albertchampion

this wonderful coupe that i acquired last month was equipped with the amg leather steering wheel. if you know that wheel, you will know that it is designed and fabricated to orient your hands[probably to position them for the behind the wheel shifting switches if manual shifting is selected].

in a month of driving, my orthopod and i have determined that the design of this wheel has probably been aggravating the osteoarthritis in my hands/wrists. and possibly causing conditions that will require surgical repair if the cortisone injections fail to alleviate the inflammation.

the wood/leather wheel in my 2006 cl500 must be more benign[it doesn't force a hand orientation] as i encountered no similar aggravation in my hand/wrist arthritis in 27,000 miles of driving it.

is there/was there a steering wheel for these cl55amg cars that is more similar to the wheel in the cl500? that still incorporates the behind-the-wheel shift capability?

all ears.

saintz

Is the behind the wheel shifter attached to the wheel (turns with the wheel) or the column (stays put)? You can swap any W215 or W220 S class steering wheel, assuming the shifter is mounted to the column.

albertchampion

part of the wheel.

saintz

I've seen some folks that looked at retrofitting the buttons from an AMG wheel onto another regular wheel.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w215...el-change.html