[imperium2000]

I'm eagerly awaiting mine

[b1gmac88]

Originally Posted by imperium2000

I'm eagerly awaiting mine

Its on its way!

[dbjb]

Anything for an auto yet?

[b1gmac88]

Originally Posted by dsbj

Anything for an auto yet?

My Sport M3 wheel (last wheel on my thread) is for Autos. PM me if you want more info

[jbake]

Is the only wheel for auto the ///m3 sport? Will any work with paddles?

[b1gmac88]

Originally Posted by jbake

Is the only wheel for auto the ///m3 sport? Will any work with paddles?

Yes it will.. PM me for more details

[s2catzo335]

I currently have a regular sport steering wheel, can I upgrade to an M3 wheel with Alcantara?

[b1gmac88]

Originally Posted by s2catzo335

I currently have a regular sport steering wheel, can I upgrade to an M3 wheel with Alcantara?

Yes you can as long as it is a manual..

[imperium2000]

Review:
I received my M3 Sport Steering wheel for auto a few weeks back and got the Dr.Phuonger to install it.

The M3 Sport Steering wheel is essentially an OEM Sport steering that has been refurbished using OEM material, in this case, the leather and stitching from from the regular M3 steering. This is the reason why the M3 Sport wheel can fit regular paddles without any major retrofitting or jury rigging.

The leather is very nice and the thickness of the wheel is significantly more hefty than the regular sport wheel unless you have smaller hands. Unlike the rather hard leather used in the original, the leather used in this wheel feels much nicer and softer. The tri-color stitching is first rate and of high quality and if you like the general feel of the sport wheel, this wheel's new thicker and softer leather is well worth the price.

The installation is a mixed-bag. Since this is a refurbished wheel, unlike buying a brand new wheel, you will need to remove the air bag bracket and grounding wires to reuse it on this wheel. If you're upgrading from a none-sport wheel, this is not too much of an issue since you'll need to buy the trim, multi-function buttons, airbag and bracket anyway. If you are attempting to upgrade from a sport, this will require more work and more time otherwise the swap is the same as buying anything OEM from tischer.

In my case, attempting to remove the grounding wire from my OEM wheel was a major b-tch for phuong. For some reason none of his hex screw heads would fit the damn OEM screw and he had to jury-rig together a solution that took way more time than a simple swap.

In all, I really like the M3 Sport wheel. It feels great, looks great and seems of good quality.

PS: Didn't bother to post pictures. None of the ones I took came out all that great and the pics that is posted on this thread is better.

[dbjb]

Great information. I'm looking forward to buying one soon. Just waiting for inventory on M3 tri-color (with thumb pads) that will work on my auto e92 335i sport. Just need one in stock, that's all.

Originally Posted by imperium2000

Review:
I received my M3 Sport Steering wheel for auto a few weeks back and got the Dr.Phuonger to install it.

The M3 Sport Steering wheel is essentially an OEM Sport steering that has been refurbished using OEM material, in this case, the leather and stitching from from the regular M3 steering. This is the reason why the M3 Sport wheel can fit regular paddles without any major retrofitting or jury rigging.

The leather is very nice and the thickness of the wheel is significantly more hefty than the regular sport wheel unless you have smaller hands. Unlike the rather hard leather used in the original, the leather used in this wheel feels much nicer and softer. The tri-color stitching is first rate and of high quality and if you like the general feel of the sport wheel, this wheel's new thicker and softer leather is well worth the price.

The installation is a mixed-bag. Since this is a refurbished wheel, unlike buying a brand new wheel, you will need to remove the air bag bracket and grounding wires to reuse it on this wheel. If you're upgrading from a none-sport wheel, this is not too much of an issue since you'll need to buy the trim, multi-function buttons, airbag and bracket anyway. If you are attempting to upgrade from a sport, this will require more work and more time otherwise the swap is the same as buying anything OEM from tischer.

In my case, attempting to remove the grounding wire from my OEM wheel was a major b-tch for phuong. For some reason none of his hex screw heads would fit the damn OEM screw and he had to jury-rig together a solution that took way more time than a simple swap.

In all, I really like the M3 Sport wheel. It feels great, looks great and seems of good quality.

PS: Didn't bother to post pictures. None of the ones I took came out all that great and the pics that is posted on this thread is better.

[b1gmac88]

Originally Posted by imperium2000

Review:
I received my M3 Sport Steering wheel for auto a few weeks back and got the Dr.Phuonger to install it.

The M3 Sport Steering wheel is essentially an OEM Sport steering that has been refurbished using OEM material, in this case, the leather and stitching from from the regular M3 steering. This is the reason why the M3 Sport wheel can fit regular paddles without any major retrofitting or jury rigging.

The leather is very nice and the thickness of the wheel is significantly more hefty than the regular sport wheel unless you have smaller hands. Unlike the rather hard leather used in the original, the leather used in this wheel feels much nicer and softer. The tri-color stitching is first rate and of high quality and if you like the general feel of the sport wheel, this wheel's new thicker and softer leather is well worth the price.

The installation is a mixed-bag. Since this is a refurbished wheel, unlike buying a brand new wheel, you will need to remove the air bag bracket and grounding wires to reuse it on this wheel. If you're upgrading from a none-sport wheel, this is not too much of an issue since you'll need to buy the trim, multi-function buttons, airbag and bracket anyway. If you are attempting to upgrade from a sport, this will require more work and more time otherwise the swap is the same as buying anything OEM from tischer.

In my case, attempting to remove the grounding wire from my OEM wheel was a major b-tch for phuong. For some reason none of his hex screw heads would fit the damn OEM screw and he had to jury-rig together a solution that took way more time than a simple swap.

In all, I really like the M3 Sport wheel. It feels great, looks great and seems of good quality.

PS: Didn't bother to post pictures. None of the ones I took came out all that great and the pics that is posted on this thread is better.

Thanks for the great review! Glad you are enjoying your wheel!

[IXFE]

Originally Posted by imperium2000

Review:
I received my M3 Sport Steering wheel for auto a few weeks back and got the Dr.Phuonger to install it.

The M3 Sport Steering wheel is essentially an OEM Sport steering that has been refurbished using OEM material, in this case, the leather and stitching from from the regular M3 steering. This is the reason why the M3 Sport wheel can fit regular paddles without any major retrofitting or jury rigging.

The leather is very nice and the thickness of the wheel is significantly more hefty than the regular sport wheel unless you have smaller hands. Unlike the rather hard leather used in the original, the leather used in this wheel feels much nicer and softer. The tri-color stitching is first rate and of high quality and if you like the general feel of the sport wheel, this wheel's new thicker and softer leather is well worth the price.

The installation is a mixed-bag. Since this is a refurbished wheel, unlike buying a brand new wheel, you will need to remove the air bag bracket and grounding wires to reuse it on this wheel. If you're upgrading from a none-sport wheel, this is not too much of an issue since you'll need to buy the trim, multi-function buttons, airbag and bracket anyway. If you are attempting to upgrade from a sport, this will require more work and more time otherwise the swap is the same as buying anything OEM from tischer.

In my case, attempting to remove the grounding wire from my OEM wheel was a major b-tch for phuong. For some reason none of his hex screw heads would fit the damn OEM screw and he had to jury-rig together a solution that took way more time than a simple swap.

In all, I really like the M3 Sport wheel. It feels great, looks great and seems of good quality.

PS: Didn't bother to post pictures. None of the ones I took came out all that great and the pics that is posted on this thread is better.

So your new wheel is actually a used wheel that has been "rebuilt" using M3 leather? How does that make it an M3 wheel? It appears to be missing thumb rests. How can you be sure the thickness is even right?

Why not buy an actual M3 wheel with DCT cutouts and modify those to take the Steptronic paddles?

bigmac... do you think you'll ever get an actual Steptronic wheel?

[imperium2000]

Originally Posted by IXFE

So your new wheel is actually a used wheel that has been "rebuilt" using M3 leather?

Yup.

How does that make it an M3 wheel?

Beats me. To me it's a refurbished sport wheel with nice leather and stitching.

It appears to be missing thumb rests. How can you be sure the thickness is even right?

Right for what? I've driven an M3 before...last week in fact. My friend likes my steering wheel compared to his M3's, but he has freakish hands.
The thickness of this wheel actually a bit beefier than a standard M3 wheel. I like the feels of it.

Why not buy an actual M3 wheel with DCT cutouts and modify those to take the Steptronic paddles?

I buy a wheel because I like how it feels and looks.
Hey, I may complain later if the stitching and leather starts to break down but so far it looks and feel like how I've always wanted my wheel to feel.

Why do you buy steering wheels for?

[b1gmac88]

Originally Posted by IXFE

So your new wheel is actually a used wheel that has been "rebuilt" using M3 leather? How does that make it an M3 wheel? It appears to be missing thumb rests. How can you be sure the thickness is even right?

Why not buy an actual M3 wheel with DCT cutouts and modify those to take the Steptronic paddles?

bigmac... do you think you'll ever get an actual Steptronic wheel?

That m3 sport wheel is a re-wrapped sport wheel wit OEM naooa leather. The reason I am making that wheel is because I don't have any stock of auto, steptronic wheels and for now I wont be able to get them.

Thanks

[IXFE]

Originally Posted by imperium2000

Yup.
Beats me. To me it's a refurbished sport wheel with nice leather and stitching.
Right for what? I've driven an M3 before...last week in fact. My friend likes my steering wheel compared to his M3's, but he has freakish hands.
The thickness of this wheel actually a bit beefier than a standard M3 wheel. I like the feels of it.
I buy a wheel because I like how it feels and looks.
Hey, I may complain later if the stitching and leather starts to break down but so far it looks and feel like how I've always wanted my wheel to feel.

Why do you buy steering wheels for?

I'm glad you like your wheel. I'm sure it's an improvement over the standard sport wheel.

I'm just saying for what you paid, you could have had an actual M3 wheel... not a rebuilt Sport wheel. You would just have be be comfortable with a slight mod to the paddle openings. If that's not your thing... that's fine.