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crazyfool
12-11-2014, 06:43 PM
Will a flat-bottom steering wheel from the 2014 [8V] A3 S-Line fit into my 2012 S4? I've been looking at steering wheels lately and was wondering this. The flat-bottom steering wheel from the B8.5 S4 is a bit pricey and the one from the new A3 is a bit less expensive.
http://www.europrice.us/media/wysiwyg/Steering/s3steeringwheelreda.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/453jnXI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NFwAnye.jpg
does a bear shit in the woods?
stereojorge
12-11-2014, 07:54 PM
Will a flat-bottom steering wheel from the 2014 [8V] A3 S-Line fit into my 2012 S4? I've been looking at steering wheels lately and was wondering this. The flat-bottom steering wheel from the B8.5 S4 is a bit pricey and the one from the new A3 is a bit less expensive.
http://www.europrice.us/media/wysiwyg/Steering/s3steeringwheelreda.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/453jnXI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NFwAnye.jpg
Where do you find the A3 flat bottom wheel?
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I think OP means will it fit into the car and will it be 100% functional
crazyfool
12-11-2014, 08:08 PM
does a bear shit in the woods?
Very helpful and informative, thank you for your contribution.
crazyfool
12-11-2014, 08:09 PM
I think OP means will it fit into the car and will it be 100% functional
Does this mean that it will fit mechanically? I am actually unsure if it will fit at all, not to mention functionality.
GeoJoe
12-11-2014, 08:11 PM
Should fit. May need a wire harness adapter. All buttons will not work.
Mechanically yes it should fit. It's just a bolt. But I can't imagine you'd want to install it and then lose all MMI control via steering wheel. If you really want confirmation of exact part numbers Alex@Europroce should be able to sort it out for you
crazyfool
12-11-2014, 08:15 PM
Mechanically yes it should fit. It's just a bolt. But I can't imagine you'd want to install it and then lose all MMI control via steering wheel. If you really want confirmation of exact part numbers Alex@Europroce should be able to sort it out for you
Awesome, thank you!
s4buckeye
12-11-2014, 08:31 PM
just buy a 2015 S4. comes with a baller steering wheel and you won't get seriously injured when your airbag fails to deploy.
you're welcome.
GeoJoe
12-11-2014, 08:41 PM
Yeah. And then you can join the 57 pages of WTF is up with my steering on center?
OP has the best year of the S4
Steering wheels with these types of controls cannot be made to work on the S4 or any B8 or B8.5 model. Just want to get this word out to people as it appears to be a common question I receive.
Cheers,
Very helpful and informative, thank you for your contribution.
no prob, crazyfool!
Maitre Absolut
12-12-2014, 04:38 PM
OP has the best year of the S4
Back in 2012 it was the shit!
s4buckeye
12-12-2014, 04:40 PM
Steering wheels with these types of controls cannot be made to work on the S4 or any B8 or B8.5 model. Just want to get this word out to people as it appears to be a common question I receive.
Cheers,
wait wut? but he said I have the best S4 year EVAH:
Yeah. And then you can join the 57 pages of WTF is up with my steering on center?
OP has the best year of the S4
cuz I want my baller wheel in my older S4 with an airbag that won't deploy so I can avoid the finicky steering issue in some of the 2015s?
lulz to all of it
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Oligarchy
12-14-2014, 06:19 AM
does a bear shit in the woods?
Not if it lives in a zoo
toastedzen
03-05-2015, 10:31 AM
Steering wheels with these types of controls cannot be made to work on the S4 or any B8 or B8.5 model. Just want to get this word out to people as it appears to be a common question I receive.
Cheers,
Why not? They are simply buttons and wires. If the car has a multi-function steering wheel originally (sorry OP) then there may not be coding in it for VAGcom. I should clarify that only if your car has the function then the same on the new wheel would work. Any multi-function wheel should work in any other multi-function car assuming the wiring to each function matches in the schematic. Wouldn't you say? It's why there are adapter harnesses in the first place.
Why not? They are simply buttons and wires. If the car has a multi-function steering wheel originally (sorry OP) then there may not be coding in it for VAGcom. I should clarify that only if your car has the function then the same on the new wheel would work. Any multi-function wheel should work in any other multi-function car assuming the wiring to each function matches in the schematic. Wouldn't you say? It's why there are adapter harnesses in the first place.
The issue is that the right hand multi-function control is actually a controller for both the left and right multi-function control. It takes the signals from the left and right buttons and translates them into commands that are outputted to the steering wheel controller which is built into the slip ring. The slip ring in the B8 and B8.5 models does not understand the commands that an A3/S3 wheel sends out.
Simple analogy, the A3/S3 steering wheel only speaks French. The B8 and B8.5 slip ring only speaks Russian. The steering wheel is throwing commands in French out to a Russian speaking controller who hasn't a flipping clue what the French cheese-eating-surrender-monkey steering wheel is talking about. Simply put, they can't communicate properly with each other.
Cheers,