We actually thought about this, but then there would be a visual trick played on your eyes -- when you looked towards the dash the ring would blend with the rest, and there would be a red bag hovering in the middle of nowhere.

In the current configuration, the steering wheel "frames" the airbag, since incorporating the full red dash was not desirable. Therefore, leaving the dash black required me to do one of three things:

• Black steering wheel and airbag ($$$ and boring)
• Black wheel, red airbag ($$$ and unsavory visual illusion)
• Red wheel, red airbag (too much red in one spot)
• Red wheel framing black airbag (ultimately what we went for)

The last option was also $0, so that won for a few reasons

Still considering a dye-job on the back portion of the wheel to tame the steering wheel down a notch... that jury is still out.