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I want to replace my leather steering wheel with a leather and woodgrain one!

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Old 08-17-13, 11:50 PM
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Default I want to replace my leather steering wheel with a leather and woodgrain one!

Hey fellow Lexus owners!
I have a 1999 ES300 and I want a woodgrain steering wheel for it. It has the maple wood trim inside. I was wondering if someone would provide some guidance?
Also, I want to add the chrome L badge to the center of the steering wheel but am worried it will stick out too much since it isn't configured to really hug into the leather emblem.

Any advice is appreciated!

Andy
Old 08-18-13, 09:10 AM
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Ebay is your best bet, good luck the woodgrain wheels for your car are getting hard to find especially in maple.
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Pick and pulls are worth checking out if you don't mind it having a little wear and tear.
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A 4es steering wheel would be easier to find if you don't mind doing some wire splicing. Also has the chrome steering wheel emblem.
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Check the local junkyards from craigslist. You might get lucky. I could not find anything from ebay when i was looking for a replacement for my torn leather steering wheel.
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You have the walnut wood not maple actually, only 00-01 Platinum/Coach models have maple. That said you might like the look of one type of wheel over the other, and it is not obvious if the steering wheel wood matches the rest so buy whichever you can find or like.

What color interior do you have? I have a couple wheels I am looking to unload, a maple with black leather and a Walnut with sage (grey) leather.
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ya been looking for wood steering wheel too. nothing in hurry . just finding a good deal. Have to shop around a lot tho since they are rare breed
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I'd rather have an all leather wheel than my wood and leather one. :shrug:
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