Description
How bringing the steering wheel closer improves the driving position?
This type of need is usually felt by drivers in cars without telescopic adjustment of the steering wheel position. While driving, we are used to set the driving position holding the steering wheel as we are most comfortable to, and adapt the legs position subsequently.
If the steering wheel distance from the dashboard can’t be adjusted, legs are forced in tiny room between the wheelò and the pedals, hitting the dahsboard whole driving.
This create pain to knees, ankles, hips, lumbar back… to avoid all this, the seat has to be slided a couple of cm (or inches) backwards.
Unfortunately, this solve the problem for the legs but generates another one which is as annoy: the steering wheel becomes too far, arms are over extended in a very awkward position which soon leads to neck and shoulder pains.
The steering wheel spacer for the Fiat Punto solve the problem bringing the steering wheel 5 cm (2″) closer to the driver.
This is a godsend boost for the driving pleasure.
Read our article about the driving position
The Grande Punto Abarth is a driver’s car, for enthusiasts. And the steering wheel spacer boost all driving sensations:
- car’s handling feels improved
- driver feels more connected to the car
- being more far from the dashboard, seems to be in a bigger car and kinda more seat on the rear wheels
- better modulation on pedals, heel and toe and left foot braking can be performed
- during track driving, no more helmet hitting the headliner, and accidental stumbling on the stalks and wipers levers
Why add a spacer if the car already have the depth adjustment?
The Fiat does already have the depth adjustment on the steering wheel from factory. So, why add a spacer to bring the spacer closer furthermore?
This is a common and legit question. And it is something that surprised even us manufacturers: we invented the spacer for a car without that option, because we were coming from a car WITH it and we were MISSING it. If our car was already equipped with the depth adjustment steering column, maybe our invention would have never seen the sunlight.
The answer is simple: for many people the available telescopic adjustment is just not enough. Plus, the steering wheel spacer is not just a comfort luxury device which you can renounce to, but it’s a complete game changer in driving pleasure, in a way that it is even a bit difficult to tell if you don’t try it. With the steering wheel spacer, your driving position turns into the setup used by racing drivers, which MUST be suit on the drivers’ body as much as possible.
After a couple of years running this activity, the 90% of our steering wheel spacers is destinated to cars ALREADY EQUIPPED with the depth adjustment of the steering wheel because lots of people feels it’s not enough despite not being extra tall, and wants to add those magic 5 cm (2″).
Installation instructions for Fiat Grande Punto.
Read the installation instructions for the SpacerShop steering wheel spacer.
Steering wheel spacer installation video tutorial on Fiat Punto
Discover our tutorial to quickly and easily mount the spacer on the steering wheel of your 500.