BMW M3 E46
Hello everybody,
I'm Giacomo from Monza, Italy. I own a Clio 197 Luxe bought in 2008 brand new.
After two years of using, i started tuning it fitting supersprint exhaust, bmc air filter, ECU remap, y pipe, bilstein suspension, speedline turinì rims, new brake pipes and I changed exterior and interior adding F1 R27 stickers, carbon parts and recaro seats, which were not available on Luxe type.
I enjoy very much my car driving in the night on the streets around Como Lake, and I've been on Col du Turinì road in France several times during my holidays.
There is one problem that I couldn't stand since the first day I sit in the car: the steering wheel is not provided of any kind of axial regulation. I'm 1,80 m (6 feet) tall and the steering wheel is too far for my arms when my legs feel comfortable. Last month I had to re-cover the steering wheel because the original leather was damaged from finger rings (my mother also uses this car), so while the steering wheel was under re-covering, I have studied a solution and made a spacer that makes the steering wheel becoming more near to me of 4,5 cm (little less than two inches 2"), but the good thing is that all the functions of the steering wheel still works! Airbag, horn and cruise control still works because you keep the original steering wheel. You only have to go to Renault and make the wires longer by cutting and jointing them.
This solution can be alternative to mounting steering wheels which are not original and has no airbag. I didn't want to give up the Airbag, it's too important for me in road daily use.
Now I try to post some pictures.
I'm Giacomo from Monza, Italy. I own a Clio 197 Luxe bought in 2008 brand new.
After two years of using, i started tuning it fitting supersprint exhaust, bmc air filter, ECU remap, y pipe, bilstein suspension, speedline turinì rims, new brake pipes and I changed exterior and interior adding F1 R27 stickers, carbon parts and recaro seats, which were not available on Luxe type.
I enjoy very much my car driving in the night on the streets around Como Lake, and I've been on Col du Turinì road in France several times during my holidays.
There is one problem that I couldn't stand since the first day I sit in the car: the steering wheel is not provided of any kind of axial regulation. I'm 1,80 m (6 feet) tall and the steering wheel is too far for my arms when my legs feel comfortable. Last month I had to re-cover the steering wheel because the original leather was damaged from finger rings (my mother also uses this car), so while the steering wheel was under re-covering, I have studied a solution and made a spacer that makes the steering wheel becoming more near to me of 4,5 cm (little less than two inches 2"), but the good thing is that all the functions of the steering wheel still works! Airbag, horn and cruise control still works because you keep the original steering wheel. You only have to go to Renault and make the wires longer by cutting and jointing them.
This solution can be alternative to mounting steering wheels which are not original and has no airbag. I didn't want to give up the Airbag, it's too important for me in road daily use.
Now I try to post some pictures.
