DIY: Steering wheel replacement with black wood wheel

I contacted the seller of the steering wheels and had them send me the less aggressive wheel. really like the way it looks and feels. definitely worth the $$$

hey do you still have this seller? thats the exact setup i've been after.
 
Well I just installed our new steering wheel last night after putting the wife to bed. Easy peasy! The most time-consuming step was trying to figure out what needed trimmed to avoid the rubbing issue [MENTION=63211]emelianenkov[/MENTION] reported. I didn't end up having to trim anything... everything went together just fine. The eBay seller must have fixed the issue.

I love the steering wheel. My only complaint is I thought the leather would be softer or better quality. Mine was a bit rough/wrinkled. I bought the steering wheel without thumb grips and non-perforated leather.

I don't think I ever saw a definitive answer on the cheapest offer the seller would accept on eBay. To answer the question, it's definitely $199. I increased my offer in $1 increments... $198 was rejected.

Quite a big hit to the wallet in the last 2 weeks...
$415 - Two new front wheel hub/bearing assemblies (overpaid for the first one on eBay... bought a better and cheaper assembly for the 2nd off a guy on this forum)
$970 - New tires
$208 - Replaced spare tire winch cable... while changing the tires I tried swapping out the spare rim because it was less corroded. The crap cable frayed and broke. Its a PITA replacing the winch.
$245 - New steering wheel (after shipping)
$750 - New Kenwood DNX572BH stereo head unit and parts due to arrive next week

Looking forward to installing a new stereo soon, along with new back-lighting for the gauges if [MENTION=63211]emelianenkov[/MENTION] can give me a good price (hint hint)!

So now who wants to buy an OEM UrbanRunner steering wheel with perforated and non-perforated leather?? It's in great shape, promise!

Old UrbanRunner Steering wheel... let me know if you're interested
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Old UrbanRunner Steering wheel... let me know if you're interested.
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New steering wheel
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how does the non perforated leather feel? Hows the quality? born torn between perforated and non. Our RX isn't perforated and would be nice to have a similair wheel.
 

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