Steering wheel

[rutter123]

Which is the correct steering wheel for my 1990 gti 8v, currently has a single spoke (not sure if this is o/e) which im not a fan of, much prefer the 3 spoke as fitted on my t/d.

[deltic]

This very useful post from Way2go in another thread might help, all depends whether your car is a 1990 Phase 1 or Phase 2:

Probably, although 19 should not appear in one of them, it's because there are 2 phase builds of the GTi and all UK GTi's were 19's. 1990 was the change year.

My first new (Phase 1) GTi in 1988 was badged BX19 GTi
My second new (Phase 2) GTi in 1990 was badged just BX GTi as is my current GTi Auto

The first phase had single spoke steering wheels, coloured plastic bumpers and flatter rear wheelarches along with an injection system that was Bosch Jetronic and a distributor for spark distribution.

The second phase had the later and more comfortable 3 spoke steering wheel, new profile painted bumpers, more flared rear wheelarches and the later Bosch Motronic 3.1 injection system that did away with the flappy air-sensor and the distributor. Some other minor embellishments too were included like the speakers in the C pillar.

[rutter123]

If this is the case mine must be a late phase 1 as its badged as as bx gti and has jetronic, i believe registered 06/1990 in which case the single spoke wheel is correct fitment along with coloured bumpers and the flat rear arches, clears that up then, will leave as is to keep the originality.