steering wheel options - Toyota Yaris Forums

89GLH · 01-03-2009, 07:25 PM

Does anyone know if Toyota has a different steering wheel other than the 3 spoke design? I find it uncomfortable for daily driving purposes. I wouldn't have a problem getting one from Canada, I know they have some better accessories for our cars than available here in the US.

ztrack157 · 01-03-2009, 09:11 PM

As garm said before respectfully requesting that you change your hand position I drive like you and have adjusted. Toyota does not make them. You need to go aftermarket and you'll lose the air bag.

Ryu · 01-03-2009, 09:44 PM

Sorry I don't know the answer to your quesetion, but I found that lean back your seat a bit increase some leg room between your leg and steering wheel which in return give you more comfort.

89GLH · 01-04-2009, 01:35 AM

My car will never see a track. It is used to drive 115-120 miles a day back and forth to work. To suggest I need to change my grip on the wheel to a "more appropriate position" is preposterous. To put a Yaris on a track one needs to have their head examined, my opinion. I have driven several sports cars on several race tracks before, and I agree that this would not be appropriate for that location. M3s, corvettes, and a couple mitsubishi evolutions. But for daily driving, I want to be as comfortable as possible.

This was the response I was looking for initially. They don't make a wheel? Fine by me, time to adapt the way I drive the car. Plain and simple. :)

(with a car with 500 miles on it, I'm not changing to anything aftermarket. Had Toyota made one though, I would have switched them out myself.)

ChinoCharles · 01-04-2009, 02:06 AM

The nice thing about something like a steering wheel is you can always go back to stock.

If I were you and I was dead set on a more comfortable steering wheel, I'd go find one!

01-03-2009, 07:25 PM	#1
89GLH Drives: 2009 Yaris 4 door hatch Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 30	steering wheel options Does anyone know if Toyota has a different steering wheel other than the 3 spoke design? I find it uncomfortable for daily driving purposes. I wouldn't have a problem getting one from Canada, I know they have some better accessories for our cars than available here in the US.

01-03-2009, 09:11 PM	#2
ztrack157 Vroom Vroom Beep Beep View User's Garage Drives: Powered Roller Skate Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Biggs, CA Posts: 404	As garm said before respectfully requesting that you change your hand position I drive like you and have adjusted. Toyota does not make them. You need to go aftermarket and you'll lose the air bag. __________________ Ever blown out an R-200 diff god know's I have

01-03-2009, 09:44 PM	#3
Ryu View User's Garage Drives: Copper Orange Mica Yaris Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, BC Posts: 503	Sorry I don't know the answer to your quesetion, but I found that lean back your seat a bit increase some leg room between your leg and steering wheel which in return give you more comfort. __________________ My Copper Orange Mica Yaris with 9.3lb Kosei K1 TS http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10951 http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13882 http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...180#post472180

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01-04-2009, 01:35 AM	#4
89GLH Drives: 2009 Yaris 4 door hatch Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 30	My car will never see a track. It is used to drive 115-120 miles a day back and forth to work. To suggest I need to change my grip on the wheel to a "more appropriate position" is preposterous. To put a Yaris on a track one needs to have their head examined, my opinion. I have driven several sports cars on several race tracks before, and I agree that this would not be appropriate for that location. M3s, corvettes, and a couple mitsubishi evolutions. But for daily driving, I want to be as comfortable as possible. This was the response I was looking for initially. They don't make a wheel? Fine by me, time to adapt the way I drive the car. Plain and simple. :) (with a car with 500 miles on it, I'm not changing to anything aftermarket. Had Toyota made one though, I would have switched them out myself.)

01-04-2009, 02:06 AM	#5
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	The nice thing about something like a steering wheel is you can always go back to stock. If I were you and I was dead set on a more comfortable steering wheel, I'd go find one!