[Shotimes] RE: a touch of black-FR500-long

[Bill Murray]

Installing the wheel wasn't as plug and play as we thought, but it
wasn't too bad either.  I can't wait to get one myself.  For the screws
to hold down the horn buttons we use 8/32 x1.  You'll need 4 of these.
For the cruise buttons we used 6/32x3/8 and the appropriate nuts.  The
thread doesn't really matter for these, though the length does.  
On the shroud, I also cut off 4 square pegs(what an awful TV show that
was) along with the 2 tension nipples.  The 4 pegs were preventing the
shroud from sitting flush against the spokes of the wheel.  Like Ian
said, the shroud doesn't fit perfectly, but its pretty damn close.  

Here's the final product.
http://www.cloud9grafx.com/fordsho/images/FR500.jpg  Ian also said that
the bag has dulled some after washing it with soapy water(?), so it
matches the spokes better.

Bill Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: lou grande [mailto:luigigr8@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:17 AM
To: TechSHO@topica.com
Subject: RE: a touch of black-FR500-long

That sounds nice. Is there a difference between GenI and GenII fitment 
for the FR500? I assume Jim put his in the GenI car? Any way you could 
post all the extra parts used when you have the time?
ianf@eden.rutgers.edu wrote:
> 
> So this weekend, Bill Murray and I installed my FR500 wheel among
other 
> small interior maintenance issues....
> 
> 1. This isn't exactly a bolt in mod although the keyway is the same.
> 
> 2. Besides Jim Filozof and maybe Steve Peele (of cincySHO) has anyone 
> else done this before?
> 
> -The SHO horn buttons need to be trimmed slightly to clear the wheel 
> spokes. The threads in the backingplate are different than the SHO 
> threads so one must get new screws and nuts to hold the cruise control

> buttons and horn buttons. I did manage to find the perfect screws/nuts

> for the job but I left the packaging at Bill's so hopefully he can let

> us know the thread, pitch and length.
> 
> I need to adjust my horn buttons so my airbag must come out again; 
> right now the screws holding them in are probably too tight which is 
> causing them to bind; I have no horn at the moment.
> 
> The rear shroud of the wheel itself doesn't line up perfectly with the

> wheel. The plastic tension nipples that hold it to the backing plate
on 
> the SHO wheel are too large for the holes of the FR500 wheel. We cut 
> the nipples off (ouch!) and zip tied it to the backing plate. It
worked 
> great although it might be worth trying out an actual Mustang rear 
> wheel shroud (and horn buttons, screws, etc for that matter)
> 
> It would help to have a spare wheel lying around to perform the
surgery 
> to minimize downtime. I used my orginal wheel to take parts from. My 
> replacement 1995 wheel was left intact which I'll probably sell since 
> the leather is in great shape (grey)..
> 
> I may consider finding lighted cruise control buttons if I can figure 
> out if the wiring will bind in the wheel or not. I know that the 
> Exploder had them (green illumination for some years)..
> 
> I dyed my airbag, rear shroud and column shroud satin black using
VHT's 
> interior dye. That stuff works great and the wheel/bag/column look 
> awesome. I am going to use it to dye most of the interior since I love

> the black and hate the grey...I might get the bulk of that done this 
> weekend.
> 
> The wheel? I LOVE it. It's awesome...Very worth doing, especially for 
> $169. The leather is so thick and supple (and it smells good)-
> 
> Once again, I cc'ed SHOtimes since both lists seem dead as of late..
> 
> Ian
> 

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