Product explanation
What is a Steering Wheel Spacer?
The SpacerShop steering wheel spacer is:
- – a mechanical device made in 2 parts, one in steel and one in aluminum, plus a cover made out of automotive injected plastic used for car interior.
Spacershop steering wheel spacer materials - – It has the function of a spacer, an extension that brings the OEM steering wheel of vehicles closer to the driver.
SPACERSHOP BEFORE AFTER INSTALLATION - – It’s thickness is 5 cm (2″).
- – It can be installed on cars, vans, pick-ups, trucks, buses, commercial vehicles of all kinds.
It is a new invention, available on the market since a 2013, Made in Italy.
The novelty and specialty of the steering wheel spacer is that it brings the steering wheel closer including all its functions, which remain active:
- – the airbag (see video in review page)
airbag deployed with spacershop steering wheel spacer 
spacershop steering wheel spacer is safe - – the radio, cruise control, steering wheel heating and lane assist buttons (check final tests in our video tutorials)
- – the paddles that allow the automatic gearbox to operate in manual and sequential mode.
- – the existing adjustments, also the telescopic one, even if electronic
It is maintenance-free and does need inspection or replacement.
Which benefit does the steering wheel spacer give?
Basically, the SpacerShop steering wheel spacer improves the driving position
– create more legroom: after installation, slide the seat backward and drive with legs more extended, holding the steering wheel as you were used to. With this little trick the car becomes more comfortable in any situation.
– better modulation on the pedals, no longer hit the dashboard with the knees.
– boosted driving pleasure: steering feels more prompt and direct, car feels like a glove. You’re now fully integrated, not just a driver who operate the commands. The whole driving setup becomes much more natural. Even vehicles intended for everyday use and not particularly performing, become pleasant to drive as sports cars.
– It maintains the originality of the vehicle’s interior. It is the only product on the market that improves the driving position without forcing you to change the steering wheel and is designed in a way that looks like a dashboard component born with the vehicle. It is discreet and not very visible, oriented more to the pleasure of use than to be noticed.
– It is a reversible mod, plug and play. There is a specific steering wheel spacer for each type of car. And it’s designed to be installed without permanent modifications, such as cutting or welding. It can be uninstalled and everything goes back to the way it was before.
– Car enthusiast and track day lovers already got how well they will feel: by moving the seat back a little you can better modulate the action on the brake, even with the left foot, and the heel-toe comes easier. With the steering wheel close together, you can also lower the seat a little and no longer touch the roof with your helmet.
How do I install the steering wheel spacer on my car?
Fitting instructions
You can have it done by a mechanic shop or do it yourself by following the fitting instructions available at this page.
The same instructions can be downloaded by a QR code printed on a label on the product you’re going to receive.
Video tutorial
Whenever possible, we record an installation tutorial video, specific to each vehicle, and publish it on our youtube channel to help further. You can find the videos at this link.
Quick explanation in 10 steps
- 1) BATTERY OFF
- 2) REMOVE AIRBAG
- 3) UNPLUG CONNECTORS INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL
- 4) REMOVE STEERING WHEEL
- 5) INSERT STEERING WHEEL SPACER ALUMINUM HUB
- 6) INSERT STEERING WHEEL SPACER’S STEEL SHAFT
- 7) IF NEEDED, INSERT THE WIRING EXTENSION INCLUDED ON THE KIT
- 8) FIT BACK THE STEERING WHEEL ON THE SPACER
- 9) RECONNECT CONNECTORS
- 10) RE-INSERT AIRBAG IN STEERING WHEEL
The steering wheel spacer reproduce the OEM fitment of the steering wheels in deep detail
All steering wheels are mounted on cars by an hole in their center, which mates a rod coming from the steering rack called steering column. A gearcutting machined in the bore /rod, called spline, ensure alignment and differs for each brand of car. We accurately measured the gearcutting on OEM steering wheels and column by reverse engineering and CNC machine on our parts.
The steering wheel spacer has to be installed in an intermediate position between the steering wheel and the steering column. It’s built using the same materials that are used to make the steering wheel and column: aluminum and steel.
The spacer replicates the shape of both the steering wheel and column in the junction where they mate and stand the steering effort.
Our strenght is the 100% OEM matching gearcutting machining of the spline, to ensure easy, fast and safe assembly. Check LOAD TEST VIDEO in the review page
Where to buy? Do you ship? What payment do you accept?
Where to buy:
- online on this site, browsing the product pages listed by car brand.
- locally from one of our dealers, check on this page.
- by email, or directly at our shop near Monza, Italy
Shipments:
- We ship worldwide, preferably by DHL or UPS tracked, you’ll receive the tracking when we ship
- In these period, the only place we had inquiries from and to which we couldn’t ship is Russia and Ukraine, because carriers don’t go there. There is no problem shipping in all Europe, US, Canada, South America, Australia, Far East and most Isles.
- Being us a little company, we don’t ship the next day, but only once per week. We prefer to dedicate a full day to assembly, quality control and packaging.
Payments
- at order by by PayPal, credit card or bank transfer.
I can't find the spacer for my car, how do we do it?
If you don’t find your car on this website, there are 3 possibilities
- we already made it, but the car is too new and it hasn’t been installed by anyone yet, contact us by email at info@woocommerce-1098752-6020646.cloudwaysapps.com
- we already made it, it has been installed on customers’ cars and running since years, but we don’t have pictures of it installed, join our CASH FOR PICS offer.
- It has never been made
What if the steering wheel spacer does not exist yet?
We’ll evaluate the creation from scratch together.
If there is a market for the spacer, the whole development will cost to you as a normal spacer (about 245€ + shipment), but if your car is too old or too rare, we may not develop it. Only exception is for drivers on wheelchair.
First step is write an email with car model and year, and a picture of your steering wheel spacer.
It can take up to 4-8 weeks to create a new spacer, and it may happen that we send you a prototype, even 3D printed, to test-fit on your car to evaluate the aesthetic impact.
We have sent prototypes back and forth from the US or Australia many times and have always been able to please customers, who usually enjoy a lot this type of technical cooperation.
Can the spacer be customized in thickness?
We no longer make custom lenght steering wheel spacers.
Steering wheel spacer standard thickness is 5 to 6 cm (2″). This length is also the one that everyone is usually comfortable with.
It is not possible to have it shorter because there are minimum thicknesses to be respected for safety.
It could be made longer, up to 10 cm (4″), but it’s rare that we are asked for this, and only by 2 meters tall people, or by drivers on wheelchair.
After years doing this job, we are no longer able to manage custom lenght spacer. We settled up our production plant for big series and doing single samples without mass production perspective is no longer possible.
Do the stalk and wipers levers stay too far after installation?
This is a misconception widely diffused from people who has not yet used our spacer.
It is correct that the turn turn signal and windshield wiper levers are not approached with the steering wheel, and for the first 2 days of driving you have to get used to it, but you quickly and automatically learn to operate them with your fingertip.
The benefit of the steering wheel approach is so appreciated, that and wants to return the spacer because of the levers (non)issue.
A few customers tried to fit brackets purchased online on the levers to bring them closer. We advise you to consider this solution after a few weeks of driving with the spacer installed, to be sure you really need them. The type of lever extension mostly used are those kind of brackets to be bolt on bikes to hold action cameras and other devices, because they are easy to bolt on stalk levers.
If I don't feel comfortable with the steering wheel, can I uninstall and return it?
Yes, returns are accepted.
In this specific case, however, the shipping cost is at your expense and you will be refunded after we have checked that the product has no damage (even if only cosmetic) of any kind.
Accepting the return makes the purchase more serene. It’s very rare that we are asked for a return for disliking the new driving position. It is more likely that the same customer buy again in the future, when he changes the car. Because once you’ve tried the steering wheel spacer, you can’t live without it.
By the way. if you remove the spacer, your car will return exactly as it was before. The steering wheel spacer is a 100% reversible modification.
Don’t abuse return policy, buy responsibly
We’ve been return-and-refund-friendly for many years at the beginning. But while business grow up, we met too many people who tend to abuse it.
It happened too often that somebody made orders on our website: paid 1, 2 or even 3 spacers and write a few days later, before or after shipping, claiming for a full refund because, as per their statements: “changed my mind“, “decided to sell the car“, “accidentaly pressed the buy now button”(?!).
Please think before buy and avoid this type of situation.
Also, check if you have to pay import tax. If you live outside Europe, you will have to pay import tax to your government (not to us). Orders cancellations are not accepted because of import tax: when your Country Customs tell you that you have to pay import tax, it’s too late: it has been issued and has to be paid even if you cancel the order.
Are the wires inside the steering wheel long enough, or do they need to be extended?
Most cars have very long wires inside the steering wheel.
While installing the spacer, they can be reconnected easily and without being pulled while driving. If you don’t see wires included in the kit, it is because they’re not necessary.
In some cases, the wires of the steering wheel controls are too short,
So we include in the box a wiring harness with connectors that allow to extend the wires without cut and weld them. It is clearly mentionned on the product page if you need the wires or not.
This is to make sure that in the future you can remove the steering wheel spacer and leave the car as it was before.
Airbag wires are very long, they need to be cut and extended only on a few car models.
Does the steering wheel spacer void the car's warranty?
There is no definitive answer for all, because the warranty policies of car brands are not the same everywhere.
Normally, going to the official service network of your car, still under warranty and with any part of it modified (an oversized intercooler or turbochargerfor example), can generate problems with car manufacturer’s warranty.
Some are very strict, some are flexible and if the part mounted has no relation to the failure that may happen to the car, the warranty remains valid. For example: if you fit the steering wheel spacer and the engine breaks down a while later, there are dealers who will change the engine for you under warranty because the spacer has no influence at all on the engine. While other dealers may decide otherwise.
In any case, the steering wheel spacer can be removed without leaving any trace of it on the car.
Is the steering wheel spacer street legal?
As for the homologation, it is in a sort of “grey zone” and generally not for road use. By our research up to 2025, we’ve been answered by certifications agencies in different ways depending on the country. In Italy/EU we’ve been told that our steering wheel spacer is too new in the market and there are not yet relevant laws. In Switzerland, the Strassenverkehrsamt Winterthur says that if the original airbag still works, there is no need of special allowance. We found laws written on the EU officlal publications in which, if the distance between the wheel and the stalk levers does not exceed 13 cm, then it’s ok.
Also, the laws changes from country by country. We have supported individual customers who wanted German TÜV homologation for their specific car and we are working to TÜV homologate all our products, but it will take time. It is the 2026 challenge.
The steering wheel spacer does not alter the effort required to actuate the steering, has no influence on the assisted steering system (both electric and hydraulic), does not interact with automatic steering functions as automatic parking, emergency steering action and safety systems related to the steering.
Also the steering wheel spacer does not change the existing adjustments options of the steering wheel (both height and telescopic), does not alterate the steering ratio and the number of turns lock-to-lock, and does not reduce the visibility of the instrument cluster as well as its warning lights.
In the meantime, we share the technical drawings requested by individual customers to obtain TÜV approval on their car, so that you can download them and show them to your TÜV office before purchase to find out if they are useful. Example:
The far we go from Italy and European community, the less we know. You better ask your local “road traffic and vehicles rules” office before buy. We also share certifications of the materials used, with chemical composition, available from our suppliers. This is often asked by those who wants to register our steering wheel spacer on their car’s papers.
Where are your products manufactured?
All our steering wheel spacers are manufactured in Italy, near the city of Monza.
We have the 2D-3D softwares to make design and technical drawings, 3D printer for prototyping, 2 CNC machines and the CAD-CAM software for production.
We no longer need to rely on external workshop for any production step other than paint.
The raw materials, aluminium and steel, are purchased new, in bars, from big companies here near Monza, which provide certification of the chemical composition of the alloys used.
Does Spacershop just make steering wheel spacers?
The real question we are often asked is: “but can you make a living from this?”. Because the novelty and uniqueness of the product is such that it often raises doubts we got used to, and we must tell that we also enjoy it a little.
This company mostly makes steering wheel spacers only, it was born from this idea, come by chance and not originally meant to become a job. It’s the enthusiasm and demand by customers from all over the world (we sell 95% abroad) that pushed us to create this company, which keep growing.
The passion for cars, driving, racing, tuning, people met on the way, gives us motivation to expand the range of products we offer.
We don’t set ourselves creative limits, and we make some projects just for the pleasure of doing them. The only limits are time and resources, which fortunately increase as the company grows.
Over the years, we have seen many customers change their car and ask us for new steering wheel spacer, and this makes us confident in the future.
We are in business as a company since 2019, our turn over kept growing during 2020 Covid, and it is now 400% bigger than the beginning.
We developed other products, both related to steering wheel spacers and not. Such as steering wheel adaptors (to fit younger steering wheel on vintage cars). paddleshifter assembly systems, and lowering seat brackets.
We are also OSGiken Japanese brand of LSD and Motorsport components resellers.
If you have read this far, you are now a bit part of us and we thank you for the attention and support that you may want to give us.
