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Old 03 November 2012 | 01:34 AM
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What are the options on changing my steering wheel on my STI UK ? i would like to keep the airbag !
Old 03 November 2012 | 01:38 AM
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I got a donor STi steering wheel (kept my OE standard) & sent it off to be trimmed in black Alcantara! Just re-fitted my air bag into the trimmed wheel.
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looks good but im after a smaller one !
Old 08 November 2012 | 03:28 AM
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All I've found are personal imports from Japan, the exchange rate is crap so it ends up being pretty steep, and there's about a 20% import duty charge on top of whatever you pay. The two main options are DAMD and Zero/Sports, the former is cheaper but a little wider and looks a little less well made (but comes with a flat bottomed option); the latter is a bit smaller and looks OEM, which may be a good or bad thing.
DAMD:
http://www.avojdm.com/product_info.p...roducts_id=147
Zero/Sports:
http://japanparts.com/db/partslist.p...mall=12&page=2
Apart from the price, my other reservation is whether a 17-25mm drop in diameter is worth it. I will go for it one day though, the standard steering wheel gets on my **** a bit
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