Hey fellas,

Leather versus Suede?

I use a (too small) 320mm Momo Monte Carlo and am going up to a larger diameter -- thinking of trying out the Suede style.

Personal choice for sure but would like pro/con from others.

Jay

 

< uses suade and suade palm gloves for max grip and minimal wear.

if this thing is going to see daily duty. get leather or plan on buying wheels frequently.

 

hey, now there is a topic I never thought about

 

Had a Nardi 330mm, switched to a Personal 350mm for the same reason as you my Nardi was too small.

As far as material, all of mine have been leather so I cannot comment on how suede is. I havent had any trouble with my hands slipping FWIW.

 

Suede-on-suede (gloves + wheel) is sex in a can. I have never bothered with the expense though, and have always defaulted to the longer life of leather.

 

Suede on rubber/urethane is better than sex in a can, and nice grip too.
Grippy enough but can slide just right too.
350mm is the ticket. Anything else is too small IMO.

 

Suede on rubber? Who makes a wheel like that? I kinda remember MOMO having some weird looking ones, but closer examination looks like they're all leather or suede.

On a completely unrelated site, MOMO's website is KILLER. It has an autozoom function for any of the products, and is REALLY zoomed in. Neat stuff.

Also, 320mm on a stock manual EG Civic rack isn't that bad, and helps with the otherwise mostly-crummy rack ratio. On anything more resistant than that, I agree that 350mm is the smallest one should go.

 

It's a Momo... I dont know what model it is but it has a nice feel to it.
I'll check when i get home tonight, the back side of the steering wheel has all the model information.

 

i had a 330 before i started tracking. it sucked. it felt like i was on a lawn mower. i drove a few buddies cars with 350s. i will agree a 350 is the way to go. i like the feel of suede in bare hands because you can "feel" the texture through your hands. ive been wearing gloves lately and i dont get the same "feel".

 

The wheel is closest to the "Jet" steering wheel as I can tell from their website.
It does have some notable differences to it as well.
I have had it for 3 years and love it.

 

Good topic. I'm running into issues with steering wheel grip lately. Stock integra steering wheel; not changing it out (daily/weekend warrior). Any recommendations...wheel is over a decade old and slippery. I'm assuming a good pair of gloves should take care of it......

 

Bowrrow some suede gloves and try that before you buy some.
A good pair of gloves that will last you start about 75 bux and go up.

 

Speaking of which, anyone in the market for some Alpinestars Tech 1-Z gloves (not suede)? LOL.

Worn for two time trials events.

I wear a large in every glove ive ever known, but these ones are too small.

 

Thanks Paul, I'll have to look at one of those sometime.

 

How many guys are using a dished wheel? I'm trying to decide between getting a dished Sparco or OMP 350mm suede or a non dished wheel.

 

I leave this alone for a few days.............and it turns to talk of sex and rubber....

Appreciate all the replies guys. Will give the suede style a try.

Jay

 

Is it tacky for me to try a steering wheel cover...

 

the perforated leather from Sparco is really nice.

 

Bump this up because going from my ep to my ek feels like I am driving a school bus.

I've been looking into the OMP deep 3 spoke wheels. Not sure on what hub length to go with out a wick release. Everywhere I see a short hub and wick release packaged together but no normal or long hubs.

 

What is the size of a stock EK wheel? My biggest problem is leg room trying to heel toe. With my seat in the proper location if I move my right foot over my leg hits the wheel. The only solution with the stock wheel is to raise it up which makes it feel like a truck driver and rather uncomfortable due to the height of my seats. My seat pan is 1/4" off the floor lol. I sat in a friends car with a 320MM wheel I believe and it was way too small for my taste but it did get rid of that leg hitting the wheel problem.

 

I run a 350 momo leather with Sparco tide gloves.

I might switch to a suede Sparco but at the moment no need

 

Probably 370-390mm. The Integra wheel is somewhere in that range, the JDM ITR is ~350mm. The CTR wheel may be the same, I'm not sure (NOTE: If you don't know, an Integra wheel will NOT fit on an EK steering shaft).

 

EP/EK/AP and I believe the newest Prelude use the same hub