GX470 Steering Wheel Replacement/Refurbish (1 Viewer)

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Does anyone have experience with replacing or refurbishing their dark beige/gray steering wheel? The options I've found are a B&I replacement wheel, an eBay wheel for an LX that probably won't match my color, or a leather refurbish kit that may or may not match the color.

Also, does anyone know what the actual color or color code is for the wheel/dash in a "tan" GX?

My wheel must have been treated with a paint or leather dye when it was put up for sale because it looked fine when I bought it and has deteriorated to this after 12 months:
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Carid lists it for 295+150 core deposit. I requested a quote directly from B&I, but haven't heard back yet.
 
I've replaced mine with a steering wheel from ebay. I like the way it feels and looks, even though color didn't exactly match. One problem is that after a couple of months it developed a slight play in the area where wood grain part attached to the steering wheel (10 and 2 o'clock), so I do not recommend buying this steering wheel. Also it stunk pretty bad for the first month or so.

Toyota FJ120 PRADO Landcruiser FJ100 BLACK wood leather steering wheel-SPORTS | eBay

I'm planning to reupholster the original steering wheel and install it back in a year or so.
 
I've replaced mine with a steering wheel from ebay. I like the way it feels and looks, even though color didn't exactly match. One problem is that after a couple of months it developed a slight play in the area where wood grain part attached to the steering wheel (10 and 2 o'clock), so I do not recommend buying this steering wheel. Also it stunk pretty bad for the first month or so.

Toyota FJ120 PRADO Landcruiser FJ100 BLACK wood leather steering wheel-SPORTS | eBay

I'm planning to reupholster the original steering wheel and install it back in a year or so.

That's good to know - I was looking at those.
 
Those were the eBay wheels I was looking at as well. I contacted a couple of the vendors and none of them could confirm that the brown, beige, or dark grey colors they had would match. Really makes me wish I had gone with a black interior.

I may contact the alibaba vendor if I run out of options. Doubtful they'll have the color since they show the "brown" on a beige interior. Good find though!
 
I bought the one that @latinskllz posted but without the airbag. It's a really close match to the beige/tan GX interior and 1000x better than my beat up oem wheel. Definitely worth the upgrade imo.

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I did not measure but I'd say the 100 series wheel is a tad thicker but that may also be due to not having 200k miles on it. I'm digging it over the wood grain.
 
While I was at it I also found an RX shift knob of the same color. My plan is to eventually hydro dip the interior wood pieces to resemble the 08-09 wood color so this and the steering wheel were the only pieces holding me back. The RX knob sits a little higher than the stock GX but feels very similar.

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non-nav, non-wood (sport?)... very nice!

did you get the t4r wheel on ebay and how much?

Non-nav, non-sport. PO nicely switched out the stock wheel with the t4r wheel. I believe it was bought on ebay. PO also pulled the wood, sanded and painted it Toyota galactic grey. It looks great, ih8wood.
 

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