Originally posted by gooner14
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The price looks very good. When I researched / sourced mine a few years ago you where looking at c£700 all in. Thats when the euro was virtually 1:1 though.
I have the perforated one which is great and I think still looks OEM. To answer someones question on another thread the idea behind perforated leather is that your skin do not sweat as much. In practice on a steering wheel I don't think this make any difference and so its more cosmetic. If I had the choice again I would go perforated.
Re the single stage v dual stage difference (pre 04/99 cars are single stage) the only difference is the wiring adaptor. The hub adaptor is the same and you use the original slip ring. Its just the way the slip ring connects to the wheel that you can buy an adaptor for a dual stage system (you get the single stage adaptor by default with the Z3 hub adaptor kit unless they have changed the way they sell them).
In practice you can make one yourself ie get the single stage hub and adaptor kit and all you do it make up a second wire from the slip ring to the 2nd circuit on the car with a 3 to 3.5ohm resistor to fool the dual stage system that a dual stage wheel is fitted. The only important thing is you connect the wheel to stage one and bridge stage 2 circuits.
But if you have the choice at the same cost of getting a 2 stage hub adaptor and wiring harness you may as well spec that. If its more than a few quid more I would not bother and make you own bridging wire.
Have a look at my guide which gives you all of the wiring and also how to connect so you can make it a straight / easy swap back (I could fit my OEM wheel back on in 5 minutes).
http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewt...p?f=18&t=23787
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