Where/Who is recommended to do steering wheel refurbs?
What price roughly?
Looking at something like this,
(Pic of Ketrons 328i)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/kbCKvO.jpg
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Where/Who is recommended to do steering wheel refurbs?
What price roughly?
Looking at something like this,
(Pic of Ketrons 328i)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/kbCKvO.jpg
Royal steering wheels in the UK are fantastic. I think the price was roughly £100 plus postage
http://royalsteeringwheels.com/
There's a lad on Donedeal doing them for €100 but I've never used them
I had one done by royal steering wheels ,delighted with it and would recommend them
http://www.bmwhaus.ie/forum/showthread.php?tid=522&page=3
Im the same as Enda and Chris, I used Royal Steering wheels in the UK when I got the wheel done on my old M3, couldn't have been happier with the finished article
Royal steering wheels did mine too, excellent service and great job. Although I would warn you that after two years of mine being redone in alcantara like the one you have pictured it is now absolutely filthy. I've never tried to wash it but i cant imagine it would be an easy job. I plan to have mine re-done in leather at some stage.
Alright IRISHD M3, I used a natural citrus cleaner to bring up any alcantara wheels I've had in any of my cars with great results, Ill see if I can find the name of the product in the work shop but using a leather cleaning brush and a but of a scrub they always came up fantastic...
Royal Steering Wheels it is. :)
I'd recommend Royal Steering wheels too. I will say that his comms have detiorated slightly of late - I get the impression he's pretty busy and has trouble keepnig on top of emails. Took almost a week to hear back from him when I sent my last wheel over, and I needed to send a few chasers. He did a super job for me though - he's done 4 or 5 at this stage for me.
Has anyone done the exchange option?Quote:
Originally Posted by kdevitt
The workmanship looks fantastic!
Id say most people did,i did anyway he sent me the new wheel first then i sent him mine back,when he received mine he refunded the deposit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eoin
A victim of his own success? If the quality is good then it is worth the wait.
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Originally Posted by Chris P. Bacon
Just to flag before you pull the trigger with royal steering wheels, I'm planning on contacting him this week as some of the stitching has come loose on my wheel, less than 12 months later and about 2000 miles.
Ive never read a bad review before, but its a problem I shouldn't be having after such a short period.
I've bought about 5 wheels off Royal Steering Wheels but decided not to go with him for my most recent one for the e46 m3.
I found his communication terrible recently but worse than that on two of the wheels I wasn't 100% happy with and he didn't seem that interested in rectifying the problems.
The most recent wheel came through a guy on m3 cutters who acts as a middleman for a crowd in London. I'll dig out their details at the weekend when I'm home.
The name if the crowd who did mine is Tiggydesign
The guy that does them on donedeal is pretty good. Quality is 98% as good as Royal in the UK.
The one on my e30 is from the guy on donedeal, its been on for 2 years now and despite that it still looks very fresh, even the 3 colour stitching has not faded which royal ones do.
There is a decent cleaning tutorial on youtube https://youtu.be/ZJ8shQDLD-g I followed it on ex-Kin's M3csl wheel and It came up like new. I was going to get it refurbed before I watched the video. Saved me at least €100 and the inconvenience of a retrim.
Edit: I say 98% because they use different material and I prefer the material Royal use.
Just got my wheel back from Royal last week, I am very happy with it I also found his communication great and emailed me to say the wheel was received confirmed order with me told me about 7 days to retrim, dropped me a mail to say the wheel was shipped and to expect it in two days etc. I would highly recommend jack.
Slightly off topic Brian but I take it that you bought Kin's M3? Lovely:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianF
I've seen ones done by the guy on DoneDeal and I'd be happy with them too
[quote=318 iS Cosmos]
I did. Good car that! It really was a victim of Ireland's second hand M3 market.Quote:
Slightly off topic Brian but I take it that you bought Kin's M3? Lovely:cool:
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It's in good hands so!Quote:
Originally Posted by 318 iS Cosmos
Sorry for bringing up an old thread....
Was thinking about getting the E92's wheel redone as part of a spruce-up, this guy from Adverts seems to be getting good reviews.
http://www.adverts.ie/interiors-part...-wheel/6414374
Thoughts from those that have used or seen his work?
Used AT Autostyle in Kilkenny along with a few others I know. They all turned out fantastic. I don't know about the Adverts.ie guy though.
I've seen some steering wheels that guy has done ,, very nice looking indeed!
There not exactly like original tho, I thought the stitching wasn't as tight if that makes sense? Maybe it's just because the thread is coloured.
He's a sound man and has loads in stock so you should just ring him and he'll show you one.
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Getting my done next week with him, will let you know how it goes :)Quote:
Originally Posted by eddiem74
Cool thanks, so does he just replace yours or you need to drop off, have a loaner, etc?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketron
What are you getting?
Did you get sorted?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketron
I was supposed to get it swapped out yesterday (he replaces like for like) but I got stung on a bitch of a job and didn't finish work till after 12 last night. Will hopefully meet him early next week.
I'm getting the same as OE, I've asked for a little extra padding but dont know how that will go.
Worst case scenario is he shows up and I dont like the qualilty and go else where, no cash has exchanged hands. Will deffo post pics once done :)
So did you get sorted or?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketron
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Nope he stopped replying to my messages so I've abandoned him and will look at some other company to do it.
Had the exact same experience with him. I've kept using Royal Steering wheels, haven't had any issues to date with them (although I know JohnH did)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketron
Yes, I had 2 bad experiences with Jack from Royal. One on my E70 where there was glue visible on the wheel and another time on my e39 530i though I can't remember the issue right now (maybe the quality of the wheel he provided) The bigger problem was that his attitude and speed of response.Quote:
Originally Posted by kdevitt
I got the wheel in the m3 done by Lovatt on m3cutters. He was a bit dearer than Jack. The stitching on the first wheel was brutal but he redid it and it was perfect. I think he really just acts as a middleman to another company called Tiggy Design http://tiggydesign.com/gallery/steering-wheel-retrim/
I got an e30 wheel done by Pieter. The first go was great quality but he did coloured stitching rather than black which I had specified. He redid it and it was perfect.
There's my 2p