Hello Honda-tech. My name is Paul and I'm new to the forum. I have a 2009 Civic EX Coupe with a 5-speed manual and black cloth interior. It has just under 20,000 miles on it and it's 100% stock right down to the air filter.

I just sent Honda an $11,000 payment last Friday, so it's all paid off now. I figured now that I don't have a car payment anymore, I can afford to spend a few duckets making it a little nicer to drive.

My little car, affectionately known as "the toaster" is what I use to drive to and from work. I don't plan to modify the motor/trans/suspension since this is strictly my daily driver. I'm a mustang guy and do performance stuff to that car.

However, one of the nicest mods I ever made to my Mustangs was a nice fat leather-wrapped steering wheel. Through a little searching on the internetz, (and this forum) I found that the Si has such a wheel, but the EX doesn't get it.

My questions are:
- Can I just buy the Si wheel from a dealership (or online) and install it? Is it a direct swap? I can't imagine why it wouldn't be, but I wanted to verify.
- Where's a good place to purchase this wheel, and what should I expect to pay?
- Is there anything else that I need to know when installing this? I'm a reasonably competent mechanic with a well-equipped garage.

Thanks for the advice!

Paul.


Here's my little car!

 

Does anyone have any input on this?

 

you have an ex, is the Si wheel different than yours?

But yeah its a direct swap.

 

ohh its leather and yours is not?

by the way you can buy the wheel part by itself and not the air bag.