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VF Flat Bottom Steering Wheels

Voodoo_SV6

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The flat bottom is good for wheel position when driving close to the limit on the track or just having fun (on a closed road of course)
 

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Can understand a thicker wheel being nicer to drive but what is the point of the flat bottom other than to get your gut under it easier!

thigh clearance more so than gut - unless you lay on your back to drive...

Shearing the base flat lets the wheel be elliptical rather than round - so they can still use the same centres across the range but the wheel itself is slightly smaller to use.







... probably
 

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The flat bottom is good for wheel position when driving close to the limit on the track or just having fun (on a closed road of course)

Ah that makes sense. The HK Holden was ahead of it's time.
 

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Can understand a thicker wheel being nicer to drive but what is the point of the flat bottom other than to get your gut under it easier!

The wheel isn't just a flat bottom, is is thicker and chunkier than the stock wheel.
 

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The wheel isn't just a flat bottom, is is thicker and chunkier than the stock wheel.

My wife likes the thick and chunky feel in her hands.
 

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My ex wife misses the thick and chunky feel in her hand, but my partner loves it and she knows how to make great use of it.
 

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So the ex hasn't got the flat bottom anymore?
 
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