BMW E36 Forum

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:37 pm**

Hello,

I want to change the original steering wheel and replace ir with an E46 steering wheel, did it fit or not ?did someone of you guys try it before? is it easy or it needs additional elements ?

thank you.

Posted: **Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:56 pm**

There was a guy who was doing it. I can't remember where but I'll have a look later. I think the main problem came from different slip rings.

Posted: **Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:32 pm**

This is not the one I was looking for but near enough is good enough I guess.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ring+wheel
The steering wheel fits but the e46 slip ring is too fat and the e36 lacks connection points to run all the buttons through.

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:10 am**

[quote="Hicham"]Hello,

I want to change the original steering wheel and replace ir with an E46 steering wheel, did it fit or not ?did someone of you guys try it before? is it easy or it needs additional elements ?

thank you.

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:16 am**

by VMZ on Thu Nov 06, 2008; "...main problem came from different slip rings."

by samabhi12 on Mon Jun 01, 2009 "I don't think it can be done because the slip rings are different in both wheels."

Reviving a ~7month old thread to repeat answer?

Posted: **Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:53 am**

Now that it came back from death, let me show you a pic of my cars fully working steering wheel

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Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:17 am**

Looks good. All the buttons on it working?

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 5:40 am**

did you get a second hand suib or a new one. i replaced my squib today as the MFL steering buttons stopped working last time i had my car on axle stands and sorting out the steering.
is your tracking fine as im thinking the reason it happened to me it because i was changing a track rod and did a few full which meant that the steering wheel was a llowed to turn more from lock to lock than it normally would which might have caused the squib to break.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:12 pm**

This is my first post , im the new guy , :oops:

i have a E36 1996 328i convertible org steering wheel , but want to up grade to a"" M class "" wheel ,, ,, what wheels can fit ? whats ur recommendation as well ,,,, E39/E38 ?? will the bottens work ,, lol i am soooo lost :lol:

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:37 am**

Welcome EROS.
My recommendation would be E46 wheel. I believe all the wheels from the same time period have the same spline so will fit.
Buttons will not work without a bit of work on your part. You'll need a slip ring the matches the new wheel and you'll have to wire all the functions yourself as the car wasn't wired for steering wheel buttons.

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