z3mcoupe

Howdy all - this is a mod I've been meaning to do for some while now, and I finally did it!

Since I've had the car (almost a year) I never really did enjoy the stock PDK wheel. While on Thunderhill, I palm shifted up mid-corner for example - not good.

As I have a stone grey interior I was planning to order a leather stone grey wheel from suncoast. Soze (thanks!) sent me the link from the classified section for an alcantara wheel for sale by Shadow993, which I promptly jumped on.

I followed this DIY ( ) and it was a doddle. The trickiest part was unlatching the airbag, but once I played around with the unlocking mechanism with the new wheel, I could see how it was supposed to unlock the airbag and it just popped out.

I've an '09 so I'm still researching if I can get the 'sport' button to light up, but either way I'm really pleased with the wheel - the paddle action is so much nicer than the standard buttons.

Either way, the main reason for sharing this was in case other owners with non-black interiors were wondering how the alcantara might contract with other interior colors. It seems to work quite well with stone grey.

shadow993

That looks like Porsche put it there from the factory!!


Great work!

soze

looks great!

MaximumA

I'd have liked an alcantara wheel, but I retrofitted the ocean blue leather job instead (and do I wish I'd done it immediately!):

z3mcoupe

Thanks guys - Yes for those with buttons and thinking about it....do it!

s4alex

Looks great. Ever find out if you could get the sport lights to activate on a 09?

vg247

If I recall correctly., I think they only light up for MY 2010' and forward.

z3mcoupe

Yes, sorry I didn't recall seeing that last question. I've not made an effort to try it , but I'll let you all know if I get it to work!