Just did the swap with paddles and I only needed to wire 2 leads from the clock spring to the steptronic wires ! The stock paddle wiring harness works just fine
hi, i love your videos, now can you help me, i have a bmw e91 2006 touring, my s wheel doesnt have buttons on it, will there be wires behind it to install one with, so i can control radio,
I just did this with a 2011 E89 Z4 sport wheel swap but my airbag warning stayed on and became a Check Control Restraint System Malfunction for the passenger-restraint system. Just something I noted. The airbag I took out had the two plugs going into the airbag and one plug going into the car while the new sport airbag had one plug to airbag and one plug to car.
Cristiano Scibetta yeah the airbag I bought on eBay was the European version is a single stage airbag that looks plug and play but the US AND Canadian cars need the dual stage air bags
Can anyone please tell me how to remove the parts around the controls? I'd like to keep the old steering wheel but vinyl wrap the areas around the controls. Thanks in advance.
unfortunately no way to get a bag recalled outside of its original car. it is a good point though, thanks for the note. I'll forever have a claymore in front of my face with this car :p
Great Video. I got a 07 335i with Sport Package, so I have the Sport steering wheel. I wanna replace it with a M Sport Steering wheel, but it doesn't have the airbag or the button trim, just the steering wheel. How would the process be for that swap?
Does the m style wheel have the heated functionality if you have the cold weather package installed? I want to upgrade my wheel but I would rather not lose the heated steering wheel functionality if at all possible.
as far as I know you CAN get a facelift sport 335i wheel with heating element. you cannot get an M3, or early 06 sport wheel like this though with a heating element.
haven't tried, but I'm guessing the splines and clock spring are not cross compatible. rarely does BMW leave those configurations the same between chassis.
I'm sure it has been tried, but F30s are still pretty new and their air bags are still thousands of dollars, so it'll be a bit before peolpe try it more I think when BMW went from E to F chassis 3 series, almost everything completely changed. I would be shocked if you could put an F30 wheel on an E90. Much more likely that you could put an F30 wheel on an F10 or F01. maybe check in to the F25 wheels. older chassis and may share the E90 spline. Just idle speculation on my part though.
Camper1234599 Okay, well I might have to buy a new car soon then haha. I really like the exterior of the E90 LCI, I think the back looks better than the F30, but the steering wheel and interior feels so old..
Awesome video! I need to get into the steering wheel and clean the steering angle sensor and was wondering how to get this thing off. This is a huge help! Thank you.
Is the airbag harness from the e90 steering wheel fit the new airbag/steering wheel you replaced with? or did that airbag harness come with the new steering wheel?
this was almost 7 years ago, I don't recall but I don't believe any part of the wheel is compatible. sport wheel should come complete if you intend to convert.
Juhel Uddin that's not how that works. you need the bag from a sport wheel for a sport steering wheel. standard non-sport bag only works on non-sport wheel
ChoongiBaba85 it is possible to misalign it so you do have to be careful when you remove and install the wheel, but as long as you take it off straight, you should be fine.
Hi, I had a M Steering wheel fitted in my E92. I think the Guy who installed it, didn't have my wheel 100% level. How do I adjust this? Thanks in advance.
When the Guy removed my steering wheel...I don't think it was straight...now when my steering wheel is dead centre its pulls slightly to the right...hope that makes sense.
Camper1234599 There is a manual lock on the underside of the boot lid. You can always open it without power, using the key stored in the Fob. Even so, a better Thing to do is, firstly open the boot lid, then take your finger or screwdriver and push the locking clasp on the boot to the closed position. Then when you are finished, to close the boot just press the boot open button and it will pop open the clasp, then shut the boot lid as normal. It's a much safer way and You can be assured it can never accidently close on you, say if the key was broken. Just be careful not to forget and then close the boot hard as it obviously won't close until you pop it back open.
Mohammed Ahmed this contains everything needed to change the wheel and bag. anything you missed is just a function of autism and is not related to my video. go complain about free advice elsewhere.
I'm doing this swap but with an auto and I'm adding paddles to a non sport car. can I use the existing wiring in the wheel and then add my own connectors from behind column to the gear lever wires or do I have to rig the paddles with my own wires in the wheel to clockspring assembly and to the gear leaver
Nick Henno I despise automatic trans version so I don't know the answer It's pretty likely if you can find spare contacts in the clock spring or if you can have somebody recode the steering wheel module, you can use paddle shifters with the sport steering wheell
You dont need to remove the trim, like the non sport, there are holes to move the airbag spring holder
You can actually remove the airbag from same way you did for the first on. I did that today, I didn't have to take the trim off.
you can, however its definitely easier to take the trim off
“Also...the previous owner’s hair-pretty cool” lol
Very useful video. Thanks from Australia.
Huge thumbs up, I’ve been trying to take the steering wheel off for the pas hour, you just saved me
nice :) glad the tribulations helped! I've had to re watch my own video to work on customer cars Lol
@@OvalboreCars 😂😂
Damn I did the opposite. Round airbag wheel for the triangle bag wheel
5/8" socket also works if you don't have a metric 16mm for the bolt in the centre of the wheel
Just did the swap with paddles and I only needed to wire 2 leads from the clock spring to the steptronic wires ! The stock paddle wiring harness works just fine
Where did you get the harness from? And would else do i need to swap my base steering wheel to one with paddles. Would help a ton 🙏
nice vid,,, tho the hair was so funny at the time lol
when the did this the new airbag wiggles up and down a lot
"previous owners hair.. cool" LMFAO KILLED ME
Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for this clear video! Helped me put on a steering wheel with thicker bolstering, I love the car even more now!
hi, i love your videos, now can you help me, i have a bmw e91 2006 touring, my s wheel doesnt have buttons on it, will there be wires behind it to install one with, so i can control radio,
Thanks friend
I just did this with a 2011 E89 Z4 sport wheel swap but my airbag warning stayed on and became a Check Control Restraint System Malfunction for the passenger-restraint system. Just something I noted. The airbag I took out had the two plugs going into the airbag and one plug going into the car while the new sport airbag had one plug to airbag and one plug to car.
olaf2046 were you ever able to get the warning away ?
Cristiano Scibetta yeah the airbag I bought on eBay was the European version is a single stage airbag that looks plug and play but the US AND Canadian cars need the dual stage air bags
olaf2046 oh I see I see, so does the airbag have two ports on the back of it ? I'm Canadian
i wish i knew someone to help me with this! Where do you live lol
+Connor Reddy Minneapolis, MN
Thanks for actually showing the motion FFS.
Can anyone please tell me how to remove the parts around the controls? I'd like to keep the old steering wheel but vinyl wrap the areas around the controls. Thanks in advance.
Just a heads up. The sport airbags with the yellow sticker on the back are under recall. Make sure you get a white labeled one.
unfortunately no way to get a bag recalled outside of its original car. it is a good point though, thanks for the note.
I'll forever have a claymore in front of my face with this car :p
Great Video. I got a 07 335i with Sport Package, so I have the Sport steering wheel. I wanna replace it with a M Sport Steering wheel, but it doesn't have the airbag or the button trim, just the steering wheel. How would the process be for that swap?
where did you get that shift knob ? can you link it ?
why u had on your steering wheel only 1 cable?
I want to add paddles to my steptronic e92. If I get a sport /mtech steering wheel, can I reuse my stock airbag?
Sm0kaCS buy a manual
hey man what model joying is that? i would like to put that exact model on my 2007 e90
Might be a dumb question but can you replace a regular e90 steering wheel with a 2012 m2 steering wheel ?
unfortunately no - the F chassis has a much different hub
so i doubt you’ll see this but someone named Coco Playz said you where his uncle is that true ?
Correct. Cohen is my nephew.
I see every comment and I respond to as many as I can.
Does the m style wheel have the heated functionality if you have the cold weather package installed? I want to upgrade my wheel but I would rather not lose the heated steering wheel functionality if at all possible.
as far as I know you CAN get a facelift sport 335i wheel with heating element. you cannot get an M3, or early 06 sport wheel like this though with a heating element.
Is there actually a different part number for a heated vs non heated wheel on the e90?
Thanks man 👍
You converted from non-sport to sport without changing the clock spring?
+Terry Martin yes. clock-spring is not different.
hey man what model joying is that? i would like to put that exact model on my 2007 e90
+daeprezz joying?
Is it possible to put a F30 steering wheel on a E90?
haven't tried, but I'm guessing the splines and clock spring are not cross compatible. rarely does BMW leave those configurations the same between chassis.
Camper1234599 Its so weird that I can't fint the answer on google/youtube. I should not be the first one to think about that :P
I'm sure it has been tried, but F30s are still pretty new and their air bags are still thousands of dollars, so it'll be a bit before peolpe try it more I think
when BMW went from E to F chassis 3 series, almost everything completely changed. I would be shocked if you could put an F30 wheel on an E90. Much more likely that you could put an F30 wheel on an F10 or F01.
maybe check in to the F25 wheels. older chassis and may share the E90 spline. Just idle speculation on my part though.
Camper1234599 Okay, well I might have to buy a new car soon then haha. I really like the exterior of the E90 LCI, I think the back looks better than the F30, but the steering wheel and interior feels so old..
just avoid the N20 cars like the plague electric steering is for the weak as well.
are the airbag connections the same for the non sport as the m sport wheel
in this application, yes. its actually the wheel harness that connects to the clock spring.
Tnx, for the info. It helped me a lot.
It's nice to have M sports wheel.
Awesome video! I need to get into the steering wheel and clean the steering angle sensor and was wondering how to get this thing off. This is a huge help! Thank you.
Is the airbag harness from the e90 steering wheel fit the new airbag/steering wheel you replaced with? or did that airbag harness come with the new steering wheel?
this was almost 7 years ago, I don't recall but I don't believe any part of the wheel is compatible. sport wheel should come complete if you intend to convert.
@@OvalboreCars ok thank you for your reply. Great help’
There is a key hole in the trunk lid so you can open it with the key
on sedans that's true
How dow i transfer air bag from old non sporty steering wheel to the new m sport steering wheel
Juhel Uddin that's not how that works. you need the bag from a sport wheel for a sport steering wheel. standard non-sport bag only works on non-sport wheel
U selling the airbag off the old steering wheel airbag
long, long gone
Does it set straight or is it possible to disallign the new steering wheel when put in?
ChoongiBaba85 it is possible to misalign it so you do have to be careful when you remove and install the wheel, but as long as you take it off straight, you should be fine.
Best air bag removal video. Great job and thanks.
Would the airbag from your old steering wheel fit the new one you installed?
no
Could I put a m3 wheel on the e90? ( BMW 325i 2006 )
Aamir Basir as long as it's an e90 it should work yes.
Where did you buy the wheel from ?
Just did mine - worked a treat.
+scanspeak00 where did you buy the airbag + the peace where the buttons are? :)
Xzizia92 I transferred them from my old steering wheel.
Hi,
I had a M Steering wheel fitted in my E92. I think the Guy who installed it, didn't have my wheel 100% level. How do I adjust this? Thanks in advance.
+Rick J not sure I understand
When the Guy removed my steering wheel...I don't think it was straight...now when my steering wheel is dead centre its pulls slightly to the right...hope that makes sense.
+Rick J it can be corrected by removing it and putting it back on a few splines over in theory.
+Camper1234599
is there a marking or guide where I can line up the steering wheel?
+Rick J nope, just trial and error unfortunately.
are all of the buttnos working well ?
as long as your SZL is in good shape, yes
good video. thanks for putting it together
Aidan Ryan thanks for watching, happy to help.
Camper1234599 There is a manual lock on the underside of the boot lid. You can always open it without power, using the key stored in the Fob.
Even so, a better Thing to do is, firstly open the boot lid, then take your finger or screwdriver and push the locking clasp on the boot to the closed position. Then when you are finished, to close the boot just press the boot open button and it will pop open the clasp, then shut the boot lid as normal. It's a much safer way and You can be assured it can never accidently close on you, say if the key was broken.
Just be careful not to forget and then close the boot hard as it obviously won't close until you pop it back open.
this was not a very helpful video as you did not show demonstration of some of the things. why Bro?
Mohammed Ahmed this contains everything needed to change the wheel and bag. anything you missed is just a function of autism and is not related to my video.
go complain about free advice elsewhere.
I'm doing this swap but with an auto and I'm adding paddles to a non sport car. can I use the existing wiring in the wheel and then add my own connectors from behind column to the gear lever wires or do I have to rig the paddles with my own wires in the wheel to clockspring assembly and to the gear leaver
Nick Henno I despise automatic trans version so I don't know the answer
It's pretty likely if you can find spare contacts in the clock spring or if you can have somebody recode the steering wheel module, you can use paddle shifters with the sport steering wheell
Well when it blows know im putting a manual because of you
That's the diamond shaped bag, it is NOT SPORTS, it's the base one.
watch the whole video you twat. Its removing a non sport and installing a sport.