Thnx. No need to justify or defend. Price sounds fine. Scott www.turbovans.com and appreciate the details about driver height and instrument visibility.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of John Bange Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:12 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: FS: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon > hi..im asking $100 for the leather wrapped steering wheel because i spend > my > time modifying the steering wheel itself to fit the vanagon and provide > you > with mounting hardware...since the steering wheels are from > mk1/mk2 golfs or jettas, the OD is slightly smaller. not much, maybe an > inch > at the most. this does not pose a problem with handling or steering, but > if > you are extremely tall, it may obscure the tops of the gauges depending on > where your seat is positioned. i am 6ft tall, and with the golf/jetta > steering > wheel installed in my van, it doesnt bother me, but everyone is different. > > I had a steering wheel such as this, and it was NICE. I am, unfortunately, 6'2" and it eclipsed the tops of the tach and speedo, so I had to go with the $$$ VWSA wheel. The modification on these is a bit tricky. $100 is well worth it. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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