onespiritbrain Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 My steering wheel has lost its coating and is now sticky and grimy feeling when the humidity is high. I am holding off on trying to modify the idle air control solenoid and am making the steering wheel my next project. I am trying to inquire of anyone who has knowledge about the R50 steering wheel. I would love to find a mint steering wheel from the junk yard but I’ve never seen one (that I’ve noticed— I wasn’t looking so it would’ve had to really jump out at me). Are there a range of Nissan steering wheels that the R50 will accept? Has anyone had any success trying to restore their steering wheel? New acrylic paint and clear coat?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Ive got several brother. Gray and black. Leather wrapped Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Both are in excellent condition Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Ive upgraded both my 96 Pathy and 97 Q to woodgrains. The black one came from a G20 and the gray came from my Q. I will post pics for you asap.Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 The hardest part really is getting the cruise control to work along with the horn. Sorry i didnt post just 1 reply but i keep thinking of stuff after the fact. LOLSent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Oh wow I wonder if all the G steering wheels will mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 They should.Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 If you don’t mind, please post pics of the part where it mates up to the steering column. If there are splines, what is the count? And do you know the diameter of the splined portion?Thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Heres the black leather wrapped g20 steering wheel. Its in great condition just needs to be cleaned with leather cleaner and conditioned. Its been in storage for over a year. Along with the other steeringwheels. The gray leather wrapped does have a few blemishes, but putting s leather treatment on it would do wonders. The last steering wheel came from my 98 Pathy XE. Its just plain jane, but in excellent shape. Steering wheel is not sticky anywhere. My favorite is the black leather wrapped from the g20. As far as what steering wheels will work the main thing is the little bitty hole next to the shaft hole must lineup or it will not work. I've got another leather-wrapped gray one I don't remember what I got it out of but it wouldn't work because that little bitty hole didn't line up right, you have the steering shaft then you have that little bitty hole beside it to the right. I believe the little hole is for the clock spring. Also when installing the steering wheel you have to make sure you line up the 3 holes that form a rectangle on the end of the steering wheel shaft line up with the 3 on the column. Those 3 holes are for your blinkers. The last pic shows what im talking about. Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 My Q you came with the gray leather wrapped steering wheel just like yours at first I didn't think the black would look all that good but let me tell you brother it looks really good with the gray plus the vents are black part of the shift column or I should say console is black it matches up nicely.Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 You can have anyone you want. Just pay for shipping. I dont know how or if there's any regulations on shipping the airbag or not. Of course once it's in the box and wrapped up no one would know that it was in there anyway but at the same time I wouldn't want the thing to go off so I don't know how we would go about doing that.Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole_Rosie_R50 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 You can buy a sewable steering wheel cover online and sew it on! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 You can have anyone you want. Just pay for shipping. I dont know how or if there's any regulations on shipping the airbag or not. Of course once it's in the box and wrapped up no one would know that it was in there anyway but at the same time I wouldn't want the thing to go off so I don't know how we would go about doing that. Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Wow thanks man! You’re so close by I’ll probably just make a trip up and say hello in person! We will have to figure out when a good time for us both will be. I’m stuck working weekends for a while until this new machine is installed but it might be nice to wait a little while until the leaves start to turn colors! Thanks again man :] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 No problem pal. There not going anywhere. Any time is good for me. I live in a suburb of Knoxville (Lenoir City). 20miles from the University of Tennessee. The Great Smoky Mountains are beautiful in the fall with all the foliage. Looking forward to it. We can even do the install if you want to do so. Personally I would go with the Black Leather wrapped wheel as opposed to the gray. Peace, love and understanding brother. GO VOLS!Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowndawgR50 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Could always grab a Nissan OEM option Momo steering wheel. They're equipped with airbags too. I worked a deal out with @ferrariowner123 for his unit and its a pretty slick upgrade, but you will need to relocate cruise control and stereo functions to the dashboard or setup a wheel mounted system 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herotrooper Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 14 hours ago, TowndawgR50 said: Could always grab a Nissan OEM option Momo steering wheel. They're equipped with airbags too. I worked a deal out with @ferrariowner123 for his unit and its a pretty slick upgrade, but you will need to relocate cruise control and stereo functions to the dashboard or setup a wheel mounted system Have any pics of this? Pretty interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfromthelc Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, herotrooper said: Have any pics of this? Pretty interested. Yeah, I'm also interested in this. I don't have controls on my steering wheel, so that would be a pretty nice upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowndawgR50 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 I love it. Where and how did you come across that gem?Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowndawgR50 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 @Mrelcocko We would have to ask @ferrariowner123 I believe he used Yahoo auctions Japan. That's where he tends to source lots of JDM treasures, but I'm not 100% sure about the origin story of the steering wheel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Wow I searched the Momo steering wheel on google and didn’t like too much what I saw but I definitely like what you have in the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiTerrano Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Would a JDM Subaru Momo airbag wheel work you reckon? There's heaps of those in NZ. Had one on my Forester and loved it. They look identical to the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowndawgR50 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) @KiwiTerrano If the diameter and spline count of the steering shaft are the same it very well could Edited September 3, 2019 by TowndawgR50 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Time to put an STI steering wheel in my pathfinder Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryRos Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Try to contact these guys ( https://www.woodensteeringwheels.com/wood-steering-wheels/). They can restore steering wheels and dashboards by custom made and usually wooden. it looks really cool specially if its an older model. Give a try to contact them, they may help you with your problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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