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EVO X Steering wheel on GTS/VRX?

Postby WillF » Fri May 28, 2010 2:50 pm

is it a stright swap or a pain in the arse?
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Postby Blakey » Fri May 28, 2010 2:54 pm

it could be simple, most parts would be the same like the airbag plug, but whether the steering boss of the evox and of the vrx are the same only adrian would know as he breaths the manual.

it seems logical to be the same, but they may be different.
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Postby lancervr » Fri May 28, 2010 3:10 pm

i would think its possible cuz vrx equivalent 2.0 GTs in singapore come with those steering wheels...
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Postby Blakey » Fri May 28, 2010 3:24 pm

yer but why pay $400 for a steering wheel without a airbag, that also cost about $300
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Postby arutha » Fri May 28, 2010 4:34 pm

Blakey wrote:only adrian would know as he breaths the manual.



lol i hear that he sleeps with it under his pillow and often recites various sections of it when he thinks no one is listening.
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Postby Speedie » Fri May 28, 2010 9:17 pm

I've already done this to my VRX. Straight swap. Don't by from Mitsubishi unless you have $2000 to spend on a steering wheel.
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Postby lancervr » Fri May 28, 2010 9:19 pm

pics would be nice... :)
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Postby JaCe » Fri May 28, 2010 10:44 pm

Wow I didn't know you could swap the Evo X wheel so easily.
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Postby WillF » Mon May 31, 2010 1:08 am

Blakey wrote:yer but why pay $400 for a steering wheel without a airbag, that also cost about $300


Yea i know but a mate of mine used to work at amcap and is now parts manager at a mits garage so i was going to see if he could work some magic. I just really like that steering wheel lol
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Postby Speedie » Mon May 31, 2010 5:12 pm

The airbag alone is worth $1000 from Mitsubishi, The Steering wheel controls $80- 100 each side and then the wheel itself $600 -800. $2000 RRP. Trade price could drop it to $1500.
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Postby Shifta » Sat Nov 13, 2010 3:04 pm

Speedie wrote:I've already done this to my VRX. Straight swap. Don't by from Mitsubishi unless you have $2000 to spend on a steering wheel.


do you have any sources on where would be best to get one?
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Postby Speedie » Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:01 pm

I got mine from the states cheap.
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Postby JaCe » Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:47 pm

What's special about the Evo wheel though? Just leather right? Or is it smaller?
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Postby Shifta » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:44 pm

Speedie wrote:I got mine from the states cheap.

any particular website or company? or from a wreckers or something?

JaCe wrote:What's special about the Evo wheel though? Just leather right? Or is it smaller?

my vrx wheel is leather, but the evo wheel is much nicer, its more sporty like a wheel from a mazda rx8 rather than 'family car' like. :)
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Postby JaCe » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:50 pm

Thanks Shaun. I really gotta do a comparison more closely with a non-Evo wheel. I've seen alot at meets but never really driven with them much other than when I test drove the 2L and the RA.
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