Is there any way to make steering wheel lighter(softer)?

[PetrolioBenzina]

Originally Posted by bkharmony

What drives me crazy is how slippery the leather on the wheel is, especially in the cold. I asked about this here a year ago when I bought the car and the consensus was it would get "tackier" as I drove it. A year later and it's still smooth to the point my hands slip off it once in a while.

My hands get dry every now and then in the winter, and that wheel is stupidly slick when that happens. I've been meaning to get a cover one of these days, or maybe do a 550 cord wrap.

I don't understand what they were thinking when they chose that material.

[bkharmony]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Stop washing your hands and your problem will be fixed.

Originally Posted by PetrolioBenzina

My hands get dry every now and then in the winter, and that wheel is stupidly slick when that happens. I've been meaning to get a cover one of these days, or maybe do a 550 cord wrap.

I don't understand what they were thinking when they chose that material.

I'm a very active hadn't washer. Stupid 86 now has me obsessively applying lotion so the wheel doesn't slip out of my hands and launch me into a tree.

I think I just need some cool fingerless eurotrash driving gloves.

[Tcoat]

Well all I can say is that it appears that many people here would have been screwed if they had to drive cars that their grandmothers drove without complaint.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by PetrolioBenzina

My hands get dry every now and then in the winter, and that wheel is stupidly slick when that happens. I've been meaning to get a cover one of these days, or maybe do a 550 cord wrap.

I don't understand what they were thinking when they chose that material.

I can not stand that material on the 17s steering wheel. It is slick to start with and can only get worse under certain conditions.

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by bkharmony

I'm a very active hadn't washer. Stupid 86 now has me obsessively applying lotion so the wheel doesn't slip out of my hands and launch me into a tree.

I think I just need some cool fingerless eurotrash driving gloves.

I'm that dude that uses mechanix gloves to drive tbh. Just don't like driving with cold steering wheel and freezing my hand on my aluminum shifter.

It's a fashion statement.

[8inchAzN]

Have you tried getting one of these?
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...d_i=9147753011

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by bkharmony

This. I find it a bit heavy until past 10 mph or so. It's unpleasant in our cramped parking garage. Under the same conditions, my TC steering was so much easier at low speed. Literally could do a three point turn with a single finger. Doesn't help they made the steering wheel smaller for 2017.

What drives me crazy is how slippery the leather on the wheel is, especially in the cold. I asked about this here a year ago when I bought the car and the consensus was it would get "tackier" as I drove it. A year later and it's still smooth to the point my hands slip off it once in a while.

Put a toddler with an ice cream cone behind the wheel for about 30 minutes .....that will make it "tackier" ......


humfrz

[Decep]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Dude. What did you drive that made this quite a bit firmer?

I am floored that people feel these cars have firm steering.

Have you not driven your average econobox or sedan ? The steering is way overboosted in general. Or even your average SUV. Cant tell what the front wheels are doing half the time. Kind of like American cars from the 70s but not as bad.

[bkharmony]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

I'm that dude that uses mechanix gloves to drive tbh. Just don't like driving with cold steering wheel and freezing my hand on my aluminum shifter.

It's a fashion statement.

Gimme those in black with some 70s Bausch & Lombs, and we're in business.

(I did try driving with my summer weight motorcycle gloves, and it just wasn't working. Still too bulky.)

[bkharmony]

Originally Posted by 8inchAzN

Have you tried getting one of these?
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...d_i=9147753011

Used to have one with a pinup girl on my 67 F-250. Totally pointless, just looked cool.

[bkharmony]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well all I can say is that it appears that many people here would have been screwed if they had to drive cars that their grandmothers drove without complaint.

There's a reason the steering wheels were the diameter of a hula hoop.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Decep

Have you not driven your average econobox or sedan ? The steering is way overboosted in general. Or even your average SUV. Cant tell what the front wheels are doing half the time. Kind of like American cars from the 70s but not as bad.

Yes and they are indeed numb. That does not make the steering in these cars "stiff" though. Has nobody else here ever driven a car with no power assist? How about ones that were not even rack and pinion? I guess "stiff" is subjective but good god how much easier can cars get to steer? My 70 year old grandmother used to drive her 64 Ford with no power steering every single day, all year round, and had no issues. My mother who weighs all of about 90 pounds managed with cars that apparently would put some people here in the hospital.
If people think these cars have stiff steering and are getting injured from them then maybe self driving cars can't come soon enough.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by bkharmony

There's a reason the steering wheels were the diameter of a hula hoop.

Yep. And yet they could be driven without the driver being injured.


Believe me I KNOW.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yes and they are indeed numb. That does not make the steering in these cars "stiff" though. Has nobody else here ever driven a car with no power assist? How about ones that were not even rack and pinion? I guess "stiff" is subjective but good god how much easier can cars get to steer? My 70 year old grandmother used to drive her 64 Ford with no power steering every single day, all year round, and had no issues. My mother who weighs all of about 90 pounds managed with cars that apparently would put some people here in the hospital.
If people think these cars have stiff steering and are getting injured from them then maybe self driving cars can't come soon enough.

humfrz