EBAY: TRD Steering wheel

by **that1mexguy** » Sat May 28, 2005 8:18 am

Well I just ordered one. Site says it fits Solara 4-cyl onle... do you guys think it may fit the V6 as well?? i dont see how they may be different.. in any case, i'll either sell it or put it in my girl's tC ... btw, i didnt buy this one, but the guy apparently is selling several, i think it looks cool!
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 7976643957

by **1st Gen Sol** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:18 am

I was thinking about getting one........but decided not too. I don't see why it wouldn't fit. Let us know how it turns out.

by **Yanks0114** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:56 pm

Thats a real good looking wheel - i just wish that it had airbags

To me, a little style isn't worth not having airbags

by **Mandarinsolara** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:18 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:Thats a real good looking wheel - i just wish that it had airbags

To me, a little style isn't worth not having airbags

TRD steering wheel seems to be pretty common among MKIV supra enthusiasts. but i do believe most of the trd wheel guys without SRS go to racing harnesses.

Nascar and F1 dont use airbags...

by **trdkamuri51o** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:54 pm

^ you neglect to mention that nascar and f1 also support full rollcages and heavy duty harnesses and are designed to protect the driver...

by **Arpsito** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:45 pm

Damn, i was so siked at the look and price of that wheel until you mentioned that it had no airbags, what a buzzkill. I could definately not do anything without airbags.

by **1st Gen Sol** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:51 pm

trdkamuri51o wrote:^ you neglect to mention that nascar and f1 also support full rollcages and heavy duty harnesses and are designed to protect the driver...

^^^^ well said and very true...........but all in all, a Solara is nowhere as fast as a Nascar or F1 series race cars.

.....it is the owners option to remove the factory airbag at there own risk....to go for the looks and styling.

....don't get me wrong, I'm neither for or against getting a race wheel without an airbag.....just wanna express the consequences......

by **alexlitov** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:50 am

It's actually illegal especially in Cali to remove airbags on airbag equiped car. The shop that did Pimp My Ride got fined for removal of airbags on customers cars.

by **that1mexguy** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:32 am

dang, i didnt think of that ... i wonder if that is illegal too in GA :-?

it arrived yesterday.. it's really nice too

by **Sentinel** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:46 am

Yea, for a street car I can't see taking the Air Bag out for a half of a style point. I did see someone that took the wheel from a Celica (With the bumps at 10:00 and 2:00) that had an airbag, and it looked nice.
The bumps look funny, but ever since I've driven with 'em I love 'em.

2000 SLEv6 TRD RSB, Eibach Springs, Tokico Struts

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:20 am

doesn't seem authentic to me... seems fake due to price...

by **1st Gen Sol** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:28 am

In some states, if you give consent to remove the airbag your insurance is higher b/c you have less safety features (normally people don't disclose that info to there insurance companies)........

....then again, driving with no front plate is more noticable then driving with a race wheel.......its all up to the driver and what his preferences are.

I'm sure that the guys that do the show "Pimp My Ride" have policies pertaining to there work......where they are not liable for stock parts being removed with the consent of the owners of the vehicles. I haven't seen a bodyshop that doesn't have signs posted about there policies when you first walk in.......unless its a chop shop...........

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