MOMO Marine wheels

[KenC]

It may also be a safety thing. The wheel for a car is probably designed with materials that will give somewhat in a hard impact.

What is the construction of the marine wheel? Fiberglass? Wood? Might that shatter and pose a greater injury risk in an automobile accident?

Just my $.02

Word. FG might do a number on you if it broke during a wreck ;)

[Digitalwave]

Thats not the wheel Pasha, its all black.

The seller said its a grippy rubberish material (at least the top layer) so its not just hard plastic. Its not leather though, thats for sure.

[Jand3rson]

I'm kind of with Dave on the construction of them.

I guess Digi can be the gineau pig for that, too. :D

[Dave]

I looked at a couple on fleaBay. Looks like the difference is they are covered in hard rubber rather than plastic/leather.

I'd want to know more but it looks like they might be safe.

[Jand3rson]

I looked at a couple on fleaBay. Looks like the difference is they are covered in hard rubber rather than plastic/leather.

I'd want to know more but it looks like they might be safe.

You know, I'd almost rather have the hard rubber than leather. Leather looks nice, but it just goes to such shit over time. Take my M-Tech II wheel. It looks great, until you get to areas of the leather parts where your hands sit the most. It's the same story with my leather shift knob. I've got one of those B&M leather ones that looks just like the small leather MOMO. I've had it for like 8 months, and the leather on it is already getting worn, and really dirty. I've cleaned/conditioned it with a couple different things, and it just never comes fully clean or looks as good as it did. It's part of the reason I got rid of my leather sport seats. Pretty much the only leather parts I'm keeping in my car are the shift and ebrake boots, they don't take much abuse.

[e30sd]

if you end up looking like that asian kid from hb, i will laugh.

[eurostyl e30]

Beware of some of the bargain Momo goods on eBay. I recieved a shift knob once in very convincing packaging, only to open it up and find it to be completely shoddy in every way. My brother put it on his car for the hell of it, and the color wore off the leather within a week.

It's now filtering through layers of trash at the dump.

[Charlie]

Dude, that just wouldn't look right in an e30.

-Charlie

[Dave]

Dude, that just wouldn't look right in an e30.

-Charlie

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ppi.html

[europeanplates]

Beware, MOMO actually does a fair job sorting through EBAY listings. I am a dealer and actually have never seen the pricing for the Marine items, but if i recall they would not legally have to make it strong enough to survive a crash.

BTW the MOMO hub is as important since it is designed to withstand an impact.

Tyler

BTW there are nice leather and non leather wheels out there for 99.00, I havea few that i have sold for this price from OMP.

[bmwmike]

personally id either want the bmw tech wheel or if anything, the suede momo. On ebay they have some (maybe there not real momos but look sweet and are suede) for like $180 shipped http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

[Mystikal]

You know, I'd almost rather have the hard rubber than leather. Leather looks nice, but it just goes to such shit over time. Take my M-Tech II wheel. It looks great, until you get to areas of the leather parts where your hands sit the most. It's the same story with my leather shift knob. I've got one of those B&M leather ones that looks just like the small leather MOMO. I've had it for like 8 months, and the leather on it is already getting worn, and really dirty. I've cleaned/conditioned it with a couple different things, and it just never comes fully clean or looks as good as it did. It's part of the reason I got rid of my leather sport seats. Pretty much the only leather parts I'm keeping in my car are the shift and ebrake boots, they don't take much abuse.

Do you guys have extremely sweaty hands or something? My M-Tech II came original on the car, has 331k kms on it now, and has no significantly worn sections that I can see. And since you brought it up the seats too, they're perfect...how rough are people on their cars?

[europeanplates]

Seriously look at the OMP wheels, there are some sweet wheels and you do not pay the MOMO price. OMP is also huge in Europe but only has a small following in the US.

Tyler

[Digitalwave]

personally id either want the bmw tech wheel or if anything, the suede momo. On ebay they have some (maybe there not real momos but look sweet and are suede) for like $180 shipped http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

I don't like BMW wheels, and I would never want a suede wheel for a daily driver.

Tyler, I was looking on your web site for OMP wheels today... and the only 350mm wheel you sell is about $100 more than a comparable Momo wheel. The $99 one you have is 300mm... that's like a go kart steering wheel. I like OMP but I think $200+ is too much for a wheel like that.

[Jand3rson]

Do you guys have extremely sweaty hands or something? My M-Tech II came original on the car, has 331k kms on it now, and has no significantly worn sections that I can see. And since you brought it up the seats too, they're perfect...how rough are people on their cars?

Jay, you've got the advantage of knowing that your car was cared for very well it's whole life. Most of us bought the cars, not ever knowing the history of them, or how well the people that owned them took care of them. I got my M-Tech II wheel from DanGillan, who knows who had it before him? As far as my leather seats, the only one that really had any problems was the driver side, just cracked and slight tears here and there.