M Sport MFSW or Royals Re-trim

[Rits83]

Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my steering wheel from the standard wheel to something with a nicer feel. I have a E85 3.0i

I like the look of the M Sport wheel with the Multi-functional Controls or alternatively sending my wheel off to Royals for a retrim.

Can you still get a Brand New M Sport Wheel and where did you get one from and costs? Anyone have a friendly parts guy at a BMW Dealer that can do one with some discount?

Believe I also need a retro fit cable to get the multi function controls to work as my car was registered Sept 03.

Thanks in Advance

 

[Marlon]

The Royals re-trim is a fraction of the cost of a new M wheel and is why many take that route. I had mine done by Royals and loved it, but that was because I couldn't justify the cost of a second hand M wheel. The M wheels that did come up on eBay were around the £300 - £400 mark and showed their age. I managed to buy a mint second hand one on the forum for £220, which is why I sold my Royals.
If money wasn't a factor you cant beat the feel of an M wheel

New M wheels are available from this German supplier, I believe some members have bought from here and been very happy:
http://www.salesafter.eu/?cat=c171_Interieur-Interieur-171.html&cPath=15_65_79_171

Here' a new M Sport MFSW not cheap:
http://www.salesafter.eu/product_info.php?language=en&info=p1687_bmw-z4-e85-e86-m3-2-m-sportlenkrad-mit-multifunktionstasten.html

 

[thanatu55]

I recommend this place in Germany http://leder-lenkrad.de/shop/ if you're considering a retrim. They're on ebay too. They did mine and I'm made up with the job they've done.

I think it worked out at about £150. I wanted the full tuning option (thumb molds on the bottom sections as well as the top) but they only did it on standard wheels, and since mine is the M wheel they did tuning on the top half and beefed up the bottom half. The full tuning option on a standard wheel is 189 EUR.

Edit: They've actually dropped in price on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E85-...410646?hash=item4647543116:g:wtMAAOSwoydWkj4h

You can either send them your steering wheel to retrim, or if you don't want to be without a steering wheel for day to day running you can put down a deposit, they will send you a fully retrimmed steering wheel. Once you've received the new one you send your old steering wheel back to them and get your deposit back.

It's just another option, something a bit different to the usual Royals retrim. If I had a standard wheel I'd definitely go for the full tuning option from this place. Nice chunky feel to it.

Here's mine:

 

[Monaco84]

New M wheels are available from this German supplier, I believe some members have bought from here and been very happy:
http://www.salesafter.eu/?cat=c171_Inte ... _65_79_171

if someone is interested in a new M wheel with m-stichting incl. multifunctional buttons below the announced price of 599EUR, send me a PM.