My latest mod - what do you think??
 

SMG Steering wheel

I know it has been done many times before, but this has to deserve some feedback - cost me a bloody fortune!! (£1200 in total - all BMW parts except the wiring loom which was purchased from 'Mr. Paddleshift'). Was going to fit the thing myself, but couldn't be bothered - chucking it down with rain and thought I'd pay for my local $tealer to do it for me - they charged 2 hours labour. Quite surprised that an authorised BMW centre would fit a non-BMW wiring loom....

Anyway, here is the pick -




http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/bmwx5/CIMG0115.JPG

What do you guys think????

I'll tell you what I think - a great mod. Gripping this wheel is much better than the standard sport wheel - this is softer leather, chunckier etc etc. The paddle shift is a bonus :thumbup:

Looks great.Nicely done.
Have you done the rear cam install yet?

my dealer wouldnt do it, but got the ferrari dealer to do it for me 2hrs also but i had to use the SSG wheel for the 4.8is i love it. congrats

Nice.....looks great are there any issues installing them on a 4.4?

That is a good looking wheel. Love the stiching.
Enjoy..:thumbup:

Yeah! Looks awesome and I'm sure you've already discovered the joys of paddle-shifting...

Rear cam?? Haven't even thought about that one. I'll do some more research on it. My next mods are exhaust system and a tunit box.

I did lots of research on this paddle shift mod. It was more common for 4.4, 4.6 and 4.8 owners to have them. I don't know any 3.0d owners to have it other than me ;) . But I could be wrong.

Many have said that the mod was of more benefit with a trans. software upgrade.

But if you have a 4.4 - should be a great mod to have.

nice

Thanks Amit. You got your dent fixed yet?

umm well i got an appointment with dentwizard this friday... im gonna hope htey could do it. i think they can because the dent is pretty small since i didnt really crash or anything i just kinda hit you know.. well yea ill let you know what happens this friday.

you said you paid 1200 pounds so thats about what 2400 dollars for one of those. man thats an expensive mod. looks much nicer but whats much diff about it ? jw

see you around,
amit

Amit, those dentwizard people can do some amazing things. Over here, I have used 'dent tech' for paintless dent repair. So long as it's not double skinned they can do amazing things. Hope all goes well on Friday.

Yeah the mod works out at about $2000. Don't forget, I've moved from an M3 and really got used to that steering wheel. The X5 one was too hard - I just prefer the softer leather. I had no intention of the paddle shift, until I started reading some of the threads here and thought I may as well pay a little more and have it - rather than just get a non-paddled M3 wheel. The airbag cost more than the frigging wheel though :tsk: , so that bumped up the price big time.

I am now stuck with the old wheel (well, not that old - 2 months), multi-function with airbag and slip ring. I'll probably ebay it.