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i am using a wheel out of a late 80"s cavalier. that gained some room.the next thing may or maynot be safe.i removed the column and fabricated another bracket to weld to the one that holds the column to the dash with about 2.5" differance in lenght on the hole span. then remove the steering shaft from the box and column and compress it about 2.5" inches.the only thing i lost was the switch for the reverse lights was now where the column clamps to the firewall, so i use a toggle switch for them now. you dont lose all the compresion of the steering shaft so some people have told me it is safe , others say it is too risky. use your own judgement