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Old 03-18-15, 09:07 AM
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Default My New DCTMS Steering Wheel

I got pictures of my new wheel this morning. It's being shipped to me as I post this. It was built to my specs.

I did not want Carbon Fiber on the top for a couple of reasons. I live in Arizona, and touching a hot wheel in the summer can be lethal. Also, when driving in a spirited fashion, I wanted the traction that leather provides. I don't wear driving gloves and didn't want my hands sliding all over the top of the wheel.

I wanted silver CF not black, to match the rest of the interior. The only black CF in my interior is my F-Sport shift ****, a rather small amount.

From the pics, the quality looks spot on and the wheel looks nice and thick.

When I get it, I'll measure the thickness of the stock wheel vs my new one and report the results back here, as well as installed picts.

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Old 03-18-15, 09:29 AM
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Looking good Mr Lou
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looks good. Good idea for the top of the wheel being leather.
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Old 03-18-15, 12:18 PM
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when youre driving in a spirited fashion you shouldn't be touching the top of your steering wheel anyways lol
Old 03-18-15, 01:33 PM
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very nice. i like it
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Looks great - I have the all leather version of the wheel and the thickness was roughly the same as my 2011 steering wheel on top but thicker at the 3 and 9 o clock positions.
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Looks good but w/o the CF on top it feels like smth is missing
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Looks perfect in my opinion. Can't wait to see it installed.
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Lou,

I like the F logo at the bottom, it looks pretty flush. Is it just a sticker or an actual logo that DCTMS provides.
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^^^^Actually, it's the Logo I pulled from my stock wheel.

I forgot to mention that the stitching is blue. Can't really see it in the picts, because they are black and white - not color.

Lou

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Old 03-25-15, 02:15 PM
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The wheel came early this afternoon and I started a new thread:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ml#post8970452

Lou
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