New Steering Wheel in the mail

Klepper1 · 10-22-2013, 08:55 AM

So I found a guy on ebay who was selling an Alcantara re-covered E82/E9X sport steering wheel with a red "performance" stripe on the top and tri-coloured stitching. It included the wheel, center trim, and multifunction buttons. I contacted him and said I was intereseted in his wheel for my 1M, but too bad it had a red stripe, not orange. He responed with, "I can custom make the stripe any colour you want if you can wait 4 days". Then I also asked him if he could do orange stiching if he was custom making it, to which he responed with, "sure!".

The best part is the price - alcantara wheel, alcantara center trim and multifunction buttons for $350 including shipping to me in Houston. I realize I will need to change out the buttons, but hopefully I can re-sell those.

The wheel is currently in the mail from Latvia , but he sent two pictures of it before he shipped it. I have high hopes that it will look as good in person.

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IEDEI · 10-22-2013, 08:58 AM

wow that's pretty cool! bargain, too!

Tommeh · 10-22-2013, 09:03 AM

Link it... I want to get something like this with white stripe/stitching.

Klepper1 · 10-22-2013, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Tommeh

Link it... I want to get something like this with white stripe/stitching.

This was the original item that I saw and contacted the seller about:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251356204829...#ht_877wt_7174

MaDoNiOn · 10-22-2013, 09:21 AM

Wicked! its gona look sick!
i personally prefer the fat steering wheel

boostedtwin · 10-22-2013, 09:34 AM

Main concern is the thickness. Looks thinner than our stock steering wheel. But it does look good on pics. Let us know how it goes.

Klepper1 · 10-22-2013, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by boostedtwin

Main concern is the thickness. Looks thinner than our stock steering wheel. But it does look good on pics. Let us know how it goes.

I will take measurements when it comes to see how it compares to stock. It looks thicker in the first picture than in the second. But for $350 custom colour/stitched delivered to my door, I figured I would give it a try.

PaulMcA · 10-22-2013, 12:14 PM

I would prefer a thinner wheel. The std 1M wheel is too thick.

ZIPNBYE · 10-23-2013, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by PaulMcA

I would prefer a thinner wheel. The std 1M wheel is too thick.

Have you got little girlie hands? That's what makes our cars such a joy to drive.

ozinaldo · 10-23-2013, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ZIPNBYE

Have you got little girlie hands? That's what makes our cars such a joy to drive.

Joking aside, other than the looks, I doubt (very) thick steering wheel contributes anything positive for performance driving, there have been lots of people in the past complaining about the extra thickness of the M3/1M steering wheels and most automotive journal reviews mentioned that as a downside too.

BMW's own Performance Wheel is a tad slimmer than stock leather wheel and I think it really feels better.

I have normal hands but looking at them now just to be accurate, indeed they are not too big or hairy

boostedtwin · 10-23-2013, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by PaulMcA

I would prefer a thinner wheel. The std 1M wheel is too thick.

For real? That's one of the best things on this car is how thick the steering wheel is.

Jay-K · 10-23-2013, 09:44 AM

thinner wheels, but good bargain..

PaulMcA · 10-23-2013, 09:57 AM

Nope. And I disagree. Read other reviews and I am not the only one who thinks this. My Audi and early model Gallardo had the best steering wheels. BMW have always got them wrong.

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Have you got little girlie hands? That's what makes our cars such a joy to drive.

Klepper1 · 10-23-2013, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay-K

thinner wheels, but good bargain..

I will measure when it gets here, but looking at the wheel in my 1M compared to this one, I am not convinced its thinner. Time will tell for sure. Hard to tell from these pics:

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boostedtwin · 10-23-2013, 12:40 PM

OEM does look bulkier. But hey, it's full alcantara. I like the ORANGE!!!

Jay-K · 10-24-2013, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Klepper1

I will measure when it gets here, but looking at the wheel in my 1M compared to this one, I am not convinced its thinner. Time will tell for sure. Hard to tell from these pics:

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based on my views, it looked like the normal 3 series standard steering wheel i had on my 330i, but yeah guess time will tell,
love the alcantara, did not manage myself to be committed keeping it clean so staying away for now.

AnooooOH · 10-24-2013, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay-K

based on my views, it looked like the normal 3 series standard steering wheel i had on my 330i, but yeah guess time will tell,
love the alcantara, did not manage myself to be committed keeping it clean so staying away for now.

+1

it`s not a m or mtech steering wheel!

but I really like it!

bdaddylo · 11-25-2013, 09:51 AM

Klepper1 - how did this turn out?

Klepper1 · 11-25-2013, 10:52 AM

It definately was thinner when it arrived, so I sent it back and they are going to make it thicker. I will update the post when I get it back

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Klepper1 Lieutenant 28 Rep 548 Posts Drives: 2011 1M Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston, Texas iTrader: (7)	It definately was thinner when it arrived, so I sent it back and they are going to make it thicker. I will update the post when I get it back
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