Finally
got around to installing the refurbished steering wheel I bought from ebay user
Tainik. Looks even better in the
car. I moved the original slip ring from
the original wheel over to the new one.
While I had the wheel out of the car, I removed the instrument panel and
I replaced all of the bulbs. I figure they
have been there since 1999 and I might as well replace them pre-emptively. I used OEM parts (not BMW OE) from ECS Tuning
for the bulbs, and they are identical to the factory bulbs in every way. Save money this way. I was hoping that I had a bulb or two out, but all were fine. I guess the S52 cluster doesn't light up perfectly evenly like the S54. Oh well.
Refurbished
MZ3 steering wheel from Tainik on ebay, with shipping from Germany, Nappa
Leather, $385.00r
Illumination
bulb, 3 watt, need 3, BMW OE, 07119905358, $3.00r each
Warning
bulb, 1.2 watt, need 14, Osram Sylvania, 62131383311, $1.99r each (versus
$4.90r each for OE BMW)
Odometer
illumination bulb, 1.5 watt, need 2, Osram Sylvania, 62111391260, $3.95r each
(versus $5.98r each for OE BMW)
Total
cost of this mod = $429.76r
Total
investment in vehicle to date = $11,620.76r
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| BMW versus Osram/ECS bulbs, no difference. |
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| Flash from the camera makes the airbag look shiny, in real life the wheel and the airbag look fantastic together. |
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