Flat bottom steering wheel

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Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by SimonG » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:44 am

Evening , apols if it's been covered before. I'm thinking about pulling trigger on an RS6. Spec is close to what I want but no FBSW. Is it possible to change normal round one for FBSW?
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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by superlightr » Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:27 am

does it have a heated SW then?

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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by skirs6 » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:01 pm

I thought all RS6 C7 were FBSW ??? Why would you need a heated SW ????

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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by Eddie555 » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:04 pm

skirs6 wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:01 pm
I thought all RS6 C7 were FBSW ??? Why would you need a heated SW ????
If heated steering wheel chosen as option then it would be a completely round wheel.
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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by skirs6 » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:17 pm

Eddie555 wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:04 pm
skirs6 wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:01 pm
I thought all RS6 C7 were FBSW ??? Why would you need a heated SW ????
If heated steering wheel chosen as option then it would be a completely round wheel.
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Can't they heat an FB ???

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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by Eddie555 » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:28 pm

Not an option
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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by MikeFish » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:48 pm

Yeah they made us choose between flat bottom or round and heated.
As much as I hate the look of the round wheel there are a few people on here with the round heated one and think it is amazing so maybe give it a go before changing it.

But I think it's a straight swap although new steering wheels are not cheap. Maybe a bit of coding with VCDS might be needed.

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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by RS6chris! » Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:57 pm

Hand in your man card if you go round and heated.

FB wheel for the win
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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by Scotty C » Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:45 pm

FB all the way...
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Re: Flat bottom steering wheel

Post by Rich_C » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:52 pm

I have the round heated steering wheel on mine. Wasn't on my wish list but I've got rather used to it. Surprisingly I used it quite a lot over Winter. My only comment is that the materials aren't a patch on the FB wheel. More like something from a S-line than a RS product.
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