Swapping round bottom and flat bottom steering wheels
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The flat bottomed wheel on the F-Type is substantially thicker than the regular round wheel. It also had larger areas for the ball of the thumb to rest against. All in all it feels much different to the hand than the round wheel.
I can see people preferring it for comfort unrelated to whether the bottom of the wheel is flat or not. It is not just a styling preference. It is a superior ergonomic experience.
I can see people preferring it for comfort unrelated to whether the bottom of the wheel is flat or not. It is not just a styling preference. It is a superior ergonomic experience.
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Schwabe (05-07-2015)
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I did a steering wheel swap on my XKR (2004) it wasn't very hard at all and I didn't end up with an airbag in my face. There is always a trick to it though and it would be good to find someone who had done it first otherwise you are likely to get the sequence wrong and end up with a problem. My flat bottomed wheel is heated as well so I know they make them. Finding one off a wrecked car should just take some looking as there have been a number of these things wrapped around polls or parked in other car's trunks. I'm tempted to buy a scrapper and use it as a mule to build something interesting.
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Does anyone know if a car with round bottom steering can have it replaced with a flat bottom steering from another car?
What could be potential issues in doing so (both from actually doing it standpoint and living with it standpoint)?
I'd think this should be possible since both steering wheels differ by only the amount of thick bolstering and the bottom portion being flat. Or is there more to the internals like airbag installation, fine tuning turn settings?
PS: My dealer says no - this cant be done.
What could be potential issues in doing so (both from actually doing it standpoint and living with it standpoint)?
I'd think this should be possible since both steering wheels differ by only the amount of thick bolstering and the bottom portion being flat. Or is there more to the internals like airbag installation, fine tuning turn settings?
PS: My dealer says no - this cant be done.
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