Steering WHeel Cover

[Jimmy Lavoie]

Again, Axel's pictures helped me visualize what I'm looking for.



Picts 39 and 40 in his picture library show the leather steering wheel cover that is Black and Tan. Tell me this is an after market one that I can get?



Again, Black and light tan looks awesome!

 

[Axel Deneselya]

I ordered the steering wheel cover from wheelskins for 30 or 40 bucks. when I put it on, it looked cheap, but then dingo used his betsy ross sewing skills and it looks fantastic.



aparently it is all in how you stitch it, I cant explain but Dingo sewed it up like a baseball. it takes a LOT of patience. took him about an hour and a half and he has probably done this a dozen times before.

 

[Dreman]

I had to put one on my GMC, and it does take awhile. The initial stitching is not that bad, but you have to go back and tighten it up. You wind up going around the steering wheel 3 or 4 times (once to stitch it, the rest tightening) to get it looking right. I got bored with it, and it took me several days to finish a little bit at a time, but you can still drive the truck with it partially tightened.

 

[Dingo]

I do it all once. And I don't use the stitching they recommend as they never get tight enough.

 

[Curt NA]

I remember when I did my car a few years ago, I had to wear gloves. Making the stitching really tight to look good is really hard on the hands.

 

[Bill Kaiser]

Dingo what kind of stitching do you use?



Thanks, bksptr

 

[Aaron Yarbough]

I have a Red/Black wheelskins cover on the sterring wheel of my Vette and it looks great (even after 6 yrs). Axxman is right, if you stitch it good and tight it will look nice and factory finished. I did mine myself, it took some time but well worth it.

 

[Dingo]

I do it like a baseball. Single stitch. Let's see if I can figure out how to say this...



Always outside to center, alternating left to right. If you ask Axel nicely, he'll probably take a good pic of my stitching and post it.



Then you get to the spokes, just the front side gets stitches, and pull them equally tight as the normal stitches.

 

[Mark G]

I installed one on my old F-150 two or three years ago, it looks like factory. It is holding up very well.