941, 924S SE, Sebring, and Weissach cars. I also plan to put one in the 78 LE and Martini cars.
For aftermarket, I am partial to the Momo wheels. Here's a pic of the Mod.80 Evo wheel in the Club Sport:
This wheel is wrapped in Alcantara (to match the Classic 9 Leathershop alcantara dash!), and is 350mm in diameter.
FWIW the Porsche wheel with with the leather removed is just plain black rubber, feels fine in the hand and doesn't look too bad. I put a junked Porsche 4 spoke wheel with the leather removed in the wife's 88 VW Cabriolet to replace her sun damaged wheel. The Porsche logo on the horn pad always gets second looks You might try pulling the leather off and cleaning up your wheel with mineral spirits or stronger acetone (lacquer thinner) used carefully if needed. Used wheels with good leather pop up now and then. I re-stitched one once myself after viewing a YOUTUBE video and know of one gentleman on another board who was recovering them at reasonable cost.
I've had it in the car for 14 years. It's in as good shape now as when I put it in. It's very comfortable in my hands, a touch smaller diameter than the original. Yes, they had the install kit here as well. At that time they also had a black with red trim and stitching. I think the wheel was about $50. And I can get the instrument cluster out without having to remove the wheel. The horn button in the center was clear so I embedded a small Porsche crest inside it. None of the stitching has pulled or come loose
Definitely goes with the stock interior of the 944. My wheel is currently the original however a piece of it I have to tape up because it cracked. I occasionally hurt my hand on the broken piece sticking out when Im turning into a spot (no power steering problems haha). I will definitely be getting a new wheel. How was the installation? Difficult?
Definitely goes with the stock interior of the 944. My wheel is currently the original however a piece of it I have to tape up because it cracked. I occasionally hurt my hand on the broken piece sticking out when Im turning into a spot (no power steering problems haha). I will definitely be getting a new wheel. How was the installation? Difficult?
Probably one of the easiest things to do on the car. One nut holds the old wheel on. Same nut holds the new hub on, and 6 visible allen screws hold the wheel on the hub. Wiring for the horn button is easy too. One wire.
"Hardest" part is getting the wheel alignment right, which took a couple drives around the block. Once it's dead on, mark the nut & hub with a paint mark and it's a non-issue if you take the wheel off in the future for maintenance and whatnot.
I like the momo Race, competition, and mod 78 in that order for my top 3. Smaller is better imho, the factory wheel is a bit too big. I'll be putting a momo Race in my 951 eventually.
Funn944, what kind of shifter is that? I've been looking for a short little stubby shifter for a while and I experimented with a cut down factory lever for a while, but the car it was in has been down for some time.
It's a stock shifter lever, just cut down for length, and the adapter to make the lever round instead of flat. I also have the short shift kit on the trans. This combo makes for a very short crisp throw (especially if you do the mod to fix the worn pin), but it is a bit harder to get it into reverse. I intend to do the thrust bearing mod on the sides of the rod going back to the tranny.
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