Euro steering wheel arrived with Airbag today and looking to do install this weekend around LI/NYC area. I need a Vagcom which Brianja was nice enough to offer. Any others welcome to come by and meet up. With Brianja photo skills I would like to do a step by step intall with pics to post up as this is a simple, but popular Mod. Brian if you are out there Email sent. Let me know if anyone is intereseted

did u buy the euro airbag too.. if u did where????

Euro steering wheel arrived with Airbag today and looking to do install this weekend around LI/NYC area. I need a Vagcom which Brianja was nice enough to offer. Any others welcome to come by and meet up. With Brianja photo skills I would like to do a step by step intall with pics to post up as this is a simple, but popular Mod. Brian if you are out there Email sent. Let me know if anyone is intereseted

Fantastic.....looking forward to your write-up. My airbag is in transit as we speak!!!

did u buy the euro airbag too.. if u did where????

Wheel and airbag from Europrice

ok thanks cause i ordered the euro wheel and euro airbag from performance-cafe and the f**ker sent me a used one thinking i wouldnt know!

Hope you'll be enjoying it shortly!

Thanks again,

Alex thank you for the great customer service. I am sure I am going to enjoy the wheel. I wish I could read German as the packaging was from a German newspaper.

Not a problem, if you need anything else let me know

what is the difference between the Euro and NA RS4 steering wheels?

Not a problem, if you need anything else let me know

Can you quote the price for RS4 Flat Bottom Steering Wheel and airbag?

Please email at: contact@europrice.us

Please include your shipping address and I can get you a total including shipping quote and timeframe.

Thank you,

http://forums.audiworld.com/showthread.php?p=23763925

Please email at: contact@europrice.us

Please include your shipping address and I can get you a total including shipping quote and timeframe.

Thank you,

I email to you.

what is the difference between the Euro and NA RS4 steering wheels?

The Euro wheel will shred your lower torso in a front end collision IF you are not belted in because of the metal in the flat bottomed part. The NA wheel will not as it is all one piece. The US and Canada both insist that the wheel not lacerate an unbelted passenger. I can see that in the US, where seatbelt usage is not impressive, but in Canada it is well nigh 100%. I guess it's part of our homogenized regulations.

The Euro wheel will shred your lower torso in a front end collision IF you are not belted in because of the metal in the flat bottomed part. The NA wheel will not as it is all one piece. The US and Canada both insist that the wheel not lacerate an unbelted passenger. I can see that in the US, where seatbelt usage is not impressive, but in Canada it is well nigh 100%. I guess it's part of our homogenized regulations.

Bottom of Euro wheel is plastic, and Audi just didn't want to spend the money crash testing it in the US for such a limited application vehicle. Doesn't mean it doesn't actually meet crash standards, only that it wasnt tested.

When the plastic rim breaks as it hits your pelvis, the (now exposed) metal arm in the spoke at the bottom of the wheel will drive into your pelvis. You likely don't need to test it to predict that. The wheel in the Mk2 TT and R8 was designed to get around that. The rim is a solid piece of steel all the way around.

I presume the TT/R8 wheel also fits the RS4 ? Seems like that would be the one to get if it is true.

When the plastic rim breaks as it hits your pelvis, the (now exposed) metal arm in the spoke at the bottom of the wheel will drive into your pelvis. You likely don't need to test it to predict that. The wheel in the Mk2 TT and R8 was designed to get around that. The rim is a solid piece of steel all the way around.

I presume the TT/R8 wheel also fits the RS4 ? Seems like that would be the one to get if it is true.

Where is your Data ?

My data comes from my surgeon uncle's 40 years in the ER in Britain and reporting what wooden rim wheels did to people. The rims shattered at the bottom as people were ejected in front end collisions, and the metal spokes of the steering wheels poked into the body, and then as the body continued to launch upwards, they would tear a long gash in the torso and pelvis. Lots of emergency medicine journal articles on this from the 50's and 60's.

Classics such as

A method of skeletal traction applied through the sternum in "steering wheel" injury of the chest.
HEROY WW, EGGLESTON FC.
Ann Surg. 1951 Jan;133(1):135-8.

Pancreas and the steering wheel.
JOSEPH M.
West J Surg Obstet Gynecol. 1952 Mar;60(3):129-31.

Rupture of the pericardium with complete extrusion of the heart resulting from a steering wheel injury.
JOHNSON AS.
Am J Surg. 1956 Apr;91(4):605-7;

Steering wheel injuries of the thorax.
CARVER GM Jr.
N C Med J. 1962 Nov;23:513-6.

If you want to read any of them, hope you have a strong stomach.

No doubt a modern Audi is much safer than an old MG, and if you are wearing a seatbelt, it likely won't matter. You should not impact the wheel. If you are not wearing a seatbelt, my own experience in the ER suggests you better have a will anyways. Or really, really good extended medical care to treat your gorked brain.

Why would these wheels be OK for Europe and not North America ?

Why would these wheels be OK for Europe and not North America ?
It had to do with 2 things:

1. The way the US does crash tests and use of dummies (without seat belts) vs. the European standards of crash testing
2. The US consumer is spoiled, wants everything at their fingertips, including fat arse cupholders, so AofA had to put a multifunction steering wheel (oh, we can't ask American consumers to reach across to the head control unit) and eliminate start button in center console to accommodate Seven Eleven Big Gulp cups.

Coincidentally, the seats too were lost because of crash testing requirements. Audi had replaced the airbag for the RS4 from the seats to the door panel. For this to pass DOT approval, AofA had to crash test something like a dozen RS4s. With the limited production run, Audi decided it was not economical and basically just stuck the S4 seat with a new badge insignia and called it a day...

Coincidentally, the seats too were lost because of crash testing requirements. Audi had replaced the airbag for the RS4 from the seats to the door panel. For this to pass DOT approval, AofA had to crash test something like a dozen RS4s. With the limited production run, Audi decided it was not economical and basically just stuck the S4 seat with a new badge insignia and called it a day...


Indeed. Also, because of said 7-11 big gulp cup holders, the average North American is quite a bit wider than the average European and the seats were a bit tight for most. The S4 seat allows wider torsos to fit.

Indeed. Also, because of said 7-11 big gulp cup holders, the average North American is quite a bit wider than the average European and the seats were a bit tight for most. The S4 seat allows wider torsos to fit. I was thinking of including that in my writeup at first, but thought I might get angry folks lashing at me. You are spot on!!! LOL