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

May 21, 2006 1 Replies

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.

-- _____________________________________________________ Drivin a 94 BMW 325is w/sport. For email response, or CC, please email snipped-for-privacy@t-bigfoot.com. Yeah, it's really a real address :)

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

JRE

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