Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 13, 2015 09:29 pm UTC
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Jeremy Gilbert
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Bulkier in the hand so great to hold. That's definitely what she said. Looks awesome man!
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 14, 2015 01:48 pm UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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Looks good Gui! I may need you to walk me through that cause I think slightly bulkier would be nicer. The guy next door redid his seats but his head rests look like a$$ so I wasnt planning to go to him for advise.
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Mike Eng]
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July 14, 2015 02:39 pm UTC
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Guillaume Berton
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You could re-upholster mine when the time comes if it works out cheaper than finding and buying a replacement.
Don't know if I'm THAT good, specially because the Evo wheel has different parts that intermingle together. Looks good Gui! I may need you to walk me through that cause I think slightly bulkier would be nicer. The guy next door redid his seats but his head rests look like a$$ so I wasnt planning to go to him for advise. Sure, not working today if you want to pass by and try it out (or wkn). It's relatively easy to do and a good result for the time/money put in as opposed to changing the steering all together.
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 14, 2015 02:42 pm UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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I am downtown these days, I will text you about saturday though cause that day looks free to me.
Yeah definitely agree, I put a nice looking wheel in when I got the car and the stitching is going again.
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 15, 2015 06:28 pm UTC
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Bought a kit, came pre perforated, cut to size (diameter) and the ends were sown (double seem). You still need to sow it on the steering wheel, but other than that, nothing else to do.
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 15, 2015 07:17 pm UTC
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Michael Lee
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Bought a kit, came pre perforated, cut to size (diameter) and the ends were sown (double seem). You still need to sow it on the steering wheel, but other than that, nothing else to do. Gui is a Jill of all trades.
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 16, 2015 07:30 pm UTC
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Daren Peacock
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Ah, so it is one of those kits, I've come across similar on those Chinese/ebay like sites.
Didn't really have a vehicle in mind, just good to know. Question though, how'd you get it to fit so well in the spoke area/follow the contours of the wheel in that area?
My 2g wheel is still in perfect shape, but if I could find a way to make the grip thicker in diameter & re-cover, that might be worth doing. The Evo wheel looks so much better but I don't want to lose air bag functionality.
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Re: Perforated Leather Wrap for steering wheel
[Re: Guillaume Berton]
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July 17, 2015 01:53 pm UTC
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Michael Lee
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Just really tight sowing and more threads in that region. If you want to be sure to get it incredibly tight, but this mostly applies just for real leather, is to heat it up before you sow it tight so it can stretch to its maximum and remain tight after it's sown. Why does this sound so sexual? Hrmm...
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