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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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English Oak Steering Wheel

You all probably know this, but it's a mystery to me. I have seen pictures of the steering wheel with the outer half of the ring done in the English Oak finish. Thing is, it doesn't seem to come with the English Oak color line package. Is this wheel even available? If so, how does one get it?

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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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It was an option with the premium package (leather or wood multi-function-steering-wheel MFSW).

Apparently vampires didn't fare well in crash testing, so it's been delayed until they clean up the dust.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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lol~ I got the english oak steering wheel for free, think it was a factory error~ I took a picture of it, will post tonite!
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:03 PM
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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Is this photo a retrofit? When and Where did you take delivery?

Thanks-an excellent photo
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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Yeah, my dealer has suggested the wood wheels will be availible for order and retrofit in the next month or so. The crash-test hold up was a temparary setback.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Loui
Is this photo a retrofit? When and Where did you take delivery?

Thanks-an excellent photo
The factory made a mistake when they were building the car, so it was on the car... lol~ I might sell it later, depends on how much I need to change my wheels to a regular one.
 
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by naruto16
The factory made a mistake when they were building the car, so it was on the car... lol~ I might sell it later, depends on how much I need to change my wheels to a regular one.
OMG you got by mistake what I've been hounding my dealer for!!!!! Well at least your pic shows they do exist I'm waiting on a retrofit, my dealer says probably MAY......
 
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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mind you, I would much prefer the stock steering wheel~ Might opt to change it later, but whatever~ maybe I will grow to like it, and be special~ HAHA
 
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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Since you seem to be the only one with a wood mfsw currently, mistake or not, I was wondering if they included the wooden shift ****. If so, would you mind posting a pic?
 
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