In reply to NOHOME :
I agree. It's just way out of my price range.
In reply to NOHOME :
I agree. It's just way out of my price range.
The foam grips on grant wheels in your price range don't seem too wear that well, not horrible though. The upside is there are bajillions of them out there and I haven't personally seen one fail where it counts. Like most aftermarket parts most of the problems I've seen have been because of half assed installs. I would probably go with one of those.
I had a secondhand Grant wheel on my C10 project. Rather basic but a tough and well built wheel. I think it was a Classic Series. It had been sitting outdoors on a camper with the roof sawed off for a while before I put it on the car and had held up well to such abuse.
Another possibility - can you get spacers for the Civic wheel? I had a Civic where sewing a WheelSkin to the stock wheel managed to make the problem with the "not thick enough" and "foam detached at the top" non-issues, but it wouldn't solve the other issues.
I actually have a wheel that came from a fiat that should fit a momo adapter I'd sell for $30 plus shipping.
In reply to Tk8398 :
What's the diameter and dish? Got any pictures? You can pm me through the site if you wish.
I just put a $10 leather cover from Amazon on my Jeep wheel that had torn leather. It turned out amazingly nice. Just thought that might be an option if you found a cheap sunburned wheel in a JY that would fit. The cover was an Aully Park brand - comes in several sizes and colors.
I swap the wheel on most cars I own, so here is my biased opinion:
NRG - Best budget wheel, beware, they are very commonly knocked off, so buy legit, not ebay! They have the only reasonably priced quick release that doesen't wobble after a few months.
Nardi/personal/sparco/momo - all are almost universally great, but in the overpriced range. Look for these used. Do not buy a 50 dollar brand new ebay version, it will be fake.
Grant - Cheapest wheel I would trust. The designs always seem wonky to me, but they work well. Never seen a knockoff.
I think 360mm is perfect for non power cars, but I have gone 320 in a crx and didn't die. I did however, grunt while parking and aquire larger forearms.
In reply to Nugi :
There were some Grant knock-offs sold by APC, but yeah they are cheap enough that there just doesn't seem to be a lot of copies. Just copies of Momo/Nardi, etc.
Grant classic for the dish, I like these. Or GT for not dished.
What do we think about driven wheels?
Looks like I'm going with Grant. Unfortunately no one around here keeps wheels in stock anymore so I'll be ordering it. I figured I may as well get one if those covers that ultraclyde used to cover the cheap rubber Grant uses for the grip. Probably going with a GT and if necessary Grant sells a 2" extension kit to bring it closer.
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