Great video. Do more like this. It’s nice to see that we all have these little issues and for us do it yourselfers, we can relate.

The steering wheels looks so good with matte carbon fiber! Gives it a much more quality look than the regular glossy carbon you usually see

😨 do this without disconnecting the battery? Brave guy!

Haha, this was entertaining from start to finish! 😀 I was soo nervous for you due to not disconnecting the battery. You even had the car on while fiddling with the airbag! Luckily nothing bad happened and you now have a cool and functional wheel. 🤩

To disable the alarm when the door is open, press the small button on the bottom of your wiper toggle.

When the gauge cluster was scratching my heart sunk lol. That noise!!!

Great Job Mike and the new steering wheel looks wicked !!

Great job Mike, as you do more diy stuff it gets easier 👍👍

Look at Mike whipping out the tools!!! Ayyeeee lets go!!! Looks amazing btw!

Mike: I didn’t disconnect the battery terminals. Battery terminals: “I spared you this time, try it again an I’ll deploy the drivers airbag on you”‼️💯😂

Best video in a while and I love that you are showing what a tinkerer would face attempting this on their own. Well done.

I like that you are now are doing your own DIY auto changes!!! It gives a more relatable experience to your content.

Looks awesome, this is a nice upgrade almost a must have!

Its funny that we all joke about the repetitive content in the tunnel but damn mike its like the world is on repeat lol.... Buys Car... #1 Tint / Exhaust / Steering Wheel / Rims & Tires... Sells Car... Gets a new car... Tint / Exhaust / Steering Wheel / Rims & Tires... Sells Car... See where im going with this lol - your killin me man!

You did a good job and that's how you learn things. Disconnecting the battery should always be the first step when making changes to a vehicle, no matter how minor. But, again, that's how you learn. Steering wheel looks cool, and good job reconnecting the control wire for the paddle shifter. I would say many would've given up at that point lol. Take care Mike, Heather and Sidney. Can't wait for the next mod!!

I personally enjoy content like this. Turned out awesome.

Awesome! Loved the video and content and steering wheel!

use meguiars plastx for removing the scratches on the instrument panel glass

AutoVlog Great Video I'm glad you installed your RS7's Absolutely Incredible Carbontastic Steering wheel on your own and I can't wait to see what mod is coming next

Excellent video!

Great video showing actual do's and don'ts for the average diy person 👏.

It’s actually entertaining watching you do the mods yourself.

Hey Mike! Congratulations!! Finally able to pull off a DIY. Proud of you Man. Meanwhile that steering wheel is super cool....

Nice job. Always feels good when us novices can work on our cars and be successful at it.

The joy of satisfaction in your voice 😂😂 glad to see you got it done!

Love from South Africa 🇿🇦

Congrats on job well done.....! Nice look for the Audi.

Nice job Mike 👏

Good job Mike!

Perfect man! Nice steering wheel! Keep doing things yourself Mike and it will get easier and even more fun to do. Also important, please think about safety measures etc. when DIY'ing.

Half way through and still dying. Just before the wire broke I said to myself, oh forsure I’m breaking that and then it happened. I have to keep posing the video to wipe my tears. Your awesome

I felt less stress watching Final Destination than watching you change a steering wheel! 😅 .. good job though on not giving up 🤟

Looks good 👍

Your a brave man having your face anywhere near that bag when you first started it back up… lol Great video! More uploads, even just updates!!

Very entertaining I laughed a lot to be honest because I could relate with every situation been there and done it. 😂. Great video👍🏼

Brooo a day late!! I literally just did this yesterday on my R8 🙌🏽👏🏽

That was very entertaining. Mike you need some glasses & bless you for doing the installation with big hands like me.

I felt bad about the scratch but the next shot of moving the steering wheel out had me laughing😂

I was yelling at my computer screen!! "SCREW THE BOLT BACK IN BEFORE SNAPPING THE AIRBAG IN"!! LOL!! Great job on the install👍🏽👍🏽

Brilliant Mike, you have exactly my luck. You try to do something nice and you end up busting something. My windshield wipers froze to the windshield and when I turned them on the motor turned in the spline resulting in the wipers had to come off. I used a screwdriver as once the nut was off they wouldn’t budge. Ended up with the force necessary I broke the plastic surround 😮 so had to buy that . I found an actual puller that pulls the wiper off now so I don’t break the plastic. But loving this, as saw you scratched the plastic instrument binnacle ! That’s me too. Now I’m more experienced I now look at what can I do wrong that will break something and then ensure I don’t . So I come at it from that angle now. Love the video tho

ROFLMAO!!! that german rage kid brought back good memories from the early 2000s

🤣 good lord in haven was my best part when you forgot the hold down bolt ! Any way good job steering wheel looks sick !

I love the wheel mike, it looks awesome. Please do more of these videos. I’m not allowed to touch anything because I always screw it up GOOD JOB and thank you

Scratching the sh*t out of the instrument panel glass on this week's episode of "Real Men Of Genius" 🤣

You put the new steering wheel in and I’m like “Mike, bolt? The bolt? Mike?” Then you say you just need to reconnect the airbag. I just started cracking up because I was like “you forgot the bolt Mike, the most important bolt”. I cracked even louder when you realized it. 😂😂😂 That was epic! Aside from this, the wheel looks awesome man! Congrats! Definitely looking into CarbonTastic wheel now for my GTR 😜

Ok I only saw the first 5 min and I was laughing so hard I started tearing up. And I’m only laughing cause I do the same shit all the time when it comes to screwing things up You make laugh and it’s made my day. Thanx mike

🤣🤣And the Rap is coming in a few days Mike can't wait.

Brother!!! You are way lucky! I’m sure you know why . Damn man ! Crazy!

Lmfaooo mike you kill me. This is exactly how I am when I install parts 😂

Hey Mike this is great.. Your getting stuck in....Have a go Mike hour... Well done Mike, you need to do more like this... God Bless u brother....

Very brave to try this

Tasteful mod, looks good. Do you find that the paddle shifters block your view of the gas gauge and engine temp gauge?

Always always always disconnect the battery when dealing with an airbag...... Good job

Älskar dina ärliga videos🤣 vi alla har varit där, när man klöddar bort de.

Hey Mike! I love this build as an Saudi A7 owner. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but some of the Audi MMI systems can be programmed to use Android Auto and Apple CarPlay

I like the diy videos you should do more of them.

Mike, you need a work bench man! I was just waiting on you scratching the back of your car big time. Great job and great vid though, well done.

I think you did a dang good job brother you tackled it and worked through it that's all that matters,just for next time disconnect the dang battery you halfa meatball lol. Great video brother for showing the mistakes and working past the problems.

To stop the beeping when your door is open push the scroll wheel on the left side of the steering wheel. I had my D4 A8 for two years before I learned that little trick. Loved the video and sorry about your instrument cover and column button.

This was the funniest video I’ve seen in a while. Talk about bad luck

good job

Mike perhaps you can try to disconnect the battery to reset the ecu … and maybe that airbag checklight disappear. Very nice steering wheel. How is the reach for the flippers? It seems a bit further away then the original ones. I really like your vids , keep on posting! Greetings from the Netherlands

I know you needed the car on to turn the steering wheel. But once you got to the point where you unclip airbag. Should have unplug the battery before you unplugged the airbag. Now you’re probably gonna need a dealer level scan tool to get rid of that airbag light. Wheel looks great though!! And props to you for DIY 😊

What caused the air bag light to come on and how did you solve the issue? I’m about to put in a flat bottom as well. Good video, thank you!

Very nice Mike, nice wheel and will go good with the car for sure, where is the Ranger and is it fixable with the brakes goin out, would love to see some more Ranger vids as well :)

Hey man, nice job. Great video. You allways say you are one lucky guy. This video just confirms it again :). The best thing that you have done is that you took a brake and continued in the next day. That is what a lot of people should learn. For sure that prevented you not braking anything else. You got lucky a couple of times. First - no airbag blown up. That would be a .... let's not go there ;) Next - you where able to plug those wires back, man with your bulky hands and no tools - good job. Third - you put the bolt, before the spring and locking the horn-airbag assembly. That saved your life again. Imagine driving without a bolt on. It's an idea for a "What if..." video!

hey man do u know about the 2013 rs5?? love ur vids

Man great video, love the bone thugs 1st of the month song , that alone got me suub for future videos, but i do have some questions i wish u touched on in the vid. .. so would there be any difference in changing the wheel on the A7 ? Also would have liked your opinion on the steering wheel with the rpm meater showing in the wheel

My favorite steering wheel you had was the one that lit up the RPM's at the top of it.

Damn it feels like it was just yesterday when i saw Mike do the steering wheel exchange in the bmw m5 😭 how has it already been 3 years since that video sheesh time flies

Looks great. You should probably pay someone to do the next one for you. Ha ha

Love from South Africa aswell

It looks quite funny ! Drilling om the floor and on the car 😂. I hope you wint break anything!

did u think of getting a 2013 rs5

Mike, next time when you want to disassemble a steering wheel, please contact me and I will support you. I worked in a Steering Wheel factory and disassembled a lot of wheels on my own. I will teach you the right steps, in order not to break anything anymore :P You were lucky to be able to put back those wires into the connector. Hopefully they locked in completely (the wires' crimps have some latches which during pulling them out, they bent, so only by unbending them back, you are able to lock them into the connector). But it may be possible that if those wires locked in only partially, to have intermittent function of the paddle shifter, so it means some error codes will pop up, and also you could have no up-shift function.

Is this the same install as the d4 s8 as well?

Not a big fan of the paddle shifters, but I have to say props to doing it right, not the Ebay 3m stick on paddles! Wheel looks slick!

A gloss black Audi rings on the steering wheel would have been super dope !!! But great mod !!!

i was telling my self, mike i think you forgot to put in the bolt and sure enough LOLOLOL i was dying laughing my ass off mike

2:51 i believe you can get rid of that beeping with just pressing the OK button on the steering wheel

Plz get a work table! Nice job👍🏼

Great video! Now all I have to do is buy a RS7. LOLOLO

Great mod mike looks better i was waiting for the spongebob graphic -7 hours later

Nice vid but if you are replacing electronic modules there are a few rules to follow with VAG: First - disconnect the battery (no brainer - if the airbag deploys, you'll have to deal with bruises, broken fingers and/or broken hands). That first part is not VAG specific of course but their electronics are really sensitive and sh!t can happen. Second - you need to code each new module using VCDS or similar tool to ensure it works properly. Most electronic modules have different variations (more/less functions and revisions over the years) and the car may not be able to use it properly or at all. Even if everything works fine, you may still get error codes stored because of not having the right coding for that module.

good video

They will buff right out. :)

Made me nervous the whole time….bang….the air bag!!!! 🎉🎉🎉😊

@ 15min mark it's about Time lol

@autovlog have you ever watched paint dry. 🤣 🤣

Idk about you, but I watched Mike play Russian Roulette the whole video 😂

Om man kopplar bort airbagen medan batteriet är anslutet så blir det automatiskt ett fel meddelande, men det går att släcka såklart. nästa gång så koppla bort batteriet så slipper du det. BTW skaffa dig en ODB 11 dongel så kan du programmera lite balla grejor själv.. typ stänga av plingandet när dörren är öppen.. :)

Love the Carbon version. Mines leather with Alcantara, flat bottom. Not a fan of the Alcantara tho. Wears flat way to fast.

@autovlog not sure if someone’s already said it but not reading through 150+ comments but if you hit the left arrow on the steering wheel the beeping will stop with the door open

Always disconnect the battery. I'm sure alotnof comments say that as well. When I was in college for automotive someone reach through the steering wheel to start the car and and the airbag deployed and blew their arm into pieces. Airbags are nothing to f with or take lightly how dangerous they can be.

Some Plexus polish or plastic scratch remover followed by polish will help with the scratches on the instrument cluster.

Hi Mike when you had your last AMG put in a contest where someone could win it. I live in Canada 🇨🇦 I wanted to try for it, but the only thing that was stopping me, was it was a manual I can't drive stick. I can only drive automatic. It was a beautiful car. Now I know you said that you won't be doing that for a while do to funding. Yes it could get a little expensive I agree on that. But I will keep watching your videos. They are very amusing. Thanks for now.

Apparently Swedish high schools do not have auto shop classes ;-) And please tell us you reinstalled the air bag screw screw at the back of the steering wheel?

when the battery is on and you open the door the car will beeping, but you can press the gauge cluster choose button on the steering wheel, that will end the beeping, hope that will help.😊

Plastic pry toool where are you!!!! Haha 😂

I was yelling at you to stop working on the trunk of the car! Lol