Well worth it. Either do that or just find an M5 wheel. The airbags are transferable.

I saw your post in the other thread. How was the guy able to program the keys to work with the car? I would be curious to know as this could be a great option for all of us.

Used M3/M5 wheel = too much dinero for a used wheel IMO, like you said you swapped it from your other car so its no big deal but a used M wheel still commands like 500 bucks!

This is what I'm doing when I can take a couple weeks without a steering wheel to drive my car:


BMW 3er E46 Lenkrad mit Leder beziehen Lederlenkrad 3 | eBay

Fully reupholstered, thickened, perfed and solid leather for about 250 bucks round trip from Germany and back (can't find an American business that even comes close to that price, a place in TX wants 450 for the same job)

I assume you will need to supply the core wheel for that price to apply. The real $ is in the airbag anyway, add another $150-250 for the bag alone. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I have an email chain from Meinlenkrad, Joanna is contact there (speaks very good English:

Refurbishment cost outside of ebay is 120 euros plus 34 euro for return shipment, I have to pay shipping cost to them up front.

Same price if they have E46 steering wheel in stock, but they charge an extra 40 euros core charge to be refunded, they told me most customers just send their wheel in to be recovered anyway but they can check to see if they have one in stock beforehand, just email [email protected]

Found the link to these guys on the E90 forums actually and the price is legit and the quality is legit, I'll have to link up the posts. Search "steering wheel upgrades" I posted the E90 stuff in that thread I think.

You may know this, but there was a thread about a place in Dallas that does similar work though as I recall there was something they couldn't do that overseas source could. I looked for thread but didn't find it. There were examples of the end product.

I didn't go that route. I did purchase a used SMG M3 paddleshift wheel on Ebay and bought a leather repair and dye kit with the result that it looks new. The price which included all parts except the airbag, if I real correctly was $295.

Here is the Dallas link.

Dallas Custom Steering Wheel

Here is the E90post thread about the place in Germany which will do our wheels for approx. $210 USD plus shipping to Germany:

Got my steering wheel wrapped! - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

Dallas does similar and phenomenal work, however for me the $440 or so was a bit much, I was going to price out shipping to Germany and if I could save $150 and still get the wheel recovered how I wanted, I would definitely send it.

DCSW is highly recommended from the old thread "steering wheel upgrades"

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-upgrades.html

If you look on page 4 there is some talk from me about the Meinlenkrad place as well