this feels great !

Post by **EDDY,G** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:12 am

orderd one of these last week and it turned up in 6 days !

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-Quattro-RS4- ... dZViewItem

to me it feels great in the hand ,so much nicer than the standard one ! dunno if £210 is the going rate from audi dealer but had to have it when i saw it ! just thought ide share the find !

Post by **tdiquattro** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:11 am

Does this mean the rest of the car is black leather? and you are just changing the steering wheel, if so how out of place does it look? does it match up with the airbag etc?
Cheers, Nigel.

Post by **Jarv** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:49 am

I hope the one you have has the U shaped horn contact, becaue the one in the photo on the ebay ad hasn't. These aren't available separately from Audi and they aren't really transferable from one wheel to another.

Post by **HGH** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:41 pm

the horn contact is the same size on both steering wheels, and fit perfect

Post by **Jarv** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:41 am

HGH wrote:the horn contact is the same size on both steering wheels, and fit perfect

Agreed, but you can tell by the way it's fixed on it's not supposed to be removed. It's not attached with screws but those (don't know what they're officially called) one way press on washer things.

Post by **Newdub** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:14 am

I have one fitted to mine, although mine is silver, and needs retriming after 40k. Got to love them though

Post by **simon_golf_tt** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:12 am

I fitted one of these to mine from the same ebay seller a few months back and it's been great. I had the alcantara wheel already though - it was grubby, so a new one made a big difference.

Post by **dssean** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:33 pm

is it possible to buy this wheel
http://cgi.ebay.com/Audi-A2-A3-A4-A6-A8 ... dZViewItem
and put this badge on
https://sslrelay.com/s74326199.oneandon ... shopscript
because it looks the same to me ,i know the difference in te spline would be the major factor but the part numbers are virtually the same ie the normal one is 8E0 419 091 AC
and the rs4 is 8D0 419 091 AC 1ET
some one must know
please?

Post by **Virdee Autos** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:36 pm

Looking at the pictures I don't see why it shouldn't fit.

The spline will more than likely be the same as with all VAG cars. Its the holes for the connectors, and it seems from those pics that they are in the correct position. Someone on here has put a Golf R32 steering wheel...so splines isn't really an issue.

The badge just pops out, so that will be no problem at all.

Post by **EDDY,G** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:30 pm

looks the same to me ...that would be the cheaper way to do it and you can buy the rs4 badge from "vag parts" for £16 ish .. hehe just shows ya what con merchants audi can be... chargin 1/3 more for the same item but with a differant badge ! wich costs about 20p to make ! twats !

Post by **EDDY,G** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:37 pm

Does this mean the rest of the car is black leather? and you are just changing the steering wheel, if so how out of place does it look? does it match up with the airbag etc?
Cheers, Nigel.

i have hi-teck interior and it looks and feels class mate !!

Post by **tdiquattro** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:06 am

Ok, just bought one of those with buy it now!, arrrgh impulse buying again, that 'll be even more old S4 bits in the cardboard box in the garage soon then!!

Will everybody stop posting threads with yummy add-on bits it for gods sake!

Post by **Bahnstormer** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:26 am

I fitted one too, it does feel great but the rim of the wheel is still a bit thin compared to newer Audis, I also upgraded my gearknob to Alcantara (£60 from Audi).

Alcantara wheel with full leather seats looks slightly out of place but alot more racy.

Post by **dssean** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:38 pm

got an email from the people selling then on ebay.needless to say they say the cheaper one wont fit!!!.gonna phone my local audi parts depot tomorrow and see if they know. alternatively if any one near wimbledon has an A4 or S4 fancy an experiment?

Post by **Jarv** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:49 pm

EDDY,G wrote:
Does this mean the rest of the car is black leather? and you are just changing the steering wheel, if so how out of place does it look? does it match up with the airbag etc?
Cheers, Nigel.

i have hi-teck interior and it looks and feels class mate !!

Eddy,

How did the install go then? Did it come with the horn contact or did you have to swap it over? If so, how did you get on taking those fixings off and putting them on the new wheel? They scared me off when I took my wheel apart, but then again, I am the master of diy collateral damage.

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