Steering wheels

[Tlandcruiser]

I'm picking up my Elise in the next few days and due to how short my wife is, the Sparco 310 steering wheel would aid her visibility due to it being a flat top. I assume the two red buttons being used for a horn will still ensure it's legal.

Will the unusual shape be ok to use for road use? I've only ever used oval steering wheels. It measures 260mm by 310mm

[kambites]

Presumably it's an old Elise? Because removing an air-bag is an MoT fail these days.

Regarding the flat bottom, there's certainly no law against it but flat-bottomed wheels on anything where you expect to move your hands around the wheel feel very odd to me. For the horn, I think all you need is a way to activate it - on my old MGB I moved the horn down to a button on the dashboard because the steering wheel I was using I had didn't have a switch for it.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 29th July 07:14

[BertBert]

What happens to her visibility when she goes round corners?

[EliseS2]

BertBert said:

What happens to her visibility when she goes round corners?

Good question! I would plan to get the seat modifications carried out first and then look at the steering wheel.