I bought a leather wheel off of ebay, 2018 civic. Fit was perfect. Couple notes. Leather wheel had the two electric panels removed poorly. Really inspect the hole they slide into, it is less than a half inch deep & 1/4 wide. If pulled poorly by someone not taking care to lift panel out straight, the basket surround will crack. So there are 2 per side, 4 total. When unscrewed lift straight up from the plane that is parallel to center bolt, perpendicular to the metal base of the wheel. Having seen the crackage on my new wheel, I was careful to pull from my stock plastic wheel. It looks like you should pull up and out straight with respect to the face of the switchboard. nope. Also of note, regarding the legs of the switch panel that go into the holes, one goes deeper per switch. So once one leg out, its easy to choose the wrong angle as your friction drops in half causing your pullout to wonk a hard right just as it is almost out. Longer leg, deeper hole is the one that was cracked on my new leather wheel. This was probably why. Again, as one leg is about to come out, take your time move slowly. Your angle of pull is gonna vector badly when 1st leg pops out. 2nd leg twists it's angle as it is still 1/8 in hole.
So on my new leather wheel (my insight is an an EX) plastic was cracked a little. I glued the piece that had split outward. (a small dab of gorilla glue). It stayed in and looked like it will hold. After letting that setup for awhile I reassembled. Point is look to make sure they aren't broken, as potentially it could be a deal breaker. Imagine your cruise control and radio controls were wobbly. That would suck.
Anther note is when pulling the wheel, allow yourself a couple of tries on getting wheel back on centered. Because connection is a bolt instead of a nut, and you are swapping wheels, their is just no way to mark. The further complication is there is no wheel lock. So wheels were free to move. I have never seen a car that didn't have the lock. A few trucks and OLD cars with the starter switch in the dash, like 55 chevy etc.
I pulled the wheel off 3 times and it is still off a notch. One of the times I pulled and put it back in the same **** spot. Pay close attention when going from tooth to tooth. Worst of all, I had to undo battery and airbag ea time. I am no longer a daredevil. Hint: those clips on the airbag electrical connectors that look like they squeeze together are really for lifting. Watch a youtube video on that before you chew them up.
Leather wheel is a much better feel; no longer rental car crap, it's now the great feeling leather wrapped.
Best $49 I've spent on car so far.
but ..
new wheels, tint, and orange spraying the rear turn signal lenses coming soon. Clear turn lens there is the ugliest spot on car. Might plastic dip or black gloss paint etc the stretched chrome longhorn in headlights and grille and might murder out the whole grille gloss black to match. Photoshop mockups look good. Now to buy supplies for those projects and some 17 inch tires would be nice. Anybody need a back up set of the 16" alloys with 2k mi on new tires/car? Near Boulder, Co? We could make a deal. Some ceramic dark tint for all but windshield and clearish windshield ceramic tint could maybe get a set of wheels & tires.
