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Old 04-17-2015, 06:01 PM   #1
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Re: steering wheel shortening

Is it the pictures, or is that wheel more oblong shaped?
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Old 04-17-2015, 06:35 PM   #2
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Is it the pictures, or is that wheel more oblong shaped?
I'm sure it's the pics because I had to rotate them (from landscape to portrait) & resize them after taking pics of the wheel with my iPhone. You had me scared thinking something was wrong, because I built it in a jig & that I know for a fact that it is perfectly symmetrical.
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Old 04-29-2015, 10:20 PM   #3
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I'm finally getting somewhere with this & I am happy with the results! Time to wet sand & then apply one more coat of black. Don't be fooled by the contour & reflection in the last pic, it is not crooked on the bottom Y spoke. You can see that is isn't in the first pic. Have a blessed day!
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Old 04-30-2015, 03:07 AM   #4
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Looking good man! Nice clean job.


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Old 09-22-2016, 06:55 PM   #5
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looks great!!! going to do this!! any photos of the resized wheel installed?
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Any updates with photos would be great.
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Old 03-18-2018, 11:45 AM   #7
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That is amazing! Nice job
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Old 03-18-2018, 02:19 PM   #8
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What’s a good size for the wheel? Does a 14” look stupid small?
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