Suede steering wheel, gearknob&handbrake retrofit

[paolotopaz]

having seen the suede finish on the steering wheel of that 62k Ibis white avant on pistonheads I'm curious to know has anyone retrofitted these?

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/439586.htm


I'd imagine the gearknob and handbrake would be easy enough but the steering quite tricky?

Would a company who refit leather seats be able to re stitch an existing wheel?

If I could this mod to an Rs4 I'm looking at buying it'd be the icing on the cake!

Paolo

[SimonFV8]

I would like my wheel done also and have looked into it a bit. I have found a company that can supply a flat bottom multi function wheel much luke the R8 one and have emailed them to see if they can do it. I also wondered what the top of the dash would look like in suede, much like an Aston DBS!!!

[PetrolDave]

The only posts I've seen about the suede option were to complain that it wore out very quickly (few hundred miles only in one case)...

[SimonFV8]

Dave - thanks for that its something that has concerned me. Am I right in thinking Aston also fit a suede wheel? If so I can't imagine that their's would wear that quick.

[paolotopaz]

I have read tat alcantara wears much better with steering wheels lasting 60,000 miles and only then needing to have bobbles shaved off.

Hs anyone on hear ha a CSL or M3 cs?

[Jezzer]

The cost is £1900 for the three items from Gmbh. That was enough for me to stick with what I've got. This didn't include fitting. After a while the steering wheel can start to look really shabby. Used to own a CSL and shaved the bobbles off with a bic razor.

[johnny11]

i had the Alcantara steering wheel on my RS6, it looked good until i had the car for 6 months then it started to wear at the sides where you grip the wheel, and in my opinion thats when it started to look tatty.I bought a leather RS6 steering wheel on Ebay and changed them over, now looks alot better

[crispy]

A mate of mine has a suede / alcantara wheel on his A4 S-line Avant.

His car is younger than mine and the wheel looks tatty already!

[tartan_rob]

Suede looks and feels great but unfortunately is not practical at all.

[EuroSag]

I have read that alcantara wears much better with steering wheels lasting 60,000 miles and only then needing to have bobbles shaved off.

Has anyone on hear had a CSL or M3 cs?

Yes, the wheels don't last anywhere near 60k. I had 2 replaced by BMW under warranty - as they went all bobbley. Unfortunatey, it is the sweat in your hands that knackers them out. My third one was ok, but thats because I made sure I wore gloves on hot track-days.