87 CRX steering wheel
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Re: 87 CRX steering wheel (AllmeGSR)
Define "fit".
It will physically go onto the steering column. The splines will match up, and the 19mm nut will hold it on. But it still won't really "fit". Why? Because the '88-'91 Civic/CRX lineup got steering wheels that were deeper. If you look at them side by side, the '88-'91 is dished more (in profile, looking at the wheel from the side, not head-on like you would be if you were sitting in the car. Hopefully that makes sense. Still waking up; coffee not taking effect...)
What happens is, you put the '87 wheel on your '91 hatch. Fine and good, until you go to make a turn. Your knuckles are hitting the wiper and turn signal stalks! There's only about 1/4" between them and the rim of the steering wheel! Oh no, crashing and burning and dying (Oh My!).
Pre '92 Prelude wheels are also shallow like the 1G CRX/3G Civic ones. 1G Integras, too.
What I know WILL fit and still have the right wheel-to-blinkers distance:
2G Integra (3G should, too, but you'll have to go outside the US to get one without airbags)
4G Civic (I'm using a nice 4-spoke one off a Civic 4dr that didn't have cruise, so no extra buttons on the wheel)
'92-'96 Prelude (airbags again, though).
Anyway, the vast majority of mid-80s-and-up Hondas use the same steering wheel mount dimensions (shaft diameter, nut size, thread pitch, spline count, etc.). What you really have to watch for are the depth (dish) of the wheel, what extra controls are on it, and does it have an airbag in it.
Mike
It will physically go onto the steering column. The splines will match up, and the 19mm nut will hold it on. But it still won't really "fit". Why? Because the '88-'91 Civic/CRX lineup got steering wheels that were deeper. If you look at them side by side, the '88-'91 is dished more (in profile, looking at the wheel from the side, not head-on like you would be if you were sitting in the car. Hopefully that makes sense. Still waking up; coffee not taking effect...)
What happens is, you put the '87 wheel on your '91 hatch. Fine and good, until you go to make a turn. Your knuckles are hitting the wiper and turn signal stalks! There's only about 1/4" between them and the rim of the steering wheel! Oh no, crashing and burning and dying (Oh My!).
Pre '92 Prelude wheels are also shallow like the 1G CRX/3G Civic ones. 1G Integras, too.
What I know WILL fit and still have the right wheel-to-blinkers distance:
2G Integra (3G should, too, but you'll have to go outside the US to get one without airbags)
4G Civic (I'm using a nice 4-spoke one off a Civic 4dr that didn't have cruise, so no extra buttons on the wheel)
'92-'96 Prelude (airbags again, though).
Anyway, the vast majority of mid-80s-and-up Hondas use the same steering wheel mount dimensions (shaft diameter, nut size, thread pitch, spline count, etc.). What you really have to watch for are the depth (dish) of the wheel, what extra controls are on it, and does it have an airbag in it.
Mike
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