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Old 10-29-2024 | 11:59 AM
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As the title says: looking to add some more wood to my interior. The factory steering although nice, it is a bit on the thin side. I cant decide on a wood steering wheel design. The E-Type design with the holes in the spokes looks interesting but so do some options from Nardi and NRG.
Would love to see some wheels for Series 1-3 interiors.
 
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Old 10-29-2024 | 01:56 PM
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Old 10-29-2024 | 06:48 PM
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That wheels looks good. My only gripe with this design is that its a bit thin and usually the wood grip notches on the back of the wheels arent as rounded but more jagged feeling.
 

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Over the decades I've tried various brands but always end up coming back to Nardi.



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Here is the Mota-Lita range. This link is to page 2 of many, but the first one is a wood with a thicker grip:
https://www.moto-lita.co.uk/collecti...-wheels?page=2

 
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I have the Nardi

 
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This looks nice. Do you recall the Nardi model # for this one? My car's a british racing green with a tan interior like yours - thanks for posting!
 
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Was on the car when I got it, Keep your old wheel if you decide to enter the car in any jcna sanctioned shows, they deduct points for not being original! Ask me how I know! Lol
 
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My 85 now wears a Nardi. Matches perfectly and it's smaller diameter makes driving fo much more pleasant. I went with black spokes. I feel the silver ones tend to clash with the dash. But, to each his/her own.

 
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I don't like ANY steering wheel that blocks the line-of-sight view of the gauges, regardless of brand.
As can be seen in the previous pictures, some gauges are blocked from view due to the spokes being oriented to the 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock position.

Jaguar factory steering wheel spokes are "neutral" at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions, so the gauges aren't blocked.
 
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The guages are not really blocked,. I had to pull my phone so far back to get the whole wheel in the picture. In my regular driving position (head/eye), arr guages are easily visible. I sit quite high up!
 
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I like my two Momo wheels. One is Momo Germany, the other is Momo Italy.

The spokes are at 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock. One is black leather, the other is wood.
And a thick grip for my large neandarthal hands.
 

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Just to toss out more options....

Nardi also makes some very nice leather wheels as well. Here's one in my TR6



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