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04-04-2020, 06:37 AM | #1 |
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M Performance Steering Wheel - V1 - re-trimmed
I spent ages trying to find a new M Performance Steering wheel, with shift lights (V1) including importing one from a US based seller (seriously expensive, and turned out to be V2, flat-bottomed) but then found one through a friend, who lives about 10 miles from me.
As I am not keen on Alcantara on wheels - especially if part is still leather - I had this one re-trimmed in full leather, which gave me the opportunity to also have proper M Tricolour stitching, rather than the white M Performance stitching. I also asked the re-trimmer to slightly increase the rim thickness, as I like chunky wheels. I will - after the lockdown - try to post some video of the shift-lights in operation, as there are hardly any videos around of the V1 wheel.
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https://www.designls.co.uk/index.php They do more than just wheels - all aspects of car upholstery. Some more pictures, showing the stitching in close-up. They definitely went several extra miles for me, including sourcing new tinted covers for the shift lights, and re-positioning the stitching at the 9:3 spokes for extra comfort - and that was several weeks after the original job, when I had some time using the wheel. No extra charge for doing this. Highly recommended, very helpful and genuine car enthusiasts.
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04-04-2020, 04:31 PM | #5 |
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Thanks - unfortunately just as the weather gets good enough for full throttle/shift light fun, its lock-down time!
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04-23-2020, 03:48 PM | #8 |
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Looks great. Should have came from the factory this way. It's unfortunate that they stopped producing the V1's
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Should be plenty of examples on YouTube I say "pseudo" because they achieved the flat bottom by building the rim out 5 and 7 o'clock positions. The vertical dimension (between 12 and 6 o'clock positions) is the same as the standard wheel. To me this gives it a really odd shape. These 2 differences would annoy me like mad - the feel of the wheel through the hands constantly changing according to the orientation of the wheel. Having said that - the shift lights on the V2 wheel are probably better/brighter, as is the central display.
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