Quite a few people have said I'm giving the best information on step by step, seems other videos they must be skipping or not showing everything. I had somebody comment on the video the other day saying rather than using a screwdriver to release the steering wheel an Allen key works as well
30 minutes! Wow that's fast. Really appreciate the kind words. You should put some videos up of your car, I absolutely love an m140 or even the m135, was tempted on one after I sold my Focus RS
Disconnect the negative/ground not the positive and make sure you unlock all doors and keep something in the trunk to keep it from locking you out and to be extra safe let the ecu power off before disconnecting ground
99% of the time I remove the negative first, it was just for a better view on the camera for this one, the negative is really tucked away in the corner. I've taken the positive off first loads of times over the year and never had an issue. I've actually just fitted a new battery to my car tonight as the stop/stopped working, so had to nip out and buy a new AGM battery, would have made a video on that but didn't think anybody would be interested 😄
Sorry you had to watch it 3 times 😂 but glad you've done it in record time mate! 20minutes is really good going. Plus this of all that money you've saved paying a garage 👍
Done this today, thanks for the video. I found that instead of using a screwdriver (fiddly and keeps jumping off the spring) using a large Allen key (one that just about fits the hole) works perfectly first time as if it was made for the job.
@@CraigsChannel actually my car was owned by a brickie and the orange brick powder had coated the wheel and made it peel apart. Even the plastic trim and buttons were corroded. So I got a complete replacement from eBay. I took a look at the replacement wheel before changing them over and tried to see what angle I'd need to press the springs in with the screwdriver, then I tried a large Allen key and it was fit straight in and engaged right away.
@@energymc22 happy days as long as you got it sorted, can only imagine the state your old wheel was in! I've been tempted to buy a second hand wheel and releather it or use Alcantara to sell it on
I've actually used one of those wooden chopsticks you get with fast food, to push those airbag pins . Was worried anything metal might damage the pin if I use too much force. The curse of having huge biceps 😂
Brilliant video mate,so many vids on this but this one is the best by a mile as you cover every single detail needed to do the job from start to finish,clear,simple,faultless step by step guide,Bang on,cheers.
Without blowing my own trumpet I've had a few people say the same thing, plenty videos out there but mine seems to have helped the most. Always nice to know I've helped somebody and saved them a bloody fortune taking it to a garage lol, I think mu friend was quoted £200 for this job
If you were local I would have to it for you, that one I had on and off I don't know how many times. Sold the 435d and took it off to recoup some money back but the guy who bought it wanted the wheel
Absolute scumbags! I remember years ago my friends Golf R32 got broken into, they pinched his seats and steering wheel, but left £20 or £40 in the ashtray for him 😳
You doing the window yourself as well? Its not a hard job, plenty videos on here to save you some £££ local scrap yard or breakers yard will have a window
Absolutely top tier video! Everything was explained thoroughly with masterful attention to detail. Good job by John with the camera too! Very much appreciate the help! Thanks for the vid!
My friends just put a deposit on an m4 Competition so looks like I'll be doing this once again to his m4, hopefully have a walk round video on it as well 😁 Thanks for the kind words and really glad I could help you out, saves you paying the deals or a garage £££
People are so shocked when you take them out in a fast diesel, I took a few people out in the 435d and they were like 😳 super shocked how fast it was, I'm not sure of the figures on the 435d after the map but I'm guessing pretty much the same with what you're working with. Have you any other plans mod wise or happy as it is? I'm currently hunting for a new car but the prices are just insane
@@CraigsChannel Same engine I think so I imagine same power from the map roughly. Had mine done at GAD tuning in North Shields, top guy there. I'm leaving as is, it's plenty fast and eats up the miles, perfect car I reckon. I hope the market settles, can't carry on with the crazy prices.
I took the 435d over Leechmeer in Sunderland The Performance Centre, they had it for about 4 hours so they could live map it, normally places just do a plug and play map, but they put it on the rolling road they've got. I think next year prices will settle, but we'll just have to see
I literally just picked my mates m4 competition last week. The steering wheel is absolutely knackered, somebodys had hand sanitizer on their hands and touched the wheels what's took all the colour out, so... he's looking at getting his wheel retrimmed, did this Royal place take your old wheel or what?
@@CraigsChannel they send you a wheel out that’s retrimmed to yr specification, then you send the wheel you’ve taken off back to them All really clear on the website & a big gallery of pictures to give you ideas on how you want yr wheel to look.
@Blinkin badger How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking? I'm still tempted on buying a wheel cover you stitch yourself, possibly make a video out of it as well 😄
I'm thinking should I tell him to do this or spend £130 on a cover and do it myself! I'm pretty handy with fiddly stuff so wouldn't mind the challenge 😄 I'm guessing your new wheel looks awesome? Did you get a colour little strip on the top? Like solid red or blue line
I've actually had loads of positive comments saying all the other videos just don't explain things properly and mines helped loads out changing their wheel so I'm happy with that 😁
At least you saved quite a few quid from taking it to a garage, the other year my mate was quoted something stupid like £200 from BMW, absolutely bonkers what they charge
@@CraigsChannel going to take mine off and pop an alcantara cover on. Cheap solution but we’ll see. If I don’t like it I can take it off and swap it out with a professional job
I've not see the covers? Unless do you mean the one you put on yourself and do the sticking to hold it in place? I've seen them, look really good, just take your time stitching and it'll look class
Great vid. Only thing I couldn't swap over to the new wheel was the lane departure loom as part of it is attached under the leather of the old wheel. Who needs lane departure anyway 😄
@@CraigsChannel with lane departure cars, the steering wheel is a little different. There's vibrators inside the steering wheel which vibrate each side of the wheel depending on which the side the blind spot hazard is detected. Having to transfer all that over sounds like a nightmare.
Thanks so much for this, just swapped my M Sport one for the tri-stitch M one, would have been stuck without your video! Like you said loads of videos on UA-cam but they all seem to go, here’s how you remove the airbag and then *poof* you’re looking at a removed bare steering wheel with no clue how they got there... maybe it’s by the same people who wrote Haynes manuals?
I try doing all my videos in as much detail as I can 😂 like my walk rounds of my cars on here, I just try to give as much info to people who watch them as possible. Glad you managed to swap the wheel over, once you've done it once it's a doddle, bet it looks a lot better now?
Craig's Video Channel yeah much simpler once you get the hang of it. Had to drill holes for the paddles in the new wheel as well which was painful. 100% better, the M-Sport wheel isn’t bad but the look and feel of the M tri-stitch wheel is much nice especially with the different trim 👌🏻
@@BackgroundTrait Ah so the wheel you bought was a manual and you've converted it to paddles? Maybe you should have made your own video showing people how to do that lol
Craig's Video Channel Id love to say it was bought as a mod but I got a really good deal on a ‘as new M wheel (owner swapped it straight out for alcantara), but realised it was probably cheaper because it was a manual wheel. Drilling was a b***h very hard to get right, there’s a video on here with instructions but I wouldn’t recommend it, 100% would buy a paddle wheel next time! Thankfully at least had your instructions to get it back together 😂
Hi 👋 it’s nice and very much clearly explained Vedio 👌 and I wanted to replace my normal steering to sport of my BMW X5 F15 model 2014 so it’s going to be the same system I guess
Am watching from Pakistan this is amazing, am going to set up a business doing steering wheels , what country are you from mate as you don’t sound American or English
I'm English Eric, North East in a small town called South Shields 😁 Thank you for watching from such a far ❤️ I've actually just changed another steering wheel last week on my friends BMW M4
It was something I wasn't overly keen with. The guy who bought the car wanted it on, so did a deal and refitted it whilst he was transferring the insurance over
@@godamighty I think I'm so used to leather it's weird having Alcantara. My best friend has a 330d and hes getting his re-done in leather, I did tell him to just buy one and I'll fit it, but hes paid somebody to change his from leather to Alcantara
Should be around 62.5nm, my torque wrench isn't very accurate so just go by hand. I've never had an issue yet and tbh you'd know if the steering wheel was getting loose before it fell off lol
You have to use the stage 2 or you will get error message that no airbag is installed. Unless you recode the vehicle. Look on UA-cam video. Stage 1 airbag vs stage 2 airbag. I think if the wheel itself is EU then it should recognize the stage 1 but not stage 2. And if the wheel is US then it will recognize stage 2. hope this helps. Video will explain it better. 😉
Yeah I agree I should have removed the negative. I've removed the positive on loads of cars over the years and touch wood no issues yet. If I make another one I'll make sure to do the negative 💪
I just tried for almost 2 hours to remove my airbag. The right side got done in seconds, popped right out. No matter what i can not locate and push in the spring on the left side. I gave up and now that i put it back together my airbag is off center leaning to the right and i have PDC malfunction errors.
Sorry for such a late reply! Out of everybody's who's watched this video I've honestly never heard anybody have an issue removing the airbag, are you lining the screw driver up and pressing hard enough? If you were local I'd have been more than happy to help you out, done this on loads of cars now
@@CraigsChannel yea I eventually got it off, but the airbag is still off center now. The right side I can easily feel the clip and take it on and off with ease. The left side took me 2+ hours to get off, could not feel the clip at all.
I'm wondering if it's been off before for some reason and who ever took it off bent the clip. Maybe when you get time, take it off again and check the clip isn't bent or moved to one side, that's all the problem really could be
Edit: I have had it before where UA-cam spuriously deleted comments. My comment was a warning about doing this. I removed the positive terminal from my battery on my 4 series 420d 2013 and then instintively closed the boot. Big mistake. I couldn't get into the boot to reconnect the battery. The fix was to use the positive and negative terminals under the bonnet to supply power. This worked even with the battery disconnect. Just a warning for anyone who this happens to. I'd advise putting the back seats down if you disconnect the battery so you can get back in the boot. Don't be an idiot like me.
No, UA-cam does it all the time, I'm not sure if it's certain things people write or if it's a word they thinks spam and instantly delete the message, it's so annoying as I don't want people like yourself thinking it's me deleting them. If you check all my videos I reply to all comments
@@CraigsChannelyes thats it, i had a spare screw and now know where its from, i havent screwed that back in, is it essential to do so? ive fitted the wheel and everything is fine. Not sure if its worth taking off to screw that in?
I'm really now sure! It just looks like an earth. I mean if everything is working it's totally your call if you want to refit it! I suffer OCD so I'd probably just fit it, buts that's me 😂
Hi Craig, Excellent video and precise instructions, congratulations. Craig, after reconnecting the positive on the battery do you need to retune the radio, clock or anything else that needs to be re-adjusted after being without power. Cheers, Mark
No Mark, I think there probably a kind of back up battery somewhere in the car, like what you get in laptops, so when you turn it off it still saved the time and stuff. Not sure how long I had the battery disconnected when I did the video, maybes 30minutes or so, but you shouldn't have to set anything 👍
@@markludwig3759 I've never heard that! Not sure what it would do, but I mean feel free to do it 😄 I removed thay wheel about 4 or 5 times, the day before it was sold I removed the Alcantara wheel then the guy who bought it asked me to buy it and refit it lol
No problem at all, I seen a few other videos and they didn't help so thought I'd make my own lol. Have you gone for the Alcantara or just a newer shape wheel?
Is there any problems you can run into once disconnecting the battery like system not working etc as I know it’s not great to disconnect the battery in smart cars as it might forget important information for the car’s dynamics ? Thanks
I've never heard that before. If that was the case every time you get a flat battery or need to change a battery you'd have to start from fresh. I know modern batterys have to be coded into the car, think its 2016 and above. Doing as I did on the video thought you shouldn't come into any issues at all. Nobody in the comment sections had an issues. If you were local I'd have done it for you. I'm actually off to pick an M4 up next week and think that's getting a steering wheel upgrade 😁
Thanks for the reply and help I’m currently thinking of swapping out my F30 steering wheel for and M sport one and just wondered if I’d run into any issues with system problems down the line after I’d finished hope not tho as you said.
What's the difference with the normal and M sport one? I honestly don't think you'll have any issues. I'll possibly do a new video with I get my hands on the M4 and do one with closer shots this time
No problem at all, if you get stuck I'm always around. Try to reply back to everybody who takes their time to pop on my channel. Hopefully I can get a little video up of the car! Done a few walk rounds which seemed popular
My airbag don’t make anymore the click when i try to fit in how can i do? If i pull the cable it goes out easy i thinked about the clip but lothing is brake it just don’t stand good
@@CraigsChannel i think than i resolve it i put the clip up the let it click and for the moment no problems the only thing who happened is than i broke a little plastic part but nothing special i think for the moment the auto run with no problems i hope is not going to explode one of the days…😅
Great Vid mate, looking to retrofit cruise control so this is great to see how to re-assemble the wheel. Any tips for how to code the CC or do you know a local service that would do it? im in the North East.
You'd be best off maybe trying some local remap places as they'll have the software to code your car, or maybe even pop into a few local garages as there diagnostic systems also let you do like that. I never go far enough to even use cruise so it's a pointless feature for me being round the doors. Are you going for a normal leather or Alcantara steering wheel?
@@CraigsChannel Cheers for getting back to me, I've already got the normal M sport leather wheel but just wanted to upgrade from the LIM only to the Cruise and LIM version as i'll be doing lots of motorway driving. i'll have a look around for some places unless you know any near cramlington?
@@Stix0nFire You could try JM Imports my mate Jurgen runs that place, they do all kinds of magic like that. Might be worth popping in or giving them a bell?
You can remove the steering wheel with the battery still connected, but when you plug it back in, it might throw up an airbag light. Sorry to hear yours has been pinched twice, that's really really unlucky. Maybe buy a Disklock? I had one on my mk3 Focus RS
Am gona try this but am shit at stuff like this ...gettin a wheel from royal steering wheel for my 435d...getting acces to the battery in a f33 is a nightmare..no hatch or little twist things...
People will probably say disconnect both, but as you'll see I only disconnect one side, done it to loads of cars now with no issues! So totally up to you, it'll only take you an extra 15secconds or so to remove the other one. As for waiting I just remove the airbag pretty much straight away
Tbh the airbag wouldn't go off even if it did have power you'd just get a fault code. The only reason an airbag should go off is when the car knows its been on a crash 😁 there won't be any power once you disconnect anyways. Also if your cars a 4 series open the door before you disconnect the battery as thr window on them goes down when you open the door
@@CraigsChannel I'm going to get a retrim for my M140i steering wheel from Royal in Alcantara soon and based on having watched your video I reckon I could do it myself. Cheers.
@@simonorsborn You will mate I've got with in you lol. I've tried to explain best I can, when I did it there wasnt any in depth videos so thought I'd make my own. If you were local I'd of gave you a had. Love a 140i absolute rockets
Do you know if changing the original steering wheel with a bottom flat carbon fibre one will affect my car insurance? Just changed mines by looking at your video. Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. 🙏🏻
Technically speaking any mod should be declared, but if I changed the steering wheel to a flat bottom one I'd just say it was standard if ever I did have a crash, but tbh I don't think they'd notice
@@CraigsChannel yeah doing exactly what you done but putting an alcantara one on. Either way I’m just gonna follow your video now. Just wanted to make sure it definitely didn’t need recoding. Thank you for an informative video 👍🏼
@@GNLPR0DUCTIONS No mate no need for re coding, your basically putting the same back in again. They'll just be trying to get money out of you, should maybes take you an hour if you take your time to swap it over
I want to put the digital m Performance steering wheel on my 340i M Performance. But it only comes with white stitching😒. I have M color stitching in my car. So I wanted to purchase the M3 version. It has the tri color stitching. Does anyone know if this will work plug and play as F80 and F30 parts are interchangeable? I currently have an M Performance steering wheel.
You could ring BMW and ask them, just ring a couple of local dealers see what they say. Dont say your fitting it, say you want them to fit it and want to know if it'll work
@@CraigsChannel Thanks, I found the answer in the installation instructions. It says if you currently have the M Sport steering wheel all parts will move over. I will just have to buy the back cover with the slit in the middle. Found that! 😉.
@@CraigsChannel I've had it since 2017, tried to maintain and recover as much as possible. The red strip has sponge coming out of it increasingly over time, its time :( Should have purchased racing gloves, but was unaware of maintenance requirements early on
@@WhisperTheBand I didn't even know you had to maintaine them. Couple of my friends have RS3's and they come standard with Alcantara so I'll have to let them know. My Civic Type R had Alcantara seats and the arm rest, when I bought it the arm rest was really nasty, I used a product from Auto Finesse called Toral, amazing for cleaning Alcantara. So are you just sticking with Leather now? What model BMW you got?
@@CraigsChannel You definitely have to maintain them every 1-2 weeks. Might not show at the start, but once it shows, permanent damage would have already occurred. Ill stick with leather for now, but I'll be taking the carbon trim from the alcantara steering wheel and adding it to the leather one. I own a 440i Coupe
It honestly doesn't make a difference, if you're more comfortable doing the negative just do that. I've done loads of wheels for people over the years and never had an issue removing the positives, so totally up you 👍
Is it the standard radio or one that's been fitted aftermarket? This one I changed the steering wheel 3 or 4 times and never lost any stations. In fact none of the ones I've changed have, maybe you were just unlucky? I'm honestly not sure why they were lost
Great video, the amount of videos on UA-cam explaining this process in little detail is irritating. Clear and informative, thanks.
Quite a few people have said I'm giving the best information on step by step, seems other videos they must be skipping or not showing everything.
I had somebody comment on the video the other day saying rather than using a screwdriver to release the steering wheel an Allen key works as well
Just want to say thankyou, was nervous about changing my wheel but this made it soooo simple and easy to follow, managed to do it in about 40mins.
40mins is really good time. Plus you've easily saved £100+ paying somebody 😁
By far the best video on UA-cam for a BMW wheel change. Just did my M140 in 30mins. Thanks 🙏
30 minutes! Wow that's fast. Really appreciate the kind words.
You should put some videos up of your car, I absolutely love an m140 or even the m135, was tempted on one after I sold my Focus RS
Disconnect the negative/ground not the positive and make sure you unlock all doors and keep something in the trunk to keep it from locking you out and to be extra safe let the ecu power off before disconnecting ground
99% of the time I remove the negative first, it was just for a better view on the camera for this one, the negative is really tucked away in the corner.
I've taken the positive off first loads of times over the year and never had an issue.
I've actually just fitted a new battery to my car tonight as the stop/stopped working, so had to nip out and buy a new AGM battery, would have made a video on that but didn't think anybody would be interested 😄
Absolutely cracking video this. Just swapped my steering wheel in 20minutes after watching the video 3 times
Sorry you had to watch it 3 times 😂 but glad you've done it in record time mate! 20minutes is really good going. Plus this of all that money you've saved paying a garage 👍
This video was absolutely the best!!! You helped me change out my M6 F12 steering wheel. From the US... Thanks Mate!!
M6! Stunning car 😎 glad the video helped you my guy
Done this today, thanks for the video. I found that instead of using a screwdriver (fiddly and keeps jumping off the spring) using a large Allen key (one that just about fits the hole) works perfectly first time as if it was made for the job.
I've done quite a few so just used the tools I've always used. Glad it helped though, did you go for Alcantara
@@CraigsChannel actually my car was owned by a brickie and the orange brick powder had coated the wheel and made it peel apart. Even the plastic trim and buttons were corroded. So I got a complete replacement from eBay.
I took a look at the replacement wheel before changing them over and tried to see what angle I'd need to press the springs in with the screwdriver, then I tried a large Allen key and it was fit straight in and engaged right away.
@@energymc22 happy days as long as you got it sorted, can only imagine the state your old wheel was in!
I've been tempted to buy a second hand wheel and releather it or use Alcantara to sell it on
Omg you saved my life mate, I just couldn’t do it with a screwdriver! Allen key like you said, then bang instantly!! Cheers
I've actually used one of those wooden chopsticks you get with fast food, to push those airbag pins . Was worried anything metal might damage the pin if I use too much force. The curse of having huge biceps 😂
Brilliant video mate,so many vids on this but this one is the best by a mile as you cover every single detail needed to do the job from start to finish,clear,simple,faultless step by step guide,Bang on,cheers.
Without blowing my own trumpet I've had a few people say the same thing, plenty videos out there but mine seems to have helped the most. Always nice to know I've helped somebody and saved them a bloody fortune taking it to a garage lol, I think mu friend was quoted £200 for this job
Brilliant, I was sh***ing myself about changing the steering wheel but this video made it easy. Took me about an hour start to finish.
If you were local I would have to it for you, that one I had on and off I don't know how many times. Sold the 435d and took it off to recoup some money back but the guy who bought it wanted the wheel
I was having trouble getting my airbag out and this video explained it much better than others. Thank you!!!
You could also use a hex Allen key, they work well, somebody mentioned that to me after I'd already made the video
@@CraigsChannel I just needed to rotate the flat head a little bit and then it came right out. Paddle shifters are now swapped :) thanks again
No problem at all, hopefully I'll be able to help again in the future 👍
My wheel got stolen today and this has been a great help . Thanks
Absolute scumbags! I remember years ago my friends Golf R32 got broken into, they pinched his seats and steering wheel, but left £20 or £40 in the ashtray for him 😳
I know the feeling mate
You just putting the standard wheel back on? Was there much damage?
@Craig's Channel broken window . And missing wheel . They got 4 people in my area. Even the man who served me at bmw was a victim.
You doing the window yourself as well? Its not a hard job, plenty videos on here to save you some £££ local scrap yard or breakers yard will have a window
Absolutely top tier video! Everything was explained thoroughly with masterful attention to detail. Good job by John with the camera too!
Very much appreciate the help! Thanks for the vid!
My friends just put a deposit on an m4 Competition so looks like I'll be doing this once again to his m4, hopefully have a walk round video on it as well 😁
Thanks for the kind words and really glad I could help you out, saves you paying the deals or a garage £££
This was one of the best how to videos I have ever seen. Quality work guys! Thank you 😊
Thanks man appreciate the kind words, always nice when somebody comes to the channel and it helps them 😁
Cheers mate. Was able to upgrade the trim to the m4 one using this vid
Saves you paying the dealer. My mate was quoted £200 I told him screw that I'll do it for free 😄
Should be changing my steering wheel this week, looks like this video covers everything. Thanks
Yeah it should cover everything, if you get stuck I'm always here
Really good video. To the point and well filmed for purpose 👍🏼
When I did it I couldn't find one that was explaining as well as I wanted to so thought I'd make it to hopefully help anybody I could 😁
Cracking video by a fellow Geordie :) Just what I was looking for to swap the wheel on my F06 640d, cheers!
My friend had the 640d lovely car, even better with the remap that it received 😄
@@CraigsChannel Yeah, got a Stage 1 remap on it, 380 ish bhp who needs an M6 anyway? haha
People are so shocked when you take them out in a fast diesel, I took a few people out in the 435d and they were like 😳 super shocked how fast it was, I'm not sure of the figures on the 435d after the map but I'm guessing pretty much the same with what you're working with.
Have you any other plans mod wise or happy as it is?
I'm currently hunting for a new car but the prices are just insane
@@CraigsChannel Same engine I think so I imagine same power from the map roughly. Had mine done at GAD tuning in North Shields, top guy there. I'm leaving as is, it's plenty fast and eats up the miles, perfect car I reckon. I hope the market settles, can't carry on with the crazy prices.
I took the 435d over Leechmeer in Sunderland The Performance Centre, they had it for about 4 hours so they could live map it, normally places just do a plug and play map, but they put it on the rolling road they've got.
I think next year prices will settle, but we'll just have to see
Thanks for that it was really well explained quite possibly the best steering wheel change video. Thanks again.
No problem at all. What wheel you going for Alcantara? Or something else
Really helpful informative video 👍
Just fitted my retrimmed wheel from royal steering wheels 👌
I literally just picked my mates m4 competition last week. The steering wheel is absolutely knackered, somebodys had hand sanitizer on their hands and touched the wheels what's took all the colour out, so... he's looking at getting his wheel retrimmed, did this Royal place take your old wheel or what?
@@CraigsChannel they send you a wheel out that’s retrimmed to yr specification, then you send the wheel you’ve taken off back to them
All really clear on the website & a big gallery of pictures to give you ideas on how you want yr wheel to look.
@Blinkin badger How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?
I'm still tempted on buying a wheel cover you stitch yourself, possibly make a video out of it as well 😄
@@CraigsChannel £180
I'm thinking should I tell him to do this or spend £130 on a cover and do it myself! I'm pretty handy with fiddly stuff so wouldn't mind the challenge 😄
I'm guessing your new wheel looks awesome? Did you get a colour little strip on the top? Like solid red or blue line
Mate you know what you're doing. Best video for airbag and steering wheel swap over. You could show those Americans a thing or two ;)
I've actually had loads of positive comments saying all the other videos just don't explain things properly and mines helped loads out changing their wheel so I'm happy with that 😁
Great step by step guide mate… it helped me!!
More than welcome. What car were you swapping the wheel on? Have you upgraded to suede or just a newer model wheel
@@CraigsChannel swapped out the OEM wheel for retrimmed flat bottom version
At least you saved quite a few quid from taking it to a garage, the other year my mate was quoted something stupid like £200 from BMW, absolutely bonkers what they charge
@@CraigsChannel for sure!! Keep up the great work mate
Thanks man, really hope you enjoy your new wheel 😁
Absolutely perfect! Just what I needed! Clear concise walk through. Top video! Subscribed!
You doing an upgrade Graham? Some poor bastard had his nicked the other week so came here to fit one he'd bought off ebay 😤
@@CraigsChannel going to take mine off and pop an alcantara cover on. Cheap solution but we’ll see. If I don’t like it I can take it off and swap it out with a professional job
I've not see the covers? Unless do you mean the one you put on yourself and do the sticking to hold it in place? I've seen them, look really good, just take your time stitching and it'll look class
@@CraigsChannel yeah that’s the one. Hopefully goes well
Great vid. Only thing I couldn't swap over to the new wheel was the lane departure loom as part of it is attached under the leather of the old wheel. Who needs lane departure anyway 😄
Yeah who needs it 😂 is there no way you could work it into another position or is it a no go at all?
@@CraigsChannel with lane departure cars, the steering wheel is a little different. There's vibrators inside the steering wheel which vibrate each side of the wheel depending on which the side the blind spot hazard is detected. Having to transfer all that over sounds like a nightmare.
Thanks so much for this, just swapped my M Sport one for the tri-stitch M one, would have been stuck without your video! Like you said loads of videos on UA-cam but they all seem to go, here’s how you remove the airbag and then *poof* you’re looking at a removed bare steering wheel with no clue how they got there... maybe it’s by the same people who wrote Haynes manuals?
I try doing all my videos in as much detail as I can 😂 like my walk rounds of my cars on here, I just try to give as much info to people who watch them as possible.
Glad you managed to swap the wheel over, once you've done it once it's a doddle, bet it looks a lot better now?
Craig's Video Channel yeah much simpler once you get the hang of it. Had to drill holes for the paddles in the new wheel as well which was painful. 100% better, the M-Sport wheel isn’t bad but the look and feel of the M tri-stitch wheel is much nice especially with the different trim 👌🏻
@@BackgroundTrait Ah so the wheel you bought was a manual and you've converted it to paddles? Maybe you should have made your own video showing people how to do that lol
Craig's Video Channel Id love to say it was bought as a mod but I got a really good deal on a ‘as new M wheel (owner swapped it straight out for alcantara), but realised it was probably cheaper because it was a manual wheel. Drilling was a b***h very hard to get right, there’s a video on here with instructions but I wouldn’t recommend it, 100% would buy a paddle wheel next time! Thankfully at least had your instructions to get it back together 😂
@@BackgroundTrait You've bigger balls than mine, I couldn't drill my own wheel 😂
Glad you're sorted though, is it a 4 series you've got?
Hi 👋 it’s nice and very much clearly explained Vedio 👌 and I wanted to replace my normal steering to sport of my BMW X5 F15 model 2014 so it’s going to be the same system I guess
Hi, yeah it should be the same process, I think through all this age.
My friend also has a white F15 X5 😍 beautiful car
Thank you so much for this guide
It helped me tremendously
Always nice to hear I've helped somebody else 😁 saves you paying a garage
Am watching from Pakistan this is amazing, am going to set up a business doing steering wheels , what country are you from mate as you don’t sound American or English
I'm English Eric, North East in a small town called South Shields 😁
Thank you for watching from such a far ❤️
I've actually just changed another steering wheel last week on my friends BMW M4
Thx boss. Superb!
Thanks for watching 😎 hope your install went smoothly
Great vid this 👍 getting alcantara for my m140i from Royal Steering Wheels delivered next week and shitting it haha. This will help I’m sure, cheers
Why would you get rid of the Alcantara steering wheel? it's an upgrade to have that!
It was something I wasn't overly keen with. The guy who bought the car wanted it on, so did a deal and refitted it whilst he was transferring the insurance over
@@CraigsChannel im looking at one so out of curiosity what was it you didn't like about it?
@@godamighty I think I'm so used to leather it's weird having Alcantara. My best friend has a 330d and hes getting his re-done in leather, I did tell him to just buy one and I'll fit it, but hes paid somebody to change his from leather to Alcantara
After you put on the negative back on the battery: is there somthing that must be programmed? No problems with the alarm? Thanks ;-)
Could you share the torque setting for the wheel centre nut? Thx.
Should be around 62.5nm, my torque wrench isn't very accurate so just go by hand. I've never had an issue yet and tbh you'd know if the steering wheel was getting loose before it fell off lol
How do I know if I need a dual stage or triple stage airbag?
I'm not even sure what a dual stage or triple air bag is? You just use the one that came with the car, that's the only part you aren't replacing
Thankyou just what I needed
Very informative, will be using this soon, cheers!
Seems quite a few have been changing wheels lately. Glad my videos helping
Tu es un vrai chef, c’est exactement la vidéo que je cherchais. Une question, quel est la dimension des outils? Je ne comprend pas tout... Merci !
Anglais?
Hey, thanks for the video..
I have a question - I have a US spec in Europe. Can I fit EU wheel or do I have to order a 2 stage airbag?
You have to use the stage 2 or you will get error message that no airbag is installed. Unless you recode the vehicle. Look on UA-cam video. Stage 1 airbag vs stage 2 airbag. I think if the wheel itself is EU then it should recognize the stage 1 but not stage 2. And if the wheel is US then it will recognize stage 2. hope this helps. Video will explain it better. 😉
Nice "how to" I appreciate it. BUT!!! Always remove the Negative - before the Positive + .
Yeah I agree I should have removed the negative. I've removed the positive on loads of cars over the years and touch wood no issues yet. If I make another one I'll make sure to do the negative 💪
@@CraigsChannel NWM, ✌️
Hello brother
My car bmw 3series 330i 2017
I want the change m sport steering
How to do this plz reply me
Thank sir
I'm guessing it should be the same process as I've done in the video?
I just tried for almost 2 hours to remove my airbag. The right side got done in seconds, popped right out. No matter what i can not locate and push in the spring on the left side. I gave up and now that i put it back together my airbag is off center leaning to the right and i have PDC malfunction errors.
Sorry for such a late reply! Out of everybody's who's watched this video I've honestly never heard anybody have an issue removing the airbag, are you lining the screw driver up and pressing hard enough? If you were local I'd have been more than happy to help you out, done this on loads of cars now
@@CraigsChannel yea I eventually got it off, but the airbag is still off center now. The right side I can easily feel the clip and take it on and off with ease. The left side took me 2+ hours to get off, could not feel the clip at all.
I'm wondering if it's been off before for some reason and who ever took it off bent the clip. Maybe when you get time, take it off again and check the clip isn't bent or moved to one side, that's all the problem really could be
Edit: I have had it before where UA-cam spuriously deleted comments.
My comment was a warning about doing this. I removed the positive terminal from my battery on my 4 series 420d 2013 and then instintively closed the boot. Big mistake.
I couldn't get into the boot to reconnect the battery. The fix was to use the positive and negative terminals under the bonnet to supply power. This worked even with the battery disconnect. Just a warning for anyone who this happens to.
I'd advise putting the back seats down if you disconnect the battery so you can get back in the boot. Don't be an idiot like me.
No, UA-cam does it all the time, I'm not sure if it's certain things people write or if it's a word they thinks spam and instantly delete the message, it's so annoying as I don't want people like yourself thinking it's me deleting them. If you check all my videos I reply to all comments
Great Video !
Thanks man, appreciate you watching and commenting 😎
on the earth and ground wire there was a small silver circle thing. what is it for? i cant see where u put it in the video
Do you mean 4:58? It was just an earth connection, it was on the screw I remember at that tjme
@@CraigsChannelyes thats it, i had a spare screw and now know where its from, i havent screwed that back in, is it essential to do so? ive fitted the wheel and everything is fine. Not sure if its worth taking off to screw that in?
I'm really now sure! It just looks like an earth. I mean if everything is working it's totally your call if you want to refit it! I suffer OCD so I'd probably just fit it, buts that's me 😂
Can’t get the bottom spring bolt from the airbag carrier to transfer to my new wheel, any ideas..? Snapped 4 torx tools..?
Which part of the video is the bit you need to remove?
Hi Craig, Excellent video and precise instructions, congratulations. Craig, after reconnecting the positive on the battery do you need to retune the radio, clock or anything else that needs to be re-adjusted after being without power. Cheers, Mark
No Mark, I think there probably a kind of back up battery somewhere in the car, like what you get in laptops, so when you turn it off it still saved the time and stuff. Not sure how long I had the battery disconnected when I did the video, maybes 30minutes or so, but you shouldn't have to set anything 👍
@@CraigsChannel Thank you Craig, You're a star. BTW I was told that upon completion you need to turn the wheel full left the full right.
@@markludwig3759 I've never heard that! Not sure what it would do, but I mean feel free to do it 😄 I removed thay wheel about 4 or 5 times, the day before it was sold I removed the Alcantara wheel then the guy who bought it asked me to buy it and refit it lol
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Such an awesome video. Made swapping my steering wheel a piece of cake. Thanks bro!
No problem at all, I seen a few other videos and they didn't help so thought I'd make my own lol. Have you gone for the Alcantara or just a newer shape wheel?
So, would this basically work for upgrading to a paddle wheel? Take the parts off the paddle wheel and install on my current one?
Paddle wheel youd need the car to be automatic, is it a manual?
Great video. Is the bare wheel the same on a manual and an auto car?
My friend has a manual and looks the same as the auto one, only difference is the paddles on the back
Spot on pal very informative 👊
Take it that's your 5 series in your pic? You planning on upgrading the wheel?
@@CraigsChanneltaking my wheel off ..it's my m140i I'm selling it, had my fun in it . Time to let someone else have a play in it 👌
Great vidéo, thanks 👏
More than welcome 😁 hope you having fun changing yours
Is there any problems you can run into once disconnecting the battery like system not working etc as I know it’s not great to disconnect the battery in smart cars as it might forget important information for the car’s dynamics ? Thanks
I've never heard that before. If that was the case every time you get a flat battery or need to change a battery you'd have to start from fresh.
I know modern batterys have to be coded into the car, think its 2016 and above.
Doing as I did on the video thought you shouldn't come into any issues at all. Nobody in the comment sections had an issues.
If you were local I'd have done it for you.
I'm actually off to pick an M4 up next week and think that's getting a steering wheel upgrade 😁
Thanks for the reply and help I’m currently thinking of swapping out my F30 steering wheel for and M sport one and just wondered if I’d run into any issues with system problems down the line after I’d finished hope not tho as you said.
What's the difference with the normal and M sport one?
I honestly don't think you'll have any issues.
I'll possibly do a new video with I get my hands on the M4 and do one with closer shots this time
@@CraigsChannel the M sport one is just a lot better looking in my opinion and that good to hear Thai for the help man.
No problem at all, if you get stuck I'm always around. Try to reply back to everybody who takes their time to pop on my channel.
Hopefully I can get a little video up of the car! Done a few walk rounds which seemed popular
My airbag don’t make anymore the click when i try to fit in how can i do? If i pull the cable it goes out easy i thinked about the clip but lothing is brake it just don’t stand good
When you put the clip back in? Or remove it?
@@CraigsChannel i think than i resolve it i put the clip up the let it click and for the moment no problems the only thing who happened is than i broke a little plastic part but nothing special i think for the moment the auto run with no problems i hope is not going to explode one of the days…😅
It should be fine, no need to worry 😁 it won't explode 😄
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Great Vid mate, looking to retrofit cruise control so this is great to see how to re-assemble the wheel. Any tips for how to code the CC or do you know a local service that would do it? im in the North East.
You'd be best off maybe trying some local remap places as they'll have the software to code your car, or maybe even pop into a few local garages as there diagnostic systems also let you do like that.
I never go far enough to even use cruise so it's a pointless feature for me being round the doors.
Are you going for a normal leather or Alcantara steering wheel?
@@CraigsChannel Cheers for getting back to me, I've already got the normal M sport leather wheel but just wanted to upgrade from the LIM only to the Cruise and LIM version as i'll be doing lots of motorway driving. i'll have a look around for some places unless you know any near cramlington?
@@Stix0nFire You could try JM Imports my mate Jurgen runs that place, they do all kinds of magic like that. Might be worth popping in or giving them a bell?
@@CraigsChannel Cheers mate i'll check them out!
@@Stix0nFire No problem any time. Thanks for the view and glad it might have helped you 😁 always nice to know local people watch my stuff Haha
I’ve had my wheel robbed twice how do they remove them without the airbag blowing?
You can remove the steering wheel with the battery still connected, but when you plug it back in, it might throw up an airbag light.
Sorry to hear yours has been pinched twice, that's really really unlucky. Maybe buy a Disklock? I had one on my mk3 Focus RS
Does anyone know what the name of the exact bolts that hold the plate on are? i cant find them anywhere without having to buy the plate too.
Which plate? Have you not already got them from your original
@@CraigsChannelthe one u connect grounding wire to. the thread broke on 2 of them
I bought. a steering wheel of a bmw 140i 2016 lci and I have 2013 6 series f13 will it fit on my f13 ? help
I've seen this style steering wheel on f13 models. Hopefully it's the same connectors on both. It's a really nice upgrade
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Tom 👍
Am gona try this but am shit at stuff like this ...gettin a wheel from royal steering wheel for my 435d...getting acces to the battery in a f33 is a nightmare..no hatch or little twist things...
It's easier than it looks lol. When I first did I I was like Jesus Christ why is there so much stuff to remove 😂
@@CraigsChannel am goin to the metrocentre on sat bring ya spanners dude 😂😂😂
How did tou liked the alcantara one? Hard to clean?
To clean it you can use Auto Finesse total, really good for Alcantara steering wheels or seats
I'll buy you the alcantara one
will the airbag go off if the battery us disconnected? how do i avoid triggering it
No that's why disconnect it, also the airbag light won't be on if you disconnect
@@CraigsChannel how long shiuld i wait after disconnecting it, And do you only disconnect the negative side or both positive and negative ?
People will probably say disconnect both, but as you'll see I only disconnect one side, done it to loads of cars now with no issues! So totally up to you, it'll only take you an extra 15secconds or so to remove the other one.
As for waiting I just remove the airbag pretty much straight away
@@CraigsChannel do u not have to wait for the car to lose all power ? ive seen some ppl saying that. scared the airbag will blow up in my face lol
Tbh the airbag wouldn't go off even if it did have power you'd just get a fault code. The only reason an airbag should go off is when the car knows its been on a crash 😁 there won't be any power once you disconnect anyways.
Also if your cars a 4 series open the door before you disconnect the battery as thr window on them goes down when you open the door
Great video. Cheers.
Thanks mate, hope it helped you
@@CraigsChannel I'm going to get a retrim for my M140i steering wheel from Royal in Alcantara soon and based on having watched your video I reckon I could do it myself. Cheers.
@@simonorsborn You will mate I've got with in you lol. I've tried to explain best I can, when I did it there wasnt any in depth videos so thought I'd make my own. If you were local I'd of gave you a had.
Love a 140i absolute rockets
Smash it mate!
Hope it helps you out Dhil 👍
Do you know if changing the original steering wheel with a bottom flat carbon fibre one will affect my car insurance? Just changed mines by looking at your video. Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. 🙏🏻
Technically speaking any mod should be declared, but if I changed the steering wheel to a flat bottom one I'd just say it was standard if ever I did have a crash, but tbh I don't think they'd notice
Had a quote from a garage for £150 telling me it needs recoding? The wheels identical to yours so guessing you didn’t have any issues?
Cheers
Nope, are you just swapping a leather for Alcantara?
@@CraigsChannel yeah doing exactly what you done but putting an alcantara one on. Either way I’m just gonna follow your video now. Just wanted to make sure it definitely didn’t need recoding. Thank you for an informative video 👍🏼
@@GNLPR0DUCTIONS No mate no need for re coding, your basically putting the same back in again. They'll just be trying to get money out of you, should maybes take you an hour if you take your time to swap it over
@@CraigsChannel yeah I had a feeling they were trying to milk some cash out of me. Thank you very much for the replies
No problem at all, let me know how you get on mate
I want to put the digital m Performance steering wheel on my 340i M Performance. But it only comes with white stitching😒. I have M color stitching in my car. So I wanted to purchase the M3 version. It has the tri color stitching. Does anyone know if this will work plug and play as F80 and F30 parts are interchangeable? I currently have an M Performance steering wheel.
You could ring BMW and ask them, just ring a couple of local dealers see what they say. Dont say your fitting it, say you want them to fit it and want to know if it'll work
@@CraigsChannel Thanks, I found the answer in the installation instructions. It says if you currently have the M Sport steering wheel all parts will move over. I will just have to buy the back cover with the slit in the middle. Found that! 😉.
I am literally switching my alcantara to the leather tomorrow. Alcantara wore out :(
Really? How old was it? You could get it recovered, either do it yourself or get somebody to do it. At least you know how to fit and remove it now 👍
@@CraigsChannel I've had it since 2017, tried to maintain and recover as much as possible. The red strip has sponge coming out of it increasingly over time, its time :(
Should have purchased racing gloves, but was unaware of maintenance requirements early on
@@WhisperTheBand I didn't even know you had to maintaine them. Couple of my friends have RS3's and they come standard with Alcantara so I'll have to let them know.
My Civic Type R had Alcantara seats and the arm rest, when I bought it the arm rest was really nasty, I used a product from Auto Finesse called Toral, amazing for cleaning Alcantara.
So are you just sticking with Leather now?
What model BMW you got?
@@CraigsChannel You definitely have to maintain them every 1-2 weeks. Might not show at the start, but once it shows, permanent damage would have already occurred. Ill stick with leather for now, but I'll be taking the carbon trim from the alcantara steering wheel and adding it to the leather one. I own a 440i Coupe
440i Nice choice, I really fancy an M4 but just dont know what to buy, there are so so many cars to choose from I'm just lost 😂
Nice one cocker...
Why not just disconnect the negative instead of the positive
It honestly doesn't make a difference, if you're more comfortable doing the negative just do that. I've done loads of wheels for people over the years and never had an issue removing the positives, so totally up you 👍
I figure removing the positive deletes ur saved stations and settings and removing the negative doesn't
Is it the standard radio or one that's been fitted aftermarket? This one I changed the steering wheel 3 or 4 times and never lost any stations. In fact none of the ones I've changed have, maybe you were just unlucky? I'm honestly not sure why they were lost
My steering wheel got stolen from my car whilst it was on my drive overnight 🤷♂️
How much should I pay for standard m sport steering for F30 3 series?
That's horrible news, did the alarm not go off?
Price wise I'd probably say £800-200 for one on eBay.
What is the name of the tool used to remove the bolt in middle of steering wheel?
Just a regular ratchet, I bought mine from Halfords if you have one near you?
@@CraigsChannel oh sweet thank you for quick reply!
No problem at all, if you get stuck with anything else feel free to pop back 👍
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have u got instagram im not sure if im being stupid but i cant see the negative side
You should make videos on how to create PowerPoint presentations you’d destroy all competition.