New Leather Steering wheels
 

This guy has over a 100 of these bought one for my 180 look great and feel great slightly thicker then the standard one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rover-400-414-...3A1|240%3A1318

do they fit as standard? or do u need some kind of adapter?

Bought one! £15 :happy:

Are they not the same as the ones in the 180?

just bought one for £15 aswell. Is it zs wheels or mg tf ones. My guess is tf am I right?

They fit straight on with no mods fitted one to mine on Sunday

I think the mk2 has these but the mk1 doesn't well mine didbt anyway

Well he did not acept £15 anymore so i got it for £20.

Thanks for the heads up, been looking for a nice leather wheel for a while now :)

This is what they look like its not mine but my mates

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/IMG_3836.jpg

How easy is it?

Those are tidy. Slightly different to the standard wheel that was in my mk2, in the way that those ones there have swellings for your thumbs, my old one didnt. Got Smokeys old TF wheel now though and the shape is very similar to that picture. Very easy to fit.

Really easy m8 just disconnect the battery for 20mins then un do the 2 torques bolts on the back and remove the airbag then its just like changing a normal steering wheel

I've bought one, what size is the main steering wheel bolt? 20 minutes to let the charge in the airbag go, I pressume?

mine turned up this morning while i was in the shower

Haynes does not say what the size of the bolt is, but it mentions 10mins for SRS to loose its charge.. 20mins seems like a cunning plan tho :)

Why do i feel the urge to buy one ready for when i get my zs??

good man lol. 24 or 32mm?? i cant remember

mine came too.

Same size as the original but much better feel to it.

Now on the lookout for an MG Airbag.
Stephen

It looks exactly the same as the wheel in my mk ZS, but the one in my car now has gone all shiny really and doesn't feel like a grippy leather wheel. Have those new ones got a nice grippy feel to them?

all my airbags needs re-doing next year anyway, so will refit the old module for now and get the lot done in 2010...

yeah it is a lot less slippery than the plastic one i have on atm...

admittedly my testing has been holdng it in my hands and pretending, as my car is no where near me to swap them over :D

They feel a lot better better m8 i feel as though i have a better grip on the car

Why do the airbags need doing?They are 15 years for replacement,unless you have a fault.

Shroon

lol never changed 1

iirc its either 15mm 17mm or 19mm

24mm and 32mm? its not a hub nut :P

Oh and bought one too last nite :)

just brought mine £20 was accepted!

Really i thought it was 7 years... well that is one job less next year then :)

EDIT
Ah yes i misread the haynes book of lies... bonus :D

Glad that's sorted then :)

Shroon

£20 is the lowest he/she will go, tried £19 lol

just fitted mine. what an improvement took 30 mins to swap over including the 20 mins letting the airbag discharge. thanks smc trading!

Yeah, I tried 15 16 17 18 and 19 lol I cant make an offer now lol

Bought another tf wheel for a tenner though :D

mine was 19mm

these dont need adapters then?

straight fit mate

Mine should be here soon, bit worried about the airbag giving me one in the face though. :yikes: Is it really as simple as everyone says, and how does the airbag go back into the new wheel?

so simple mate.

Park the car with the roadwheels dead ahead, Discon battery for 20 mins just to be safe and let the airbag charge dissipate. undo the 2 torx bolts torx 30 or 35 iirc. Lift off the bag. gently prise off the yellow connector, remove the black plug, careful to keep the rotary coupler in the same position. Undo the 19mm bolt for the wheel, sometimes easier to loosen it off a couple of turns then pull the wheel till it frees, saves getting a wheel in the face :D

Then reverse the steps and roberts your mothers brother

Hopefully it'll be simple then. Fingers crossed!

it honestly took me no more than 10 mins once the airbag charge had gone

I managed to fit a TF wheel on my own mate and Im a complete nutcase. I will admit I handled the airbag like a case of high explosives though :pirate:

I take it the orignal air bags fit on the new wheel?? If so im gonna buy one lol

yep take the air bag off then the old wheel, put the new wheel on then the origional airbag back on. no modifications needed, no extra parts its as easy as having a wank

Fitted mine today, should of been fitted form the factory