Ronald

Here's a picture of my SL 55 with the F1 Safety Car Steering Wheel from the AMG Manufaktur.

Detailed Information and more pictures at




all the best,
Ronald

Felix

very nice ronald!

is that alcantara-leather on the steering wheel? its always nice to see some german mercedes fans here. what kind of wood is that inside your SL55, designo umbra?

grüße,

Felix

Ronald

Hi Felix,

yes, as you can read in the linked description text, it is black alcantara leather.

The designo-interieur is made of:
- black umbra maple wold
- black nappa leather
- alcantara roof

Normally, everything looks quite a bit darker than on the picture. Must be the flashlight.

Ronald

London Lad

I ordered one of these when I was at AMG last week. They will do it in two tone leather or for that matter any leather you want. They call it a 'soft touch' wheel. It has a slightly larger rim than standard with a layer of rubber or foam under the leather.

Graham.

mookie

What is the purpose of the wheel is it simply cosmetic?

RootN4U

How can this be had in the U.S.???

Ronald

Simple: Order it at your local Mercedes dealer!

Ronald

vraa

Are you serious?! Oh man, i wish i could drive my dad's car. I would surely get him something like this for his birthday!

RootN4U

Are you sure it's available in the US???..does it have the AMG "shift"buttons on it??

London Lad

At the price of E525 plus tax you get the wheel including the shift buttons but not the airbag and 4 switches (use the original ones and you have a spare wheel).

Ronald is correct in theory but if you went into most U.K. dealers they would look at you like you were from Mars!

Graham.

has_m>amg

London Lad, Ronald

Can the wheel be fitted to a new car at the factory?

London Lad

No not at the factory but at AMG

Graham.

1115

MAD steering wheel ron! .....should make u go faster!

Wolfman

Ronald,

I guess this is one of those differences between the US and Europe...

The steering wheel is not available at US dealers; they only know about the leather-wood steering wheel for the SL500 and nothing else.

Wolfman

Ronald

The safety car steering wheel isn't anywhere in the standard accessory lists. It is an individual item.

Your dealer has to call the AMG Manufaktur.

Same here in Germany.

Ronald

Ronald

Of course it has gear-buttons. That's why it is only available for the SL 55 and not the SL 350 / 500 / 600.

Ronald

Ronald

If you guys have any trouble ordering, just send me an e-mail (admin-international@amg-owners-club.org) and I'll forward your inquiry directly to the responsible contact person at AMG.

Ronald

blueSL

Sorry to rain on your parade, but the alcantara is not going to last long around where your thumbs go, especially when you've just been to McDonalds and pigged out on their barbecue sauce...

Ronald

Don't bet on it! Ther Manufaktur uses a pretty strong alcantara which is also used for the seats.

And if I should see any marks on the alcantara within two years, an exchange is covered by the warranty.

I've been driving 8.000 km with this steering wheel so far and don't even see the tiniest marks. But I don't drive around rubbing the alcantara parts of my steering wheel (I've got a female co-driver for that )

Ronald

homemark

I recently received a catalogue from AMG.

On page 1232 of the appendix titled "More Stuff We Thought Of When We Ran Out of Ideas for the M Class" they have the following options...

Part # 12312*3434
Ve are doin ze speshal sorce for ze McDonaldz down ze road.
It vill av spechal viscocity meenin zat it vill not stick to ze alcantara of ze safety ka veel.
£POA.

I'd recommend anyone getting this steering wheel to purchase this special AMG sauce as part of any further upgrading.

Richard

Hi

I have just (yesterday) fitted this to my SL55 - initially AMG sent me an all leather one (grey), so they re-sent the leather/alcantara one.

I ordered a grey airbag aswell - which was more expensive than the wheel :-)

They will do the leather in any colour, and the alcantara in grey (matches the roof lining in my car) or black. Im probably going to get my pod and gear knob remade in leather and leather/alcantara in order to get rid of all the black alcantara that I dont like in my car

Mine was ordered straight from AMG, happy to send people my contact's email address if you want.

I'll take some photos at some point and post them

Cheers
R

Ronald

BTW, the F1 Safety Car Steering Wheel is available for the C 32 / SLK 32 as well.

Detailled Information and more pictures:


Ronald

Richard

BTW, I have a spare - all grey leather - SL55 steering wheel if anyone wants to make me an offer. (Can be put on most MB's but the paddles will do nothing according to my dealer)

Was on my car for 3 weeks (and therefore about 200 miles) before I switched to the grey leather/alcantara mixed wheel.

Cheers
R

Ronald

Hi Richard,

at least in germany you are not allowed to put the original steering wheel of the SL 55 in any other car (due to the lack of airbag testing).

I sold mine on ebay and don't even want to know in what car it is know.

Ronald

bobafett

I will dfinetly be ordering these options via my local dealer.

--Dan