w124 upgraded steering wheel (PICS!)

[Shude]

Bloodmoon brought his car around today, to show me the new steering wheel.

Before (from gallery):

After:

It took us a few attempts to get the wheel properly aligned

Looks nice doesn't it?

 

[Sp!ke]

It looks absolutely great, reall classy look to it. Mind you, for £70 you could do a lot worse than buying the centre horn pad and bolt it straight onto a standard wheel. (looks like it fits)

How difficult was it to undo the old wheel anyway as I'll be doing the job next week?

 

[Brian WH]

Very smart M8.:bannana: :bannana:

Something else to polish eh?

 

[sym]

wow !! serious Wurzelholz !!

luv it !

 

[robert.farmer]

I wwwwwaaaannnnnttttt one

 

[GrahamC230K]

Be carefull of the glare from the reflection!


Nice, classey old style. Dont build them like they used too...........(yes I have my slippers on)

 

[Koolvin]

Nick, Your friend keeps his car immaculate from inside, ask him for a few tips for you HAHAHAHA

 

[pluggers]

Kooooooooool

 

[swl]

Wow! It does liven up the car.

 

[Shude]

Originally posted by Koolvin
Nick, Your friend keeps his car immaculate from inside, ask him for a few tips for you HAHAHAHA

His car is always clean because he operates a kind of dress-code for passengers! I let all kinds of scruffy people in mine and it gets messy real quick!

 

[bloodmoon]

Thanks for the feedback guys

Very happy with the wheel - it does spruce up the interior somewhat.

Sp!ke, you will need a finger nail, or a tiny flat head screwdriver to prise the star from the rubber. The horn pad then pulls off revealing a hexagonal nut. For removal of this, I used a fat allen key (12mm perhaps?) and something to give it a bit of initial leverage. The wheel comes off in seconds and goes back on just as easily. Try and put the new wheel on relative to the old one, as I just assumed that my wheels were straight, and had a few tries before it was aligned properly.

The chrome dial surrounds are on order, by the way, and that should complete the interior for now

--
Antony

 

[V8 ML]

I wasn't sure at first when i read the previous posts pre pics but now we've seen it, well it transforms the interior no end...
Very nice indeed, money well spent..

 

[joe]

Photographs are wonderful!.
The Wheel looks superb.

Excellent taste.

Joe

 

[Koolvin]

talking about steering wheels:

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2609

 

[badshot1uk]

Hi Shude

Where did you get that wheel from its lovely
I want one for my 89TE plus a gear knob.
Do you know what colour wood it is as it looks darker than my current wood.

Cheers

Paul

 

[Shude]

Originally posted by badshot1uk
Where did you get that wheel from its lovely
I want one for my 89TE plus a gear knob.
Do you know what colour wood it is as it looks darker than my current wood.

The wheel (and car) belongs to bloodmoon, I just posted the pics

Here is the thread he posted about buying the wheel:New steering wheel arriving tomorrow!

The wood is described as wurzelholz, it looks a little dark because it is brand new, polished and not faded some of the other interior wood . Check what wood is in your car, if it looks zebra-like it is zebrano wood and you will need to order parts accordingly.

 

[PJH]

NICE ! Makes you wonder why MB didn't make them standard.

 

[Kiwiboy]

I have a steering wheel for sale if you want to do this great mod

http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2376

Here is the link for details