New steering wheel from Carbontastic

[OF Hero]

Sat in a Bronco Raptor a few months ago and was immediately jealous of the chunkier steering wheel. These guys at Carbontastic did a really nice job. I wasn't looking for a bunch of carbon fiber or alcantara, just went with perforated leather on sides, thicker leather all around and a slight flat bottom. The stitching looks brigher in the pics than in real life, it really does look like a good match with the Wildtrak sandstone interior.

Took about 10 weeks from when I ordered, but generally they say 6-8. I gave up my heated wheel, which was never that warm IMO (yeah, could have used forscan I guess). They offer a heated option but I wasn't sure what kind of wiring they use or if it would be compatible with the OEM connector.

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[rayofsi]

i have one from them on my gen 2 raptor pickup. great company. but looking at companies today, they are a bit over priced.

 

[Bugkillah]

$?

 

[OF Hero]

$?

It was about $1200 with the custom stitching. Heated option would have been $300 more.

Pricey, I know, but it really looks/feels good.

 

[TacosTuesday]

looks great!!!

 

[CarmeloS]

Looks great, AND I see the LED option xP

Looks like my plans for christmas are out the window

 

[gerby151]

For that price did you consider the Archtype Racing wheel? Maybe not what you were going for.
6th Gen BRONCO CUSTOM CARBON FIBER STEERING WHEEL – ARCHETYPE RACING

 

[oneryan]

Sat in a Bronco Raptor a few months ago and was immediately jealous of the chunkier steering wheel. These guys at Carbontastic did a really nice job. I wasn't looking for a bunch of carbon fiber or alcantara, just went with perforated leather on sides, thicker leather all around and a slight flat bottom. The stitching looks brigher in the pics than in real life, it really does look like a good match with the Wildtrak sandstone interior.

Took about 10 weeks from when I ordered, but generally they say 6-8. I gave up my heated wheel, which was never that warm IMO (yeah, could have used forscan I guess). They offer a heated option but I wasn't sure what kind of wiring they use or if it would be compatible with the OEM connector.

you want to sell your factory heated wheel?

 

[PowerBronco]

How difficult was the install on this?

 

[evilletruck]

For that price did you consider the Archtype Racing wheel? Maybe not what you were going for.
6th Gen BRONCO CUSTOM CARBON FIBER STEERING WHEEL – ARCHETYPE RACING

But then you would have to wait at least 10 months instead of weeks

 

[Mad Martigan]

Looks great! I’d like to go with this look but I like my heated steering wheel. That puts all the options out of range for me unfortunately.

 

[OF Hero]

How difficult was the install on this?

Very easy, you can find a couple of videos on YouTube.

The most annoying part is getting the airbag unit to disengage, you have to slide an allen wrench through a small hole on either side of the wheel to get the retention clips to pop open. You need to position the allen wrench at a certain angle to get enough of a "push" on the clips... again, not hard, just kinda annoying until you get a feel for it.

There is a single bolt holding the wheel down, uses a TP50 torx bit, torque it to 46 ft lbs.

 

[OF Hero]

Looks great! I’d like to go with this look but I like my heated steering wheel. That puts all the options out of range for me unfortunately.

Yeah I hear ya...I was on the fence for awhile because I didn't want to lose the heated option either...but sometimes looks > function, LOL

 

[Tippster]

How long before the flat bottom wheel is available!

 

[Dadsquatch]

So do you send them your current steering wheel and they modify it (then you're left with no steering wheel for weeks), or are you buying an all-new steering wheel to swap out?

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