Kevwood

Well, what a weekend. First of all I'm home for both days for a change, got a bunch of shopping done, got the plasma hung up in the bedroom, wiring the surround speakers tonight, got a ton of electrical done in the yard and with the cooler weather today (104* F) I got this installed;



I've got the OEM wheel next to me, going to start working on the paddle retrofit tonight

kbahl21

thats awesome!, whered u get that

betrezra

Looking good.

dr_npz

Looks Great Kev, only missing the paddles. Hope they will fit

Kevwood

Thanks. I ordered it through Steeringwheel Land on eBay. I swear I contacted a dozen or more companies and none of them wanted to do a custom wheel in the stone color. The wheel ended up taking something like 4 months but I'm just glad that someone took up the challenge to make it for me.

Nice change and feel over the stock wheel

Kevwood

Thanks pal, and thanks for the LED tail info via PM too - I'm heading outside to install them now As for the paddles, they will fit with some mods but I'm almost certain I'm not going to be able to get the circuts to work with the current setup. I've been metering them and playing around with a few things and I believe (not 100% sure yet though) that without adding a seperate powered binary bypass, they won't transmit the correct values. I'll have a full thread on it hopefully in the near future.

EuroTra$H

sweet! I an dying to see a DIY write up on the paddle retrofit. something I want to do as well.

Rashman

That's a Black Series steering wheel. Same as mine.

It's slightly different to the DTM steering wheel - and much nicer in my opinion too!!!

The DTM wheel is not as nice.


Well done for finding someone to cover it in your interior colour!

Looks great!

Rashman

Actually, I stand corrected...

It is slightly different to mine.

The contours are very slightly different, but the overall shape is the same I think

mikata

Looking great. And my my my, that interior looks clean! I would be too afraid to sit in the car

dynomite05

The wheel looks amazing, Kev! It matches perfect, definitely worth the wait.

Kevwood

Hopefully soon mate, if you can believe it, I'm not traveling this week so I will have time in the evenings to play around.

Ya, it's a little different than the Black wheel but close. It's a signature Kevwood wheel

Thanks. Yeah, I try to keep it clean - thats a chore and a half here with the sand and dust but it's worth the efforts, it does show really nicely.

Thanks bro, yeah, the color match is absolutely spot on, Dee at SWL did an awesome job. The grip feels so much better, it'll be a big difference carving through the track now. And absolutely Wes, like everything else so far - it WAS worth the wait!

Rashman

"Signature Kevwood wheel"

LOL!!!!

Flame3g

Looks great man...i need to put more love into my whip..been slacking on the mods lately

kostas86

That is one sexy steering wheel!

2MCHCAR

WoW Kev!
That week looks fantastic! Super Beefy!
Congrats

Kevwood

Thanks guys. I've actually got the airbag off again testing a theory of mine... I was going to call it a night but I would have been up all night wondering about this idea, so, I should know in about 20 minutes.

Kevwood

I am one happy camper right now gentlemen, my theory was correct, I have a thread to write tomorrow

mikata

I hope it's how to connect the paddles to work By the way Kev, did your other steering wheel have the small paddles behind the steering wheel?

dynomite05

Anxiously waiting.

Kevwood

No, it has the dual shift buttons, up/down on both sides.

mikata

I meant the buttons of course
My bad

M-bENZ

My steering wheels looks way better than your ...DO YOU WANT TO TRADE ?

Kevwood

Nah, if I did I'd feel like I was ripping you off...

dnguy344

nice steering wheel ....i just bought this wheel http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT ....if my current wheel has 2 up and down buttons on both sides, is this new steering wheel i just bought gonna work paddle shift wise?