Steering wheel options?

See custom steering wheel | PriusChat Under $300 shipped without the stupid Tom's branding.

PM garm to see if he can get it for you. He gets jdm stuff for his store.

 

I like that one in Garm's thread. It would be nice if Toyota would sell the persona steering wheel on the side similar to the way they sell the Plus parts. I don't want too sporty of a steering wheel on the Prius.. seems a little out of place for me.

 

I may be interested.. send me the details and some pics when you are ready.

 

There is a stock 2010 leather take-off on eBay right now... $160... I would have snapped it up if the wife had not just picked up a new one in Japan, just this week for $250.

My only rationalization is that mine is black (his appears to be grey) and mine is "brand new" .... uh, heavily used. I wonder if U.S. Customs is working through the Fed Gov't shut down?

 

Pictures on that ebay listing look horrible. Looks like the it came from a car that was completely flooded.. has dirt all over it.

 

Wow! You've a good eye! Can you tell which flood? Sandy? Katrina? Something Biblical?

Seriously, you may have a point... maybe ask the seller for clarification and better pictures?

Also, the best price I found online, new, here in the States was around $450.

 

No point in getting the OEM leather steering wheel when the aftermarket ones are much more substantial, better quality and usually cheaper.

 

I'll post a picture of how my JDM aftermarket leather and (fake?) wood wheel cracked in several places... albeit in our somewhat less than balmy Maine winters.

You don't like the stock leather wheel on your V (Five)?

 

Maybe not from a flooded car but it looks just like the flooded cars I have seen that get covered in muddy water. Could be just an extremely dirty owner, its supposedly from a low mileage car. I'd hate to "upgrade" my 2013 with that steering wheel!

 

My stock leather wheel also had a factory defect, a minor variation of a previously reported defect. I don't know if Maine winters are a contributing factor, but you most likely had a dud (as did I with my stock steering wheel).

The vast majority of stock and aftermarket wheels are defect-free so those isolated incidents mean nothing. However, comparing the two, aftermarket JDM steering wheels are thicker, heavier, softer to the touch (in leather area) and have deep finger indentations compared to stock leather steering wheel. At $200 or so (for the piano black version), JDM is the way to go as an upgrade.

 

It's the lighting. The wheel is only a shade darker than the center airbag cover.

The piano black wood is a dust magnet for sure. Fingerprints haven't been too much of a problem for me and I'm not getting scratches other than microscratches that all black finishes seem to have.

 

They all use the same color dark charcoal gray stock wheel with the exception of the Persona, which has red contrasting stitching and dark chrome trim. Speaking of which, those with the Persona can easily upgrade to the all leather JDM wheel with red stitching.