Is it time to replace your race suit? Let’s get you track-ready. Top Steering Wheel and Boss Kit Recommendations for the Citroen Saxo
A Saxo is small and light, and that is most of the reason people end up changing the steering wheel. There is not much weight sitting over the front axle, the driving position is upright and close to the column, and the original wheel is a wide, soft thing sized for a 1996 supermini rather than for whatever the car has turned into since.
The question I get asked is which brand. The question that actually changes how the car feels is which size, and on something this light the answer is not the same as it would be on a heavier car.
Everything below is kit we stock, and the boss kits listed are the ones cut for a Saxo rather than a generic Citroen fitment. Prices sit on the live product cards so they stay right. The interior shot above is an illustration rather than a photograph of a customer car, and the product photography is our own.
The bit that makes all of this easy: 6x70mm PCD
Here is the part that saves people a lot of worry. MOMO, OMP, Sparco and Sabelt drill their steering wheels and their boss kits to the same six bolt pattern, 6x70mm PCD. Our own product pages say so. The Prototipo listing states six bolt holes on a 70mm PCD, compatible with boss adaptors including those made by MOMO, OMP and Sparco. The OMP Trecento listing says it fits all standard MOMO, OMP and Sparco type boss kits.
What that means is you are not buying into a brand. A MOMO boss will take a Sparco wheel. An OMP boss will take a Sabelt wheel. A quick release goes between the two and works either way, and the B-G universal unit is drilled for both 6x70mm and 6x74mm so it covers the odd one out.
So there are three decisions here and none of them constrain the others:
- The boss kit, which is chosen by the car
- The wheel, which is chosen by you
- The quick release, which is optional and chosen by how you use the car
Get the boss right and the rest is free choice.
Which boss kit fits a Saxo
The Saxo splits in two for boss kits, and the split falls at 1999.
MOMO list one hub for cars built between 1996 and 1999, and a second for 1999 onward. The year of the car decides which one you order, so match the year in the listing title to your car rather than going by the shape of the lights. The OMP unit is listed as After 96 and is machined aluminium, and it is the one to pick if you want the hub and the wheel to be the same brand.
All three are drilled 6x70mm, so whichever one fits your car, every wheel further down this page will bolt straight to it.
The five wheels I would put in a Saxo
1. MOMO Prototipo 320mm
The one I would have in my own. MOMO have built the Prototipo more or less unchanged for decades, a semi-dished three spoke in black leather with the choice of black or silver spokes, and at 320mm it is small enough to suit a light car without turning a parking space into an event. It is the dearest of the five and it is the one that will still look right in ten years.
2. Sparco R330
Sparco build the R330 for competition use in saloon and rally cars, which is roughly what a track-day Saxo is doing on a Sunday. 330mm, flat rather than dished, black spokes, and a choice of leather or suede. Suede if you drive in gloves or the car is stripped out. Leather if it lives outside and you drive it bare handed.
3. Sparco P222
The practical one. 345mm, three polished aluminium spokes, and an anatomical grip in polyurethane rather than leather or suede. Polyurethane reads as the poor relation until you have left a suede wheel in a car with a leaky sunroof over a winter. It wipes clean, it does not mind cold hands, and at 345mm the steering weight barely moves.
4. Sabelt SW-390
The interesting one. On paper it is the biggest wheel here at 350mm, but it carries a 90mm full dish, which brings the rim a long way back towards you. That matters more than the number suggests. If you have fitted a bucket seat and found yourself reaching for the wheel, this is the one to look at, because the rim comes to you without the steering getting any heavier.
5. OMP Trecento
The entry point of the five and the smallest at 300mm, with an oval 37 by 27mm grip section in suede, polyurethane or leather. Go in with your eyes open on the size. 300mm is a big step down and you feel it both ways, quick on turn in and heavier when you are shuffling into a space. In a stripped car that is the trade you want.
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Quick release, and whether you actually need one
A quick release sits between the boss kit and the wheel and lets you lift the wheel off the column. People fit them for two reasons, and only one of those really applies to a Saxo.
The reason that holds up is getting in and out. A Saxo is a small car before you start, and once there is a bucket seat and a harness in it, or a cage with a door bar, the wheel is properly in the way. Being able to lift it off is the difference between the car being usable and the car being a nuisance. The other reason people give is security, and it is a weaker argument than it used to be.
If your Saxo is standard inside apart from the wheel, you probably do not need one. If it has buckets and a cage, fit one.
Weld-on units are the cheaper way in, but the column has to be machined, so that is a job for someone who has done it before. Bolt-on units cost more and go straight on. The B-G universal is the one to pick if you might move it to another car, because it is drilled for both common patterns.
Fitting it
It is a job for an evening, but the order matters:
- Battery off first, so the horn and the warning lights behave when it all goes back together
- Original wheel off, then the boss kit onto the column splines
- Mark the column and the wheel before the centre nut comes off, so the new wheel goes back on straight
- The horn wiring passes through the boss kit, so nothing needs cutting or splicing
- Torque the centre nut properly, then check the wheel sits straight with the road wheels straight before you take it anywhere
If you would rather it was done for you, we fit these in-store.
What I would actually buy
For a Saxo that still does normal miles: the MOMO hub for your year and the Prototipo 320mm, no quick release. It suits the car, the steering does not get silly, and it is what I would put in my own.
For a Saxo with buckets and a harness: the same hub, the Sabelt SW-390 for the dish, and a B-G quick release so you can get in and out of it.
For a car being built to a budget: the MOMO hub and the OMP Trecento, and go in knowing that parking will ask more of you.
Final thoughts: boss by the year, wheel by you
The wheel is the part of the car you have your hands on for every mile, and on a Saxo it is one of the cheapest changes that genuinely alters how the car feels. Keep the order of the decisions straight. The boss kit is decided by the year of your car, the wheel is decided by you, and because all of this shares the same 6x70mm pattern, nothing you pick rules anything else out.
Working out those combinations is my job here, so if you are stuck between two sizes, email us and ask for me. Tell me whether the Saxo is a daily, a weekend car or a track car, and I will tell you which of these to buy. I am Cameron, by the way.