Anyone modify their steering wheel?
02-12-2006, 01:44 PM
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I GUARANTEE you, 100% that the handbrake boot is rubber, and not leather. The shift **** on my 6 speed is plastic with rubber also. That much is a certainty.
The steering wheel cover material appears to be at issue. The 06 Maxima and 350Z I saw yesterday seem to have similar material to each other and appear to be leather, and the stitching is clearly seen. MY steering wheel seems to have fake stitching and it doesnt seem like leather to me. I believe it is the same rubber shzit that the handbrake boot and cover is made from. I think its still up in the air.
The steering wheel cover material appears to be at issue. The 06 Maxima and 350Z I saw yesterday seem to have similar material to each other and appear to be leather, and the stitching is clearly seen. MY steering wheel seems to have fake stitching and it doesnt seem like leather to me. I believe it is the same rubber shzit that the handbrake boot and cover is made from. I think its still up in the air.
02-12-2006, 05:19 PM
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RE: Leather.. in the event that anyone has cloth seats and was looking to get leather. I would strongly recomend looking into a "Katzkin" leather upholstery upgrade. I had my '04 SE redone and it cost me $1275.00. The quality is great and it looks as good if not better then the factory leather that I have seen on other Maxima's. They even re-upholstered the door panels and the strip around the dash in leather. If anyone is interested you can check out the katzkin line @ www.katzkin.com . For $1275 you will not be dissapointed.
02-12-2006, 05:23 PM
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They even re-upholstered the door panels and the strip around the dash in leather.
02-12-2006, 05:37 PM
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I'll try and snap some pictures tomorrow and will see if I can post them. I'm new to the site and am not sure what kind of access I have. From the looks of things it appears that they dissasembled the doors to do the panels. I was very pleased and was unaware when I paid them, that the panels were included. Needless to say I was not dissapointed. In the event that I can't post pic's you can post your email and I'll send you pics.
02-12-2006, 05:40 PM
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In the event that I can't post pic's you can post your email and I'll send you pics.
02-12-2006, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DeusExMaxima
I GUARANTEE you, 100% that the handbrake boot is rubber, and not leather. The shift **** on my 6 speed is plastic with rubber also. That much is a certainty.
The steering wheel cover material appears to be at issue. The 06 Maxima and 350Z I saw yesterday seem to have similar material to each other and appear to be leather, and the stitching is clearly seen. MY steering wheel seems to have fake stitching and it doesnt seem like leather to me. I believe it is the same rubber shzit that the handbrake boot and cover is made from. I think its still up in the air.
The steering wheel cover material appears to be at issue. The 06 Maxima and 350Z I saw yesterday seem to have similar material to each other and appear to be leather, and the stitching is clearly seen. MY steering wheel seems to have fake stitching and it doesnt seem like leather to me. I believe it is the same rubber shzit that the handbrake boot and cover is made from. I think its still up in the air.
02-13-2006, 01:43 PM
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I looked at my friend's G35 steering wheel today and there is little question in my mind that mine is rubber molded to look like leather. There is no stitching around the joints and there appears to be fake stitching, as I have said before, around the inside perimeter. The material appears to feel different too.
02-13-2006, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by NismoMax80
could you post pics? and how did they install these? (disassemble the doors, or adhere over oem "suede")
02-13-2006, 05:02 PM
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U can email them to someone who will host them. I use photobucket - www.photobucket.com
02-13-2006, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by NismoMax80
could you post pics? and how did they install these? (disassemble the doors, or adhere over oem "suede")
02-13-2006, 08:28 PM
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i have asked the parts department at my local dealership and they informed me that the 2006 maxima steering wheel is not compatible with the 04-05 maxima models because of the lit controls in the 2006 model. i wanted to get the 06 steering wheel because the 06 has the lit controls on the steering wheels..
02-15-2006, 06:05 PM
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Ok, I will try to get super closeups tonight. I was at dealer today getting warranty work and all the steering wheels i checked had stitching . Ill show u pics of mine
02-15-2006, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BadBlackMaxSL
Deus, can you post a pic of your steering wheel? This will help us get an idea of what you're looking at.
02-16-2006, 07:19 AM
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ok, i've looked at my 02 black leather seats from the inside... and here is how it looks: only seating surfaces APPEAR to be leather-like material; everithing else - sides, back, etc. are 100% SYNTHETIC, no ? about it. But it's 5th gen, don't know about 6th tho.
02-16-2006, 08:15 AM
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I understand that 6th gens are the same- leather seating, but fake sides and back. I have a pic of my steering wheel. Im gonna go to work and snap a pic of my friend's G35 steering wheel where u can clearly see stitiching where none is present in mine.
02-16-2006, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DeusExMaxima
Xorbit: Im quite sure it can be replaced with no problem.
Atomic: I bought my brand new wiht no miles on it. It was just delivered to stealership.
Atomic: I bought my brand new wiht no miles on it. It was just delivered to stealership.
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