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that looks really good. guess i'll just do it then. half the price of the other similar ones from the more popular websites
One thing I just learned is the bolt is TTY meaning one time use only. I didn’t see this mentioned anywhere else.

long story short the bolt came loose last night while driving. Steering wheel was completely loose and wobbly. Thankfully I was close to my house.

The bolt has thread locker from the factory and looks like it backed out and locker was almost gone. I bought a new bolt and waiting for delivery.
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One thing I just learned is the bolt is TTY meaning one time use only. I didn’t see this mentioned anywhere else.

long story short the bolt came loose last night while driving. Steering wheel was completely loose and wobbly. Thankfully I was close to my house.

The bolt has thread locker from the factory and looks like it backed out and locker was almost gone. I bought a new bolt and waiting for delivery.
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good to know. do you apply loctite to the new bolt or does it have something built-in?
 

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Bought a pack of bolts. Comes in a pack of 4. Bought these from eBay. Only $9 shipped or was $5 for 1 bolt. Comes with a tiny lock tight on the bolt. I added some more blue lock tight just in case. I don’t want my steering wheel coming loose again. And I have spare bolts just in case.
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My concern with these aftermarket wheels is the quality of the core used, the wheel slipping off as mentioned, and airbag deploying early or not deploying at all, or just messing up the wiring while trying swap things onto new one. Paranoid for sure here.
 

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My concern with these aftermarket wheels is the quality of the core used, the wheel slipping off as mentioned, and airbag deploying early or not deploying at all, or just messing up the wiring while trying swap things onto new one. Paranoid for sure here.
but... YOLO :D
 
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My concern with these aftermarket wheels is the quality of the core used, the wheel slipping off as mentioned, and airbag deploying early or not deploying at all, or just messing up the wiring while trying swap things onto new one. Paranoid for sure here.
i don't see any possible issues with cores. it's not like they are using destroyed wheels. as for the airbag, since you swap your original airbag there is no danger. and the wiring is all plug and play
 

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i don't see any possible issues with cores. it's not like they are using destroyed wheels. as for the airbag, since you swap your original airbag there is no danger. and the wiring is all plug and play
Cheap chinese unregulated materials might break during accident or hard driving.
 
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that does look really good. the CF weave looks great
 

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I have a really nice one I'm putting up FS soon. Made custom by a guy in SoCal. 100% OEM core. Carbon fiber and alcantera.
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