Steering Wheels

tex · 25-11-2009, 07:48 PM

Bit of a geeky question but here goes...

I just bought a CSL steering wheel off fleebay (I plan to get my original recovered and use this on the car while it's being done), however the SMG paddles are flat on the back rather than dimpled like the ones on my CSL. Does this mean it's off a CS or just a later / earlier version from a CSL? If it is from a CS any ideas if it is fully compatible with a CSL...?

Ta, tex.

NZ_M3 · 25-11-2009, 10:05 PM

Just different sized paddles for euro market and US market - it seems the Europeans have smaller hands than the Americans, so they all got the larger paddles

whereas the Americans got the smaller paddles.

http://web.archive.org/web/200712251...dles/index.htm

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...ID=32347891004

Just swap them over - they all bolt up the same.

tex · 26-11-2009, 07:55 PM

Excellent, thanks for that, much appreciated. Forums are amazing aren't they when you get an answer to a random question from the other side of the world!

**shimmy** · 26-11-2009, 08:26 PM

therefore i guess answering your forst question the smaller ones must be of the CS as the CSL was never sold in the USofA

25-11-2009, 07:48 PM	#1
tex S2 - Picking it up Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 45 Casino cash: $1401	Steering Wheels Bit of a geeky question but here goes... I just bought a CSL steering wheel off fleebay (I plan to get my original recovered and use this on the car while it's being done), however the SMG paddles are flat on the back rather than dimpled like the ones on my CSL. Does this mean it's off a CS or just a later / earlier version from a CSL? If it is from a CS any ideas if it is fully compatible with a CSL...? Ta, tex.

25-11-2009, 10:05 PM	#2
NZ_M3 S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,434 Casino cash: $13579	Just different sized paddles for euro market and US market - it seems the Europeans have smaller hands than the Americans, so they all got the larger paddles whereas the Americans got the smaller paddles. http://web.archive.org/web/200712251...dles/index.htm http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...ID=32347891004 Just swap them over - they all bolt up the same. Last edited by NZ_M3; 25-11-2009 at 10:12 PM.

26-11-2009, 07:55 PM	#3
tex S2 - Picking it up Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 45 Casino cash: $1401	Excellent, thanks for that, much appreciated. Forums are amazing aren't they when you get an answer to a random question from the other side of the world!

26-11-2009, 08:26 PM	#4
shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,646 Casino cash: $43909	therefore i guess answering your forst question the smaller ones must be of the CS as the CSL was never sold in the USofA