Steering wheel-help me pick

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lilbowtie

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Your the one living with it make sure it floats your boat - I personally like the stock sport wheels. Rodger1 I do like yours!
 

Kiko

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with the aftermarket wheels did any of you have to make any mods or buy any adapters for the horn?
The Momo wheel that I bought came with a simple spade connector that attaches to the original horn location. I did not have to make any mods. (My son also has a Momo wheel in his 73 Camaro -- no mod required).
 
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Longroof79

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I also like the 2nd Momo wheel with the slotted spokes. It reminds me of the '70's OEM sport wheel.
I agree that it would look good with the Olds emblem in the center. That would be my choice.,
 
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Look what I found, and bought. It's only fair/good condition in my opinion, and it's brown. I would prefer black. Picture is fresh off 1984 Toronado, 0 cleanup. Entertaining offers if anyone needs a brown driver quality Toro wheel.
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Going into an Oldsmobile, that Tornado sport wheel would be my choice...providing the price was realistic, of course. ;)
 
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BOXCARS

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Look what I found, and bought. It's only fair/good condition in my opinion, and it's brown. I would prefer black. Picture is fresh off 1984 Toronado, 0 cleanup. Entertaining offers if anyone needs a brown driver quality Toro wheel.
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Just buy some black duplicolor vinyl paint available at Autozone or Advance, or SEM at a automotive paint supply, and spray a number of coats on it and then wetsand it. Repeat that until you're ready for a finish coat. It'll look like new. You can also purchase some leather filler on ebay if there are any scratches or gouges you need to fill.
 
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Here my "new" roundy thing with a couple of coats of gloss black Duplicolor fabric and vinyl coating. Thinking a satin finish would look better, but Advance Auto only had gloss and flat IMG_0149.jpg
 
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BOXCARS

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Hey looks good! No worries, you can do it over anytime if you want to go semi-gloss or maybe change the color. I find the black semi-gloss duplicolor is a little on the shiny side, also. Unfortunately, they don't have dead flat. After a while, the wheel gets a little glossy, whatever you use, because of constantly being touched and handled.

Here's a (Reatta) wheel in silver duplicolor:
 

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