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01-02-2022, 03:25 PM | #1 |
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Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
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01-03-2022, 08:05 AM | #2 |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
I hope you get a good response....I asked this a yr or so ago and never got a real answer
I ,was/still am ,wanting to do my old wheel so it looks factory and not cheesy.. And sure dont want these results
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01-03-2022, 11:02 AM | #3 |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
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01-03-2022, 11:07 AM | #4 |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
I had a thread a few years back, just asking for steering wheel pictures. There’s one in there that was wrapped. I swapped mine for a Forever Sharp wheel. I really like it a lot better than the stock wheel.
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...steering+wheel
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01-03-2022, 02:05 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
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The skinny plastic steering wheels used on the squarebodies don't lend themselves to leather wrap. I would look into wrapping one of the larger diameter wheels that GM used in the 1988-1994 GMT400 C/K series and 1988-1991 R/V series squarebody SUV. The early 1990's GMT400 SS and Sport truck models had factory leather wrapped wheels but good luck finding one. Some of the Astro and fullsize G series vans are rumored to have used similar but not exactly the same wheels as early as 1985. This is a 1989 or 1990 Chevy CK truck interior This is a faux leather wheel from a 1988-1994 GMC CK truck. Four spoke F body, J body (Cavalier etc) and A body Celebrity steering wheels are another option. They probably used similar or the same wheels on the X body (Chevy Citation & similar rigs from Buick, Olds, and Pontiac). This is an early 1970's Chevelle SS wheel... Same as the J body wheel with an SS horn button and an earlier date code. This is a Chris-Fix howto on installing new leather wheel wrap using a baseball stitch and curved needles. Tedious and time consuming but not terribly difficult.
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And please let us know if and how your repairs were successful. Last edited by hatzie; 01-03-2022 at 02:25 PM. |
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01-03-2022, 06:41 PM | #6 |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
Have you looked at Wheelskins?https://wheelskins.com/ I'm very happy with mine.
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01-04-2022, 09:42 AM | #7 |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
Bhc...that's what I was hoping to see back when I asked..
Wheelskins is the ones i was looking at...I just couldnt find anyone that had used them
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01-04-2022, 12:51 PM | #8 | |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
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1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials...
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01-06-2022, 05:05 PM | #9 |
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?
Yeah, that looks good. I wonder if a little bit of wettng it with a sponge and letting it dry would shrink it tight up against the wheel. Too much and it might pull on the stitches, but anyway, I like that.
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