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Old 01-04-12, 08:17 AM
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Can someone please take a measurement of their stock steering wheel. I'd like to swap one onto my cressida. Thank You in advance!
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I have a nice 1GS steering wheel to sell if you like.
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Take a ride on a city bus and ask the bus driver to hold the tape measure. It should be about the same (or so it seems).

Then there's the flattened go-cart steering wheel in my Prius. They're both great in their respective cars.
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No thanks, im looking for a black steering wheel.
Im sure its smaller than what ive got now.. You think the LS wheel is like a city bus', then you havent seen a cressida wheel..
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It is rather big just the other day I was comparing it my rx steering wheel and its bigger no doubt. What year cress do you have I love that car I had a 1990 black on burgurdy do I miss her. I had to get rid of her after a camry v6 wall me down in a race back in 1994 so embarrassing.
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Originally Posted by GLIDESUL
It is rather big just the other day I was comparing it my rx steering wheel and its bigger no doubt. What year cress do you have I love that car I had a 1990 black on burgurdy do I miss her. I had to get rid of her after a camry v6 wall me down in a race back in 1994 so embarrassing.
mine is a '90 pearl white / blue leather. california car until i got her in spring of 09 with 56k miles. v6 camrys were quicker off the line as theyre lighter by few hundred pounds but overall the cressida has a more solid feel, better steering and handling. imo its a better balanced car - rwd & independent rear suspension. Here are some recent pics of mine, after i installed the IS350 front BBK, lowered on teins with tokico prodra g heavy inserts/shocks and cusco piro ball top hats. all new bushings up front as well, all of them so she drives great no squeaks or clunks.

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Wow! How did you get the IS350 Calipers to work? Do they just bolt on? Are you also using the is350 Rotors as well? Bravo.
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Very nice!
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Thank you for the comments!
I had an adapter bracket fabricated in order to run the IS350 calipers & rotors. Also using genuine oem 350 brake lines.
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Very nice I had gold bbs rims on mines, I got so many ladies wit that car in the 12th grade lol. As for demension on wheel mines 02 is 15 5/8 horizontal and 15 3/8 vertical give or take a 1/8 inch.
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Originally Posted by 90mx83
Can someone please take a measurement of their stock steering wheel. I'd like to swap one onto my cressida. Thank You in advance!
15.5" top-to-bottom
15.75" side-to-side with the leather grips.
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Thank you for the measurements. I must say Wow! thats a BIG steering wheel, slightly bigger (by a 1/4") than my stock cressida wheel. I was going to get a black leather wheel out of Japan, with no wood, but that wont be happening...
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