If the customer wants it, I will have to find a way....
 

So a X5 customer,Andy, contacted me about a week ago and was extremely interested in getting the paddle shift kit for his 2001 X5 4.4i. Amazingly, he saw my ad in a UK magazine last year. But he never had a chance to contact me until lately. He wanted the M3 SMG steering wheel but not the titanium shadow trim. Turns out that he is a huge fan of light polar wood trim. After consulting a couple of places, he and I gathered that a customized wood trim for the M3 SMG steering wheel costs about US$350 ~ US$400. Not cheap!

Andy brought along his Dremel set, thinking of cutting the trim piece to fit the wheel, but I hate to deface such a well-made wood trim. Spent a good 2 hours or so modifying the M3 SMG wheel and finally, so we ended up with this instead. I saved him US$400 and he drove home a happy X5 paddle-shifter. ;)



So can I say Mr Paddle.Shift has done it again? :p

Nice... :bow:

I suppose it's better that the trim be slightly longer rather than slightly shorter.... :p

I just swapped my stock sport wheel trim with the Titanium Shadow trim off an M3 wheel I had laying around.... needless to say, the bottom spoke is a little short... really shows how much fatter and beefier the M3 wheel is... looks kinda strange... there's about a 1/2 cm gap from the bottom of the trim piece to the wheel, but if I don't look close enough, I don't really notice it too much....

Guess it's more incentive for me to get that dreamy M3 wheel I've been dreaming and drooling over... :angel: :eeps:

Looks good :thumbup:


Katt

ALl I want to know is where did he get that crazy wood trim for around climate controls/ashtray etc ?!!??!?!? :neener:


That ain't factory on this side of the pond !!

John, the gap is there. Remind me to point it out to everyone at the next TS. The tribe has to see! :rofl:

Good observation! That is a customized piece. If you notice the inlay around the power window buttons are trimmed in wood too. Andy is a fanatic when it comes to customizing wood trims for his X5! ;)

Gimme a break.... I was bored and felt the need to tinker a bit... :p :rofl:

Woaw Vince, YOU DA MAN! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: