G8x LCI Steering Wheel Review & Install - Rebuilding Works/ Yoki Lee

[NOHsupra]

When the G8x LCI steering wheels came out, I loved the look and thought it would pair really well with the Supra.
Originally, I planned to just upgrade a few pieces of the OEM Wheel—magnetic paddles and a leather airbag cover to replace the OEM setup. Once I added it up, those two items alone were over $400. When I started looking at complete steering wheels with airbags, they weren’t much more than double that, so a full wheel swap made more sense.
My biggest requirement was functionality. I wanted everything to work like stock:

• ACC distance control
• Cruise control
• Airbag safety
• No error codes or warning messages
• OEM+ Look/feel

After a lot of research, most options I found were in the $1.5k–$2k range, and it became pretty clear many of these wheels come from similar overseas suppliers.
I came across Yoki Lee at rebuildingworks.com and reached out to ask about customization and functionality. Yoki confirmed:

• The wheel could be customized (even matched the interior stitching of my car)
• It uses a unified 3-stage airbag
• All buttons would work
• Only potential downside was ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) following distance adjustment might not be adjustable
• Magnetic paddles

After install, I tested everything—and the ACC distance adjustment worked. No error codes or warning messages at all and magnetic paddles feel great!
Communication with Yoki throughout the process was excellent.
Shipping was about 6 weeks total:

• ~2 weeks production
• ~4 weeks shipping

The wheel arrived very well packaged.
I’ve only put about 50 miles on the car so far (thanks, Ohio weather), but I’ve been very impressed with the quality.
For ~$1k, this upgrade really enhances the driving experience. Definitely worth it in my opinion.

My 'install guide' is attached along with some pictures
Here is a link to the video with button functionality
Link to the purchase wheel

I am not sponsored or affiliated with the company, just wanted to leave my honest review. Hope it was helpful

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[i3igpete]

Can you confirm track skip/back works?

 

[Eastwood]

When the G8x LCI steering wheels came out, I loved the look and thought it would pair really well with the Supra.
Originally, I planned to just upgrade a few pieces of the OEM Wheel—magnetic paddles and a leather airbag cover to replace the OEM setup. Once I added it up, those two items alone were over $400. When I started looking at complete steering wheels with airbags, they weren’t much more than double that, so a full wheel swap made more sense.
My biggest requirement was functionality. I wanted everything to work like stock:

• ACC distance control
• Cruise control
• Airbag safety
• No error codes or warning messages
• OEM+ Look/feel

After a lot of research, most options I found were in the $1.5k–$2k range, and it became pretty clear many of these wheels come from similar overseas suppliers.
I came across Yoki Lee at rebuildingworks.com and reached out to ask about customization and functionality. Yoki confirmed:

• The wheel could be customized (even matched the interior stitching of my car)
• It uses a unified 3-stage airbag
• All buttons would work
• Only potential downside was ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) following distance adjustment might not be adjustable

After install, I tested everything—and the ACC distance adjustment worked. No error codes or warning messages at all.
Communication with Yoki throughout the process was excellent.
Shipping was about 6 weeks total:

• ~2 weeks production
• ~4 weeks shipping

The wheel arrived very well packaged.
I’ve only put about 50 miles on the car so far (thanks, Ohio weather), but I’ve been very impressed with the quality.
For ~$1k, this upgrade really enhances the driving experience. Definitely worth it in my opinion.

My 'install guide' is attached along with some pictures
Here is a link to the video with button functionality
Link to the purchase wheel

I am not sponsored or affiliated with the company, just wanted to leave my honest review. Hope it was helpful

Were the button control units brand new or re-used?

 

[Ninjaar]

Just bought from same site. Price too good to ignore. Well see what happens in 3-6 weeks.

 

[RyanA90]

Yoki is a good guy! I’ve purchased from him before he had a website!

 

[NOHsupra]

Can you confirm track skip/back works?

They do, and the middle roller toggler is used for the HUD selection.

 

[NOHsupra]

Were the button control units brand new or re-used?

Do you mean the function buttons on the steering wheel (Resume, cancel, volume, etc.)? If so, yes they appeared to be brand new.

 

[Supradawg]

are the paddles magnetic as well? and what about heated steering wheel option as I heard there are those options now as well.

 

[NOHsupra]

are the paddles magnetic as well? and what about heated steering wheel option as I heard there are those options now as well.

Paddles are magnetic. I updated the initial post to say that.

 

[nanaisu]

are the paddles magnetic as well? and what about heated steering wheel option as I heard there are those options now as well.

Vendors can order wheels with heating cores - coding instructions that worked for me can be found here:
https://www.supramkv.com/threads/aftermarket-steering-wheel-question.28460/post-554475

General info:
Physical button is required to activate it and not native to the LCI wheels. On the LCI models it's all controlled by iDrive. To make it work, resellers will order a custom/modified trim from Aliexpress sellers like DH3 Auto Parts retrofit the button into the trim.

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