[bogdantica26]

I am searching for an M steering wheel for my F31 and I have been told that there are a lot of fake, AliExpress steering wheels, which don't even have the buttons working and I would really want to avoid that and so I became very skeptical. Most of those fake ones have extended paddles which definitely don't look OEM, they are new and sell for a price that is below the market. Finally, i have found the exact configuration of buttons on the steering wheel that i need so that the wheel can be plug & play (so no coding needed). The problem is that I am new to the BMW world and I can't exactly tell if it is genuine or not, that's why i created this thread, to get some help/answers.

From what I learnt by searching for the steering wheel this one ticks most of the boxes:
- nothing flashy (extended paddles)
- it has some wear to it, so i like to think that it comes from another car, straight from the factory
- the M logo at the bottom looks alright (the fake one has a chrome border in some cases)

I would appreciate very much if you guys can write your opinions here and help me with the decision if I should buy it or not. (it also is a great deal moneywise)

[kmarei]

looks correct to me
if they can pop the air bag out, there should be some bmw stickers with part numbers etc on the hub.

[Onizukachan]

Doesn’t have paddles at all.
It’s for a manual msport.
No way with out taking the bag and cover off to tell if it has heating or vibrate if you need/want either of those.

On f31 I assume you are looking for automatic, with paddles.

I do recommend changing the fat squat paddles to m3, they don’t block the cluster and are much nicer to use. I did mine some years ago, subtle upgrade that no one notices but makes driving much nicer.

Shoot, have you looked in m3/4 for sale? M owners often change wheels and sell the old one, and it’s the same wheel jsut with tricolor stitching, everything else different about it is bolt on trim.

Controls are easy to swap out if needed.