Lame leather steering wheel project (partial wrap)

[TOLMACH]

I am trying to get my steering wheel wrapped in leather (to give it Sciot TC type factory look) which appeared to be more difficult than I expected.. in the mean time, did a partial wrap as a temporary solution.. feels so much different than the oem wheel.. the wheel got thicker, softer and much nicer to hold..

comments welcome

[Zebra]

Very nice! I'd like to have that done on my Yaris...

[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.

[yours_falsely]

Whole wheel wrap here. Came out so well I think I'm gonna try it.
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...ring+wheel+mod

[CTScott]

That's the same leather (and same vendor) that I used for my door panels. It perfectly matches the hole pattern and spacing on the Clazzio perforated leather seat covers.

[matthewai]

looks okay i was thinking of doing something like this but using bicycle handle bar wrap that stuff has good grip and good feel and isnt to thick

[packetrace]

thats a good idea...maybe it will be difficult to do the middle...since you cant wrap around it...:S

[matthewai]

i did the handle bar wrap, feels so good OH SO GOOD.
might look a little weird but i like it
the red & white tape was only temp until i got black, looks better black obvi
what you think?

[mazilla]

Your wrap is canted 10 degrees, you should send it back.

[matthewai]

i mean i like it, it feels nice, im some what of a perfectionist but this is fine.

what would you have done differently ?

[jpmck03]

Originally Posted by mazilla

Your wrap is canted 10 degrees, you should send it back.

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by CTScott

That's the same leather (and same vendor) that I used for my door panels. It perfectly matches the hole pattern and spacing on the Clazzio perforated leather seat covers.

I'm looking into getting some front-only Clazzio's as well as some extra leather for the panels. Mind telling me exactly which colors you went with? TIA