Alcantara Steering Wheel

[Neverlift328]

Has anyone either swapped a steering wheel or recovered a steering wheel to get and Alcantara one? I'd love one with the yellow ring on top for my Z4 M coupe. I'd also prefer not to spend huge sums of cash nothing over 1K I'd prefer under 500

This would be the perfect wheel

[ZStig]

I've seen z4m alcantara wheels on ebay.uk

[Kgolf31]

TBH I'm not a big fan of Alcantara. It wears quickly and for people with sweaty or greasy hands.

As well, I just took yellow electrical tape and put it at the top of my steering wheel. $2 fix that helps alot

[Neverlift328]

I was on the fence about the alcantara until the dealership I work for delivered one on a new M3 its sooo amazing to the touch. The yellow tape is always a thought, just wondering how easily it is done to possibly recover the wheel. I looked up swapping mine for the E92 wheel in the pic and, well, its a huge amount of modding to get it to fit properly and the cost is insane as you need a new airbag!

[MIKe86]

Is there a purpose for the yellow stripe or purely cosmetic?

[jra]

Dallas steering wheel is a really good shop. I think an alcantara wrap and a 12 o'clock ring is around 500

[BlackMoupe]

http://www.youtube.com/user/furichanpeZ4M

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[ZStig]

Like golf says, it wears quickly and then looks ugly

[Neverlift328]

Originally Posted by MIKe86

Is there a purpose for the yellow stripe or purely cosmetic?

The yellow ring is both cosmetic an functional. It lets you reference where dead center is on the steering wheel without taking your eyes off the road. Plus I think it looks bad ass!



That youtube video has EXACTLY what I am looking for!!

Thanks for the help!!

[Kgolf31]

Originally Posted by MIKe86

Is there a purpose for the yellow stripe or purely cosmetic?

If you track the car or autocross it, yes.

As said earlier, it helps reference where "straight" is. It's especially important to know this when you are weaving in and out of cones and you need to get the wheel straight to line the car up, without actually looking down to see if it is straight. As long at the bottom of your vision you see the yellow mark, you know you're straight.

As well, when the car likes to start to lose grip, and starts to slide in a high speed corner (from autocross, usually sliding is bad but to rotate the car around it's sometimes faster) you want to get the wheel straightened out to get the car moving forward (verses trying to over correct then getting yourself off-line). The yellow line will tell you where you need to set the wheel up.

If you just DD and throw it on there, then well you're a show-off

[MIKe86]

Ah, ok - thanks for the info fellas

[funkyman]

Looks like an ugly wheel compared to the M wheel.

[johanness]

Yellow ring / Shift light

same same

[krnnerdboy]

wish I had a alcantara delete option for my boss....it feels amazing but I was already anal about wiping my wheel down everyday on my leather steering wheels, and it looks like this is going to wear fairly quickly if I don't wear gloves on the street....and that's just poseur

[Neverlift328]

That is one downside to the alcantara wheel I hear. I think this mod may have to go on later in my long winded build, once the car becomes less and less street car. But the color scheme I have going I will be looking for a red ring on top of the wheel.