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Steering Colums and switch gear

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:17 pm
by anton
Has anyone adapted alternative steering colums and colum switches into their stylus other than the standard mini/ford stuff.

I really dislike the ford switch gear and have recently broken a vw corrado so was wandering about putting this in my RT. In principal it's very simple and just involves adaptation of the steering UJ and mocking up some slightly different mounts.

Anyone any other thoughts on where i'm likely to run into problems? :?

Anton

steering columns

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:45 pm
by stylussprinter
I don't use any column swithes , they're all on the dash which avoids the '' kit car look '' . It doesn't really matter which one you use apart from weight considerations and connecting to a '' rack '' .
Rob. :roll:

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:27 pm
by Werner Van Loock
Only problem I can think of is that it's too short as most FWD cars have the rack between the engine and bulkhead, so the column is short and makes a bend pretty quickly. Other than that I think it should work.

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:38 pm
by alecmartin19
you may have issues when it comes to wiring the switches up. it will be possible but i know the car uses a ford wiring loom so the instructions with that will have to be adapted to suit your switches. i can't see it being vastly different though. just something to watch out for!