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      04-02-2013, 09:40 AM   #1
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Sport vs M Sport Steering wheel

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Sport steering wheel with red stitch or M sport steering wheel with black stitch, which would you pick if you have coral red interior and why?

I like M sport just because of softer leather, but some people comment this is too thick to handle? Any comment on this?




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      04-02-2013, 11:29 AM   #2
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I've got a Coral Red interior with the M-Sport wheel and that soft leather makes a big difference in my opinion. Feels really nice!
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I have also the M-Sport steering wheel. It's a very nice touch and I prefer large wheel. I feel more at ease.
If it is just for look, then the red stitch are great.
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As long as you wear the correct string backed alcantara driving gloves then any wheel will do.
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I have the msport wheel on my current car but only the sport wheel on the new car, I dont like the sport wheel as much to be honest but I dont like mixing msport parts with a non msport car, Im OCD though
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I wouldn't mind having a slightly thinner steering wheel on our M-Sport car. I am not so impressed with the bumps either, above the thumbs. Don't see the point, really. But it is nice and soft and grippy. I like that. And it looks quite good as well.
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For me hands down the M Sport. I really like the thicker rim and also the leather is much softer. To be honest, I do not like the feel of the Sport wheel, the leather is too coarse IMHO. When I rodered the car the M Sport was not available and did not want to wait for 5 months...now I am looking to replace it with the M Sport. I had the M Sport in my Z4 (retrofitted by myself) and it was so much better!
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2012 F20 M Sport  [10.00]
M Sport all the way for me too.

Softer leather, softer grip - only down side is that it marks quite easily
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My car comes with sport wheel, I tried the M Sport and feel too soft, now I have the M Performance which is the best out of the three.
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For me hands down the M Sport. I really like the thicker rim and also the leather is much softer. To be honest, I do not like the feel of the Sport wheel, the leather is too coarse IMHO. When I rodered the car the M Sport was not available and did not want to wait for 5 months...now I am looking to replace it with the M Sport. I had the M Sport in my Z4 (retrofitted by myself) and it was so much better!
Do you need to replace the trim when changing to M sport wheel? I am going to retrofit one but just notice the trim material of sport's and M's wheel is also different. However, I don't like to see any M logo on my non-M car.
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You can use the sport trim on the M Sport wheel
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As nordschleife said, you can keep the sport trim on the //M steering wheel, as they are the same design and fit.
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definitley prefer the softer M sport wheel , adds to the luxurious feel of the interior
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