For those of you who have never taken the center pad off the original Suzuki steering wheel, the pattern of the bolts holding the wheel to the hub is as shown in the photo below:
In fact the above type of wheel bolts straight on in place of the original without modification or the need to purchase a hub or adaptor. If in doubt measure the distance (diameter) between two opposite holes on the wheel and compare it to the same measurement on the hub.
However many owners want to fit a steering wheel where the bolt pattern is offset from the holes in the Suzuki hub - an example is the wheel in the photo below - most Momo wheels are like this - note the different bolt pattern:
To fit this type of wheel, you either need to get handy with a drill and tap or purchase an adaptor ring. Note - there is no need to go to the expense of buying a new hub.
An example of an Adaptor ring is shown below. This particular one is made by Simoni Racing and was purchased from Carnoisseur on 14/10/2002 for £11.00, other types are available.
The 6 bolts that were used to bolt the Suzuki wheel to the hub can be used to bolt the adaptor to the hub however you will also need to purchase 6 shorter bolts + 6 nylock nuts to attatch the new wheel to the adaptor.
Recently an abortive attempt was made to steal my Cappucino however a lot of damage was done in the process. The picture below shows the state of the original Suzuki steering wheel hub after their attempt to break the steering lock
The mechanic at the garage where the car was repaired told me to beware of after-market steering locks that slide through the wheel and leave a length protruding to hamper any attempt to steer the car - in his opinion some are used by the theives as a lever to break the column steering lock.
With this in mind I decided on a snap off system. This, in my opinion, is one of the best deterrants on the market - thieves will think twice about stealing your car if there is no wheel to steer it with
The system shown is the Raid Super SnapOff system available for around £85 - £100 depending where you shop - in my case £94.99 from Halfords (RipSpeed branches only).
http://www.raid-rdi.com/e/raidhp/snapoff_hp.htm
The handy thing is that the screw pattern is exactly the same as the Suzuki so you just unbolt the steering wheel bolt on the securing boss to the Suzuki hub, bolt the steering wheel to the securing mechanism then just click the steering wheel in place and off you go When you get out of the car, snap off the steering wheel and take it with you (or put in the boot)
For those of you (like me) whose steering wheels have a different screw pattern than the Suzuki hub an adaptor is included.
Without the adaptor the steering wheel will be 35mm closer to you - this is ideal for me but with the adaptor it's 45mm closer so I got out my drill and tap and drilled 6 new holes into the securing mechanism and did away with the adaptor.
I cannot recommend this system highly enough - the only reason you should disregard it is if you find that the steering wheel is already too close for you
Oh! ... if you remove the key the steering wheel cannot be removed so there should be no danger of someone nicking it while you pop into the shop
Steve.