I know Im one of many 2G TL owners that are fed up with the top of their leather steering wheel being very faded and in my case, torn. So in light of my little irritating situation, I ordered a wood grain steering wheel along with a Honda air bag system the off a 99 Honda Inspire to boost my JDM conversion points. The only thing is the steering wheel and air bag is black and I have tan interior. BUT..... I am ordering a black outter and lower steering column cover so I think that the steering wheel will match the interior being that the dash trim is black. Ill keep you guys updated. might be a couple days or so being that the part is coming from Asia.

 

how much did you pay?

 

is the tl steering wheel the same as the cl's steering wheel

 

I payed around 300 plus shipping for everything. ordered it off of ebay

 

I think so. Just have to make sure the years match up.

 

you wont be disappointed...i love my wood steering wheel. HOWEVER, once you go wood, you will never want to go back to leather, regardless of what car you buy in the future. That is the curse...from now on, i will always put in a wood steering wheel in my future cars.

 

heres a pic

 

I use to have a 2nd gen TLS and I am curious as to how or what steering you will change to. I miss my TLS. the problem was the thought of how easy the headlights would get stolen.

 

that problem haunts me every single day

 

That wood grain is going to look nice with parchment interior. Hit us up with some pics when it's in.

 

the MDX wood wheel also fits our cars FYI

 

a black steering wheel with the top and bottom plastic covers looks really good with a tan interior. i tried it on my 03 tl-p and i really like it.

 

nice but where'd your cruise control buttons go?

 

Cruise control is illegal in Japan.

 

Cool. thats good to know. I was kind of hesitant in buying it at first because I wasnt sure if it would match but I came to find out that its actually common on other cars cwith tan interior including luxury and exotics.

 

If I wanted to I can just swap out the cruise control from the steering wheel that I have on now. Shouldnt be a problem.

 

What year MDX wheel will fit our cars

 

x2 also what all do u need to do the swap......

 

The 01-02 I recently bought one for my 99 Tl-P. It fit perfectly.

 

does are center piece fit in there and look like stock. because all the mdx wheels i see dont have the center piece.

 

When I got the MDX steering wheel it didn't have the center piece so I used the one off of my old steering wheel. The only thing I noticed was the color between the airbag and steering wheel was a little off. I think its because the steering wheel is new and the airbag 9yrs old.

 

My steering wheel came in today!



15 minutes and 30 layers of bubble wrap later,

Hopefully I will be able to install it next time i go in to work. The black steering column cover is on its way but it might take a while since the seller shipped it parcel post.

 

Also, i noticed that theres no opening for the cruise control swith. I might have to cut a hole or wire the switch up to the audio controls since I have an aftermarket deck.

 

nice wheel. I never like shine smooth steering wheels though... remind me too much of those on NYC yellow cabs driven for years on end...

I replaced my perforated tl-s wheel with an MDX wooden one with the same texture and interior color. a perfect match to the interior. you definitely cannot go wrong with factory parts.

 

Do you have any picts of your interior? Im getting some used panels that have the brown wood and getting rid of my black wood grain. I like the look of the brown better!

 

so if i buy a mdx wheel what do u need to do to keep my cruise control..

 

You won't have to do anything, the opening for the cruise contol switches is at the same place.

 

looks good

JDM inspire does come with ONLY black steering wheel...

 

ok thanx. i just ordered mine yesterday cant wait to get it!!!!!

 

yea i saw who that seller was. too pricey if you ask me. i got my wheel for $150 shipped.

 

alright here it is! sorry for it being so late. My internet has been acting funky this past week.

 

wow... that looks really good. doesn't stand out too much and actually flows with the black parts of the dashboard. good job. did you buy the black plastic part that covers the steering column?

 

yep. I found it on ebay as well for 20 bucks.

 

what is that one switch on the far left for?

 

haha, thats a good question. It was on there when i bought the car. I've yet to find out what its for because it does absolutly nothing when i mess with it. Im guessing it might have something to do with lights that were previously on or something because it says spot and fog. One of these days Ill run the wire to find the source.

 

+1

 

It looks really nice. Doesn't look out of place at all. Do you plan on transfering your CC buttons onto this wheel?

 

maybe in the future. I would have to cut and sand the plastic to make a hole for the CC buttons to fit. Then again. I never use my cruise control. I guess living in hawaii has something to do with it. The trips are too short and traffic never stays the same speed over here.

 

wow, the black actually looks pretty good! nice job

 

no means to thread jack but for those that know.. If you swap outj an rsx or s2k steering wheel will the steering wheels controls work off the same connections?