Steering wheel borrow?

Does anyone have one I can borrow for a couple of weeks while Royal sort my one out. I'm more than happy to pay a drink on it. I'll get a courier to collect and drop off. It's a long shot but worth an ask. I've bough 2 and had both refunded as the sellers won't send them.:-(. Anyway cheers in advance.

I haven't I'm afraid. Why won't they send them? I went to our local post office today, plenty of safe social distancing going on, be safer there than Sainsbury's I'm sure!

Air Bags Suspect it might be something to do with the airbag why cant post via Postal Service.

Royal used to have an exchange service - drive in and out and they put on the new wheel for you?

The first person said it would be too expensive and not worth their while. The second refunded after 3 days and said it had mysteriously disappeared and they could not find it. I live on the Isle of Lewis and Royal mail us no more expensive here than anywhere else in the UK. People see the address and don't seem to get it. Driving to Royal for an exchange is not an option.

Royal Mail won't ship an air bag so your in the realm of a limited few couriers who will. These couriers will then handsomly charge extra to a location like yours. I have a customer on the Isle of Wight and he arranges collections from me rather than me send to him using my couriers as they would charge and extra tenner for the priviledge.

I've bought and sold at least 10 wheels (BMW and land rover) all sent through Royal mail. The last one was 2 months ago from an E36 M3. Furthermore the 2 wheels I've bought have NOT had airbags. Just the wheels!!

I would help but am not in Blighty at the moment. Airbags have detonators so the sender will have to find a courier who is happy with that. I remember the issues I had sending a Porsche fire extinguisher having managed to get hold of two - compressed gas being the issue with these. Try the chap on here ( 82DVY )who has done the changeover to a Momo wheel as he may sell his old wheel. Mine is sat on the shelf waiting to explode :wink: Pip

It's the Wight Link cartel Portsmouth to the IOW is one of the most expensive crossing in the world when factoring time & distance

I had Jack at Royal recover my 3 spoke in suede on an exchange basis. Confirm and pay Royal including an exchange deposit and then a while later a cardboard box shows up with your new wheel in it. Disconnect battery for 15 - 30 minutes then remove steering wheel, remove airbag unit from wheel and refit into new wheel, refit steering wheel (and connect battery) Put your old wheel into the same box and send back to Jack for a refund of your deposit. Also did the same with my Mercedes CLS wheel. Same story. Really really easy and superb quality. Granted my airbag unit isn't suede to match the rest of the wheel but I don't find it detracts at all.

Parsley I was the first 'seller' who pulled the plug on the deal , I fully admit it was my fault , by the time I worked out the postage and packing it left me with about £20 , it wasn't worth the hassle . The wheel still had the airbag on it too , so by the sound of it Royal Mail wouldn't have sent it anyway . The incredibly frustrating thing about this is that I am usually up your way 3 or 4 times every summer ,we take our campervan up from Glasgow . I would of delivered the wheel personally but that isn't going to happen anytime soon mate , if by any miracle the restrictions are lifted I would bring it up to you .

No worries at all mate

I will email them now, I did not know about the exchange system. Thank you mate.