Re: Alcantara sttering wheel cover on 330i - replacement?

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:29:28 -0500, GRL spewed:

The ill-conceived Alcantara fake suede that BMW uses in the 330 series >Performance Package cars steering wheel covers is subject to quick wear >(very noticeable in under a year) and forms unsightly and annoying to >the touch nap balls where the wheel is most frequently handled. >

What year did this crap start?!

330 only, or whole 3 series if you got the performance pkg.?

Has anyone had the wheel or cover replaced with a leather wheel or cover

>under warranty? I see no point in replacing it with another Alcantara >cover as it will just wear again. > >A solution is to put a Wheelskins quality leather cover over it, but >that is paying $45 to fix something that should never have had to be fixed.

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Had mine replaced with the less-expensive (but more durable) smooth-skinned leather wheel under warranty.

JRE

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