[sadatkhan]

Hi everyone

I have a 2021 540i non m sport model and i’m looking to upgrade it with some M Sport parts. I came across a really good deal for an M sport steering wheel from another LCI G30 and it has all the same buttons as my non m sport wheel. Aside from getting the proper airbag for it, would swapping the steering wheels be simple plug and play? Thanks

[BMW-ALPINA]

Yes, but be aware that you must have a steering wheel from a car manufactured after 07/2020 (LCI). The LCI steering wheel is different from the pre-LCI and can't be crossed.

[sadatkhan]

Update: Got the wheel in. It was straight plug and play

[sadatkhan]

Pics

[sadatkhan]

Getting the airbag out of the old wheel was the hardest part, i gave up the first time and the second time i tried it took me about 30 min. The way the airbag releases on the M sport wheel is a lot easier. All the buttons, horn, paddles, and vibration motor work perfectly. No codes thrown from the car. Perfect install

[SunsetDriver]

Thank you for sharing. This will help. I will be doing the same with my car. Also the LCI model with the same “business” looking steering wheel like you had.

Enjoy your new sport/m steering wheel bud!

[sadatkhan]

Originally Posted by SunsetDriver

Thank you for sharing. This will help. I will be doing the same with my car. Also the LCI model with the same “business” looking steering wheel like you had.

Enjoy your new sport/m steering wheel bud!

The upgrade is well worth it, the sport wheel feels and looks a lot better, let me know if you have any questions

[SunsetDriver]

Originally Posted by sadatkhan

The upgrade is well worth it, the sport wheel feels and looks a lot better, let me know if you have any questions

Just did mine a few days ago. I mean not me, but the mechanic guy from the shop that I bought the steeringwheel from. Wasn’t worth the risk/effort of doing it myself over €50 of labour. It was all plug and play I believe. No coding involved at all if I’m not mistaken. The retrofit took about 15 minutes. I went out for a walk when he started and when I returned 20min later, everything was already done.

The steering wheel wasn’t cheap, around €1000, but it’s an OEM/genuine bmw steeringwheel that is in very good condition. To be honest, I prefer this one over a brand new one because a brand new one wouldn’t match the rest of the interior as much as this one. My G30 5 series is from 2021 so a brand new one would look off compared to the rest of the interior/dash.

Finding a steeringwheel with the heating option and the adaptive cruise control with the little lights above the buttons was quite difficult. Most that I found online would have either one of the two options, but not both. Also I didn’t want one with the M stitching because I don’t have a M5. So I wanted to keep it as close to my model as possible. I don’t want to be a wannabe M5 while I have a non M5 model.

Forgot to take a ‘before picture’ but here is an ‘after picture’’.

Btw, I still need to clean the steeringwheel. This picture was taken right after the install.

[sadatkhan]

Originally Posted by SunsetDriver

Just did mine a few days ago. I mean not me, but the mechanic from the shop that I bought the steeringwheel from. Wasn’t worth the risk/effort of doing it myself over €50 of labour. It was all plug and play zi believe. No coding involed at all if I’m not mistaken. The retrofit took about 15 minutes. I went out for a walk when they started and when I returned 20min later, everything was already done.

The steering wheel wasn’t cheap, around €1000, but it’s an OEM/genuine bmw steeringwheel that is in very good condition. To be honest, I prefer this one over a brand new one because a brand new one wouldn’t match the rest of the interior as much as this one. My g30 5 series is from 2021 so a brand new one would look off compared to the rest of the interior/dash.

Finding a steeringwheel with the heating option and the adaptive cruise control with the little lights above the buttons was quite difficult. Most that I found online would have either one of the two options, but not both. Also I didn’t want one with the M stitching because I don’t have a M5. So I wanted to keep it as close to my model as possible. I don’t want to be a wannabe M5 while I have a non M5 model.

Forgot to take a ‘before picture’ but here is an ‘after picture’’.

Btw, I still need to clean the steeringwheel. This picture was taken right after the install.

That looks really great. Mine was a used wheel, not entire sure if its genuine bmw but it works 🤣

[Kohan]

Originally Posted by sadatkhan

Getting the airbag out of the old wheel was the hardest part, i gave up the first time and the second time i tried it took me about 30 min. The way the airbag releases on the M sport wheel is a lot easier. All the buttons, horn, paddles, and vibration motor work perfectly. No codes thrown from the car. Perfect install

You mean you took the airbag from the original wheel and swapped it into the new wheel?

Or you mean the process of remove the airbag in general to access the bolts holding the wheel to the car?

[sadatkhan]

Originally Posted by Kohan

You mean you took the airbag from the original wheel and swapped it into the new wheel?

Or you mean the process of remove the airbag in general to access the bolts holding the wheel to the car?

The process of getting the airbag out was pretty hard for me. For the m sport wheel you need the m sport shape airbag so i got that too. And it has to be US spec 3 stage airbag otherwise it needs coding