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MOMO Prototipo Desert Steering Wheel

£297.60 Incl. VAT

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The MOMO Prototipo Desert is the 350mm Prototipo in Sahara vintage leather with a dark brown anodised centre. Underneath the new finish it is the wheel MOMO have been building since the 1960s: 350mm across, a 39mm dish and the round section rim the original is known for, so it sits in the car and feels in the hands exactly as a Prototipo should.

The rim is wrapped in a naturally treated leather that keeps its grain and tonal variation, so no two wheels mark in quite the same way. It is finished with parallel sand stitching that sits tone on tone with the hide instead of contrasting against it, which is what keeps the wheel looking aged rather than decorated.

The three spokes carry the usual drilled lightening holes and the etched prototipo box on the lower arm, this time in a dark brown anodised finish that sets them against the lighter rim. The MOMO logo on the spoke is milled and hand enamelled, and the horn button is gloss black with the yellow MOMO arrow.

This is the first brown spoked wheel and the first sand stitched wheel in the MOMO range we carry, so it answers a question we get asked often and have never had a good answer to: what goes with a tan or brown interior. On black leather the standard Prototipo is the right wheel. On biscuit, tan or cognac it never quite was.

Key Features:

  • Sahara vintage leather rim, naturally treated for a distressed finish.
  • Dark brown anodised three spoke centre with drilled lightening holes.
  • Parallel sand stitching, tone on tone with the leather.
  • Milled and hand enamelled MOMO logo on the spoke.
  • Etched prototipo box on the lower spoke.
  • Gloss black horn button with the yellow MOMO arrow.
  • Handmade in Italy, 12 month warranty.

Diameter: 350mm (13.78″)

Dish: 39mm

Rim Section: 30 x 29mm (1.18 x 1.14″)

Grip Material: Sahara vintage leather

Spoke Finish: Brown anodised

Stitching: Parallel sand

Weight: 1.5kg

Part Number: VPRODESERT35R

Please Note: An aftermarket hub is required for installation. A MOMO hub kit is recommended, although compatible hubs from other manufacturers may also be suitable.

Additional information

Weight 1.5 kg
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Horn

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Steering wheel size and fitment guide

Three numbers decide whether a wheel works in your car: the diameter, the dish, and the bolt pattern. The bolt pattern is the easy one, because almost everything here shares it.

The bit that makes this simple: 6 x 70 mm PCDMOMO, OMP and Sparco all drill their wheels on a six bolt, 70 mm pattern, and so do the boss kits and quick releases that suit them. That means a MOMO wheel goes on an OMP boss, and a Sparco wheel goes on a MOMO boss. You are choosing on size and feel, not on compatibility.

Diameter

Every rim below is drawn at true relative size. Forty millimetres looks like nothing written down and is very obvious once you are sat behind it.

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Smaller means quicker and heavier. You turn less to get the same lock, and you work harder to do it, because you have less leverage at the rim. On a car without power steering that trade bites hard at parking speed and barely at all once you are moving.

Diameter Brands we stock What it suits
250 – 270 mm OMP, MOMO, Sparco, Reverie Single seaters and tight cockpits
280 – 300 mm MOMO, OMP, Sparco Race cars with quick racks
310 – 330 mm MOMO, OMP, Sparco, Sabelt Road-based track cars
340 – 350 mm MOMO, OMP, Sparco, Sabelt Closest to a standard road wheel
360 – 380 mm MOMO, OMP, Sparco Classics and cars with no power steering

350 mm is the most common size on the site by a distance, and it is the closest to what most cars left the factory with. If you are replacing a standard wheel and you are not chasing a specific change, that is the safe starting point.

Dish

Dish is how far the rim sits toward you from the mounting face. It is the number people forget, and it is the one that decides whether you can still get in and out of the car.

Dish type What it does When to pick it
Flat Level with the mounting face When you are adding a quick release
Shallow Slightly toward the driver A small adjustment
Semi Noticeably toward the driver Column set a long way forward
Deep Well toward the driver Classics with an upright column
Adding a quick release? Go flatterA boss kit and a quick release together add a real stack of depth between the column and the rim, and it all comes toward you. If you are fitting both, a flat or shallow dish wheel usually ends up in the right place. A deep dish on top of a quick release can put the rim in your chest, especially in a fixed back seat.

The exact dish figure in millimetres is listed on every product page under Wheel Dish Size, so you can compare like for like rather than going on the type name alone.

Spokes and grip

Spokes Typical use
2 spoke Classic and vintage cars. Clear view of the instruments
3 spoke The standard, and what almost everything here is
5 and 6 spoke Mostly styling. Popular on classic restorations

Grip material is mostly preference, with one practical point: suede and alcantara give the best feel in gloves and the worst life in a road car that lives outside. Leather is the sensible all-rounder. Wood and polyurethane are for classics, where the look is the point.

What else you need

A boss kit, always

An aftermarket wheel does not bolt to your column. A vehicle-specific boss kit adapts your column spline to the 6 x 70 mm pattern, and there is one for almost every car. Ours are listed by vehicle, so search your car and year.

A quick release, if you want one

The quick release sandwiches between the boss and the wheel, so you still need the boss. It makes getting in and out of a caged car far easier and it is worth having if you are climbing over a door bar. Remember the depth it adds when you pick the dish.

Horn and buttons

Some wheels come with a horn push and some do not, and it is listed on every product. If your car needs an MOT, check before you order rather than after.

Tell us the car and what you are trying to changeWhether you want it quicker, closer, further away or just tidier, plus whether a quick release is going on. Diameter and dish work together and it is easier to get both right in one go. Call 0115 989 3488 or email Sales@GSMPerformance.co.uk.

Diameters, dish types, spoke counts and materials are read from our own product data, checked 2 August 2026. The 6 x 70 mm PCD applies to the MOMO, OMP and Sparco wheels and boss kits we stock; the Reverie carbon wheels and some classic patterns differ, so check the product page.

Availability

Stocked MOMO leaves in about two days

Whatever we are holding goes straight out, normally with you in around 2 days.

Imported from Italy, 3 to 4 weeks

Anything we bring in from Italy for your order usually takes 3 to 4 weeks.

Production only, around 8 weeks

Rarer parts, and boss kits for vehicles that see little demand, are not held anywhere and get made when they are ordered. Allow around 8 weeks for those.

If you are not sure which yours is

Contact us with the part and we will tell you which of the three it falls into before you buy.

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