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Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« on: May 19, 2015, 01:18:16 pm »
Posted a short review of a leather-wrapped steering wheel from carsdream.com. Any comments are welcome.

http://www.iral.com/~albertr/EVC/steeringwheel/steeringwheel.html

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2015, 09:53:42 am »
Impressive wheel -- it certainly looks very nice. Would be nice to see the review posted in here (with the pics!) -- but very nice write up. Leather almost always feels better.  :)

What is the main difference between ESP and non ESP steering wheels? Clockspring? I've got my hands on some nice mk4 3-spoke leather steering wheels that I was going to swap in (using Cole's mk3 spline adapter trick) -- how can I tell if this will work? What's the risk of using a non-esp equipped wheel on an ESP system? -- broken wrist?


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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 10:13:54 am »
Clockspring definitely looks thicker on models with ESP. Not sure about airbags, could be some differences too. I kept my own airbag, but if you are replacing whole assembly, it shouldn't matter.

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2015, 08:53:04 pm »
Posted a short review of a leather-wrapped steering wheel from carsdream.com. Any comments are welcome.

http://www.iral.com/~albertr/EVC/steeringwheel/steeringwheel.html

-albertr
Question, how is the clock spring mounted, is it attached the the column or to the back of the wheel? Need to swap mine but I am afraid to mess the clock spring up as it is expensive...

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2015, 09:10:24 pm »
It sits on a steering column. If you are replacing the wheel with the same model and keep your original airbag, it should be pretty easy swap, just be careful with airbag connector.

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2015, 04:42:36 pm »
Just finished installing mine  ;D


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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2015, 05:55:47 pm »
Looks good! Where did you get it from?

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2015, 06:40:31 pm »
Just finished installing mine  ;D



Nice -- and you said you have another one for sale?

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2015, 06:57:29 pm »
I had that one custom done in Europe... As for the other one It was OEM leather one from Europe as well but I sold it yesterday...

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Re: Leather-wrapped steering wheel
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2015, 05:44:37 am »
Where did you buy it from? Do you have a part number?  It looks good dude

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