The steering wheel spacer is a kit that improves the driving position of passenger cars.
Our steering wheel spacer for BMW 5 Series brings the steering wheel closer together to improve the driving position, and is the evolution of the traditional collapsible hub for aftermarket steering wheels.
Read our article on the driving position
Until now, to approach the steering wheel in a vehicle that does not have depth adjustment, one could only remove the standard steering wheel and replace it with an aftermarket one.
The collapsible steering wheel hub was needed to install a goblet steering wheel.
Until the 1980s and early 1990s, this was a good solution, but since steering wheels haveairbags and steering wheel controls, having to give up these accessories to bring the steering wheel closer had become an unacceptable compromise. Eventually what happens is that one changes the car to one with an adjustable steering wheel.
With the Spacershop steering wheel spacer, this is no longer necessary-you can bring the car’s stock steering wheel closer and thus keep the airbag and steering wheel controls active.
Mounting the spacer is simple and reversible, in case you want to remove it from the car everything goes back as before.
Steering wheel spacer installation instructions for BMW 5 Series.
Download the installation instructions for the SpacerShop steering wheel spacer in Italian or English.
The instructions describe the procedure for the BMW 5 Series E39 and 3 Series E46 and E36 steering wheels, because the procedure is the same.
Even the product, physically, is the same, because the steering wheels are shared and equal internally.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH
Video tutorial to install the spacer on the steering wheel.
Discover our tutorial to quickly and easily mount the steering wheel spacer on your BMW 5 Series E39
The video was shot on an E46 3 Series, and is good for all 3 Series and 5 Series that had that type of steering wheel.
Watch the video of the installation in English
Watch the installation video in English
