Lame leather steering wheel project (partial wrap)

[jpmck03]

That looks very nice!

Just curious, what did you use to wrap it? (I mean, duh, I know it's leather...) It almost looks like a chopped up WheelSkinz... Never seen someone do a partial wrap. Neat idea!

[TOLMACH]

Originally Posted by jpmck03

That looks very nice!

Just curious, what did you use to wrap it? (I mean, duh, I know it's leather...) It almost looks like a chopped up WheelSkinz... Never seen someone do a partial wrap. Neat idea!

Thanks

I bought a piece of leather from ebay which is claimed to be automotive quality... (nice and stretcheable)..

Thread is polyether stuff from the crafts store (crazily strong).. I used basic stitches to try how leather wraps stuff.. there are couple other nicer looking stitch types

I have a spare steering wheel which I found at a nearby junkyard.. I will keep trying to do the full proper wrap with it (a bit busy with other things now)

I also want to do the matching boot for the gear box shifter (it looks kinda cheap)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380414238106...84.m1497.l2649

[jpmck03]

Originally Posted by TOLMACH

Thanks

I bought a piece of leather from ebay which is claimed to be automotive quality... (nice and stretcheable)..

Thread is polyether stuff from the crafts store (crazily strong).. I used basic stitches to try how leather wraps stuff.. there are couple other nicer looking stitch types

I have a spare steering wheel which I found at a nearby junkyard.. I will keep trying to do the full proper wrap with it (a bit busy with other things now)

I also want to do the matching boot for the gear box shifter (it looks kinda cheap)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380414238106...84.m1497.l2649

Thanks for the info... wrapping my steering wheel is somewhere on my "if I had more money, I'd consider" list of things to do. If anything I'd probably go with one of the kits you can get. I know there was someone on here that bought one and it turned out really nice... on par with what you did yourself but the whole wheel.