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03-09-2015, 10:15 PM | #27 |
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Got mine installed today, fell in love with the car all over again best mod ever and thank you OP I had no idea about this steering wheel before. Here are some installed pics:
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03-10-2015, 08:41 AM | #29 | |
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03-10-2015, 09:05 AM | #30 |
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03-11-2015, 11:29 AM | #31 | |
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Also did any warning msg pop up after you disconnected and reconnected the battery on the F10? Did it reset anything? Your new steering wheel looks good, is it thicker as well? |
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03-11-2015, 11:33 AM | #32 |
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Looks great ! How hard was the install, is it a must to disconnect the battery prior to swapping? Can we just turn off the car instead? I'm afraid it will reset or mess something up my car in the process of disconnecting the battery.
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03-11-2015, 12:27 PM | #33 |
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03-11-2015, 12:37 PM | #34 |
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Install Looks pretty easy...not sure if the battery needs to be disconnected tho?
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03-11-2015, 01:45 PM | #35 | |
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No errors come up no coding is lost and all I had to do was set the time and date again. Make sure when you disconnect the battery the wheels are straight and so is your steering wheel. If you do encounter any errors turn steering wheel all the way left and then all the way right few times to reset steering wheel angle sensor. Install is not that hard, hardest part was getting the airbag out, took about 5 minutes of wiggling around. Tip: put pressure on top of airbag and try to get both clips out at same time, lift straight out.
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03-11-2015, 09:54 PM | #36 |
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Hi fellas.
x-ception - nice pics! totally agree, since you use and touch the wheel everyday its a cool mod that makes the car feel new again. jdm8 - not sure about errors going from paddle to no-paddle, but given the gerrrman attention to detail, I wouldn't be surprised if a code was thrown, you should check with service. As x-ception mentioned, don't think about mucking around with the airbag while the car has 12+, dangerous for your face and I'm pretty sure that will throw a code and create more work in the long run. You will not have any issues or errors by disconnecting the battery ground. Its simple - go to your trunk, lift the floor flap and remove the 2 plastic 10mm nuts found on the left/right side of the floor board Pull out the fiberboard floor, use the 10mm to loosen/disconnect the negative terminal you should also wait 10-15 mins to be certain the ECU has no power before starting. The hardest part is getting the airbag to release from the hub. I found it easiest to use a flat head screw driver that was just narrow enough to fit into the hole but long enough to push up on the metal tension rod as well as slide left to right along the rod to ensure both sides of the release mechanism disengaged the airbag clips. Hope the pic below makes sense Another thing I wanted to share is that my airbag connector took a lot of pressure to separate, so I did not yank on it from the actual wire from the fear that it might pull out of the socket, so grip it from the actual connector or use some needle nose pliers. swap your electronics over, torque the bolt to 46 ft lb, and then carefully insert the airbag until the clips hook over the release mechanism again. Last edited by jdmfrogg; 03-11-2015 at 10:02 PM.. |
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03-12-2015, 06:47 PM | #40 |
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Looks great, and that looks like a super thick grip.
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03-15-2015, 07:37 PM | #41 | |
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06-16-2015, 12:01 PM | #44 | |
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Might be a silly question, forgive my ignorance on this. Was your wheel heated before ? I'm considering getting one of these from Ledermanz as well, but would like to understand this before I commit to purchase. My steering wheel is heated, and while I don't care if I lose that feature, I'm concerned that I might get bunch of error codes after I instal the wheel that doesn't have a heating module in the wheel ? I understand that heating button will be useless, but am worried about potential codes being thrown and trip to the dealer. |
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