Steering wheel retrims from £99

muffking · 12-12-2012, 11:02 AM

No this is not an advert, but ive been wanting to change from my pre lci SE steering wheel for a long time and havnt been able to get an m sport one with airbag without paying silly money.

Now we have all heared of seat retrim, so i searched ebay and came up with this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_od...4239&_from=R40

The company seems to have good feedback and i was wondering if it was worth getting them to jazz up my SE wheel by making it fatter as my controls/airbag will go straight back on.

What do you guys reckon?

A_P · 12-12-2012, 11:09 AM

I dunno about this company but I got mine done By jack from Royal steering wheels. He has done hundreds of wheels for many different forums. Top guy, and top notch work.

muffking · 12-12-2012, 11:51 AM

Thanks. That name did come up in a few searches, but i couldnt find any contact details on his website to see if he is in the UK or not. I'd prefer to deal with someone in the UK as the firm on ebay are in Germany.

A_P · 12-12-2012, 12:16 PM

He is in the uk. Based in Oxford. email him. if that fails PM me i can dig out his number.

mistryn · 12-12-2012, 12:21 PM

AP - any pics of the work you had done?

AlanYoro35i · 12-12-2012, 12:29 PM

silly money? things don't come free hence the premium over msport like we paid for it.. just saying no offence!

muffking · 12-12-2012, 12:50 PM

Non taken, but i aint paying £200 for an airbag plus the cost of the steering wheel hence the OP.

skins83 · 12-12-2012, 01:08 PM

Cant speak highly enough of Jack at royal steering wheels, he did the one in my e46 m3 and was awesome, padded out too for that chunky feel. Will try get a pic up

A_P · 12-12-2012, 01:08 PM

yea go to my profile and then album.

skins83 · 12-12-2012, 01:10 PM

Mr Singh · 12-12-2012, 01:37 PM

Had mine done from Royal Steering wheels. Quality of the work is very good, however the quality of the leather I feel isn't that good. It gets dirty/greasy and oily pretty quick, unlike my original leather item it would go a good 3-4 weeks before needing leather cleansing this one gets shinny in 2 weeks, infact it looks like it has 40-50k worth of wear on it

muffking · 12-12-2012, 01:59 PM

Thanks gents.
Just to give me an idea on what to expect, how much did you both pay?

Mr Singh · 12-12-2012, 02:07 PM

£139 exchange with M sport colour stich work

muffking · 12-12-2012, 02:15 PM

Thats pretty good. What i really want is the thumb humps added and a bit of girth (roll on the jokes), but mine's starting to wear and could do with freshening up a little. The problem will be taking the car off the road unless they have the same type to exchange.

skins83 · 12-12-2012, 02:40 PM

Think I paid about the same with m stitching, u pay deposit for an exchange wheel and he sends a wheel out trimmed and then just send yours back to him then deposit refunded.

A_P · 12-12-2012, 05:32 PM

He builds u the thumb grips if you don't have them.

A_P · 12-12-2012, 05:33 PM

Suprised to hear about the leather being poor. He did mine in alcantara. And it was top notch. The material used was excellent. But I guess it depends on what he has in stock at the time right? I dunno. Nice bloke though.

skins83 · 12-13-2012, 02:19 AM

I was very impressed with the quality of mine!

xPETEZx · 12-13-2012, 04:31 AM

This sounds great!
I too really want that "fatter" steering wheel with the thumb dimples.
Been on the hunt for an M-Sport wheel but at £300+ for a second hand one its very steep.

Can anybody who has had a SE steering wheel re-trimed post some pics? Interested to see what this looks like?

Contact details for this guy would be great too.

AWBimmer · 12-13-2012, 05:41 AM

Edit: I opted for an OEM M3 wheel.

AdamC · 12-13-2012, 06:27 AM

Someone try and get a group buy going and see if we can get a bit of discount?
I would be up for one of these on an exchange basis too.

A_P · 12-13-2012, 07:31 AM

Guys the SE wheels re trimmed will not be as fat as the M sport wheel.

You can Ask jack to build int he thump grips and thicken the SE wheel which he will do. But like I said it wont be as fat. Simply because. If he puts in too much padding what happens is he will loose its shape over time, and plus wont have the right feel.

Just keeping it real. So you know the score.

12-12-2012, 11:02 AM	#1
muffking Regular user 223 Rep 965 Posts Drives: F30 330D M-Sport Auto Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincs. UK iTrader: (3) Garage List 2014 BMW 330D [0.00] 2006 Honda CBR1000R ... [0.00]	Steering wheel retrims from £99 No this is not an advert, but ive been wanting to change from my pre lci SE steering wheel for a long time and havnt been able to get an m sport one with airbag without paying silly money. Now we have all heared of seat retrim, so i searched ebay and came up with this http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_od...4239&_from=R40 The company seems to have good feedback and i was wondering if it was worth getting them to jazz up my SE wheel by making it fatter as my controls/airbag will go straight back on. What do you guys reckon? __________________
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12-12-2012, 11:09 AM	#2
A_P Lieutenant Colonel 57 Rep 1,698 Posts Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South East iTrader: (0)	I dunno about this company but I got mine done By jack from Royal steering wheels. He has done hundreds of wheels for many different forums. Top guy, and top notch work.
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12-12-2012, 11:51 AM	#3
muffking Regular user 223 Rep 965 Posts Drives: F30 330D M-Sport Auto Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincs. UK iTrader: (3) Garage List 2014 BMW 330D [0.00] 2006 Honda CBR1000R ... [0.00]	Thanks. That name did come up in a few searches, but i couldnt find any contact details on his website to see if he is in the UK or not. I'd prefer to deal with someone in the UK as the firm on ebay are in Germany. __________________
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12-12-2012, 12:16 PM	#4
A_P Lieutenant Colonel 57 Rep 1,698 Posts Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South East iTrader: (0)	He is in the uk. Based in Oxford. email him. if that fails PM me i can dig out his number.
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12-12-2012, 12:21 PM	#5
mistryn Colonel 154 Rep 2,045 Posts Drives: BMW 335D Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mids iTrader: (8)	AP - any pics of the work you had done?
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12-12-2012, 12:29 PM	#6
AlanYoro35i Senior Troll 221 Rep 3,378 Posts Drives: Coming soon-718 Cayman S Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South West iTrader: (1)	silly money? things don't come free hence the premium over msport like we paid for it.. just saying no offence! __________________ Gone: N54 335i is the Legend! N55 435i Now: 718 Cayman GTS / F83 M4
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12-12-2012, 12:50 PM	#7
muffking Regular user 223 Rep 965 Posts Drives: F30 330D M-Sport Auto Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincs. UK iTrader: (3) Garage List 2014 BMW 330D [0.00] 2006 Honda CBR1000R ... [0.00]	Non taken, but i aint paying £200 for an airbag plus the cost of the steering wheel hence the OP. __________________
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12-12-2012, 01:08 PM	#8
skins83 Private 2 Rep 86 Posts Drives: E90 320d m sport Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southport iTrader: (0)	Cant speak highly enough of Jack at royal steering wheels, he did the one in my e46 m3 and was awesome, padded out too for that chunky feel. Will try get a pic up
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12-12-2012, 01:10 PM	#10
skins83 Private 2 Rep 86 Posts Drives: E90 320d m sport Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southport iTrader: (0)
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12-12-2012, 01:37 PM	#11
Mr Singh Banned 65 Rep 773 Posts Drives: E91 330D M Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Milton Keynes iTrader: (3)	Had mine done from Royal Steering wheels. Quality of the work is very good, however the quality of the leather I feel isn't that good. It gets dirty/greasy and oily pretty quick, unlike my original leather item it would go a good 3-4 weeks before needing leather cleansing this one gets shinny in 2 weeks, infact it looks like it has 40-50k worth of wear on it
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12-12-2012, 01:59 PM	#12
muffking Regular user 223 Rep 965 Posts Drives: F30 330D M-Sport Auto Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincs. UK iTrader: (3) Garage List 2014 BMW 330D [0.00] 2006 Honda CBR1000R ... [0.00]	Thanks gents. Just to give me an idea on what to expect, how much did you both pay? __________________
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12-12-2012, 02:07 PM	#13
Mr Singh Banned 65 Rep 773 Posts Drives: E91 330D M Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Milton Keynes iTrader: (3)	£139 exchange with M sport colour stich work
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12-12-2012, 02:15 PM	#14
muffking Regular user 223 Rep 965 Posts Drives: F30 330D M-Sport Auto Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincs. UK iTrader: (3) Garage List 2014 BMW 330D [0.00] 2006 Honda CBR1000R ... [0.00]	Thats pretty good. What i really want is the thumb humps added and a bit of girth (roll on the jokes), but mine's starting to wear and could do with freshening up a little. The problem will be taking the car off the road unless they have the same type to exchange. __________________
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12-12-2012, 02:40 PM	#15
skins83 Private 2 Rep 86 Posts Drives: E90 320d m sport Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southport iTrader: (0)	Think I paid about the same with m stitching, u pay deposit for an exchange wheel and he sends a wheel out trimmed and then just send yours back to him then deposit refunded.
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12-12-2012, 05:32 PM	#16
A_P Lieutenant Colonel 57 Rep 1,698 Posts Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South East iTrader: (0)	He builds u the thumb grips if you don't have them.
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12-12-2012, 05:33 PM	#17
A_P Lieutenant Colonel 57 Rep 1,698 Posts Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South East iTrader: (0)	Suprised to hear about the leather being poor. He did mine in alcantara. And it was top notch. The material used was excellent. But I guess it depends on what he has in stock at the time right? I dunno. Nice bloke though.
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12-13-2012, 02:19 AM	#18
skins83 Private 2 Rep 86 Posts Drives: E90 320d m sport Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southport iTrader: (0)	I was very impressed with the quality of mine!
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12-13-2012, 04:31 AM	#19
xPETEZx Captain 48 Rep 663 Posts Drives: Golf R Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: London iTrader: (0)	This sounds great! I too really want that "fatter" steering wheel with the thumb dimples. Been on the hunt for an M-Sport wheel but at £300+ for a second hand one its very steep. Can anybody who has had a SE steering wheel re-trimed post some pics? Interested to see what this looks like? Contact details for this guy would be great too.
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12-13-2012, 05:41 AM	#20
AWBimmer Major General 349 Rep 6,174 Posts Drives: E92 335D Pre-LCI \| E63 M6 V10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK iTrader: (4)	Edit: I opted for an OEM M3 wheel. __________________ BMW E92 335D \| Lower Klasse IG: @that.m6 Last edited by AWBimmer; 05-03-2014 at 04:41 AM..
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12-13-2012, 06:27 AM	#21
AdamC Captain 39 Rep 838 Posts Drives: LCI M135i Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: West Midlands - UK iTrader: (2) Garage List 2015 BMW LCI M135i [0.00] 2007 Pre-LCI E92 [0.00]	Someone try and get a group buy going and see if we can get a bit of discount? I would be up for one of these on an exchange basis too.
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12-13-2012, 07:31 AM	#22
A_P Lieutenant Colonel 57 Rep 1,698 Posts Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South East iTrader: (0)	Guys the SE wheels re trimmed will not be as fat as the M sport wheel. You can Ask jack to build int he thump grips and thicken the SE wheel which he will do. But like I said it wont be as fat. Simply because. If he puts in too much padding what happens is he will loose its shape over time, and plus wont have the right feel. Just keeping it real. So you know the score.
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