Hello all. I am purchasing a Gemballa steering wheel from an individual (actually a shop) who knows nothing about the wheel. It is new and in box , never been installed. I have read other posts about people installing it in 30 minutes or so. Is there an adapter or anything that I need to have to do this? All that seems to be in the box (don't have it yet) is the steering wheel and german instructions. Please let me know if there is something I should be aware of. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

is this the Gemballa wheel that has been on ebay recently??

 

I talked to them after the auction was over. I haven't actually purchased it yet but want to make sure that it will install. They seem to be a great group of guys but don't know much about this so can't answer many of the questions I have. I would like the wheel but I don't believe the adapter hub is included. The pictures you saw has everything they have (excluding the German instructions). I don't see how it attaches to the car...not without an adapter. I called Gemballa who told me they come with adapters in the box. Not sure whether or not it will work. What do you think?

 

It looks like the Gemballa steering wheels are made from an Atiwe wheel. The wheel in the auction didn't show any sort of mounting hub. ( splined piece to fit over the steering column shaft) It is hard to tell for sure, but it didn't appear to have the clock spring either. I assume the Atiwe based wheels use the Porsche 993/996 clock spring.
FVD sells Atiwe wheels and hubs. They should be able to set you up with the proper mounting hub. http://www.fvd-web.com/fvd-usa/index-usa.html

Let us know how it turns out.

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