yevgenievich
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- First Name
- Viktor
- Truck Year
- sad
- Truck Model
- very sad
- Engine Size
- less sad
This is not on a squarebody, but steering wheels are all the same. I am probably going to do the same thing on by suburban eventually as well.
I had worn out leather cover on the steering wheel in my stealth for a while and it bugged me every time I drove the car. Eventually I decided to get a cover form redlinegoods.com . They seem to be the best price, but as I later found they also have just about the worst instructions out of anybody else. Cover comes from Poland, and made to order so it took a good month or so to get it.
I opted for extra foam padding, and in my case it was worthwhile as factory used padding too. I have unconventionally left the steering wheel installed, instead of removing it. This let me work on it during lunch time over 3-4 days. I just drove the car with halfway finished steering wheel every day.
Instruction on stitching plain suck on their part. The only thing they have is a blurry video, where it just about impossible to tell what is going on on a little phone screen. From video I figured out that they use the stitching already provided to tie the two sides together. I took it from there on my own.
factory cover removed
foam applied(it was a pain as it has to be trimmed everywhere) and cover on loosely
barely enough thread was left on this section
screwed up on this part and had to redo it. You can see how it is twisted because I started stitching out of alignment.
here is a close up
and then fully on, but not fully done yet. This is first and only time doing this, so it did not work out the best. Still have to figure out the wrinkles.
I had worn out leather cover on the steering wheel in my stealth for a while and it bugged me every time I drove the car. Eventually I decided to get a cover form redlinegoods.com . They seem to be the best price, but as I later found they also have just about the worst instructions out of anybody else. Cover comes from Poland, and made to order so it took a good month or so to get it.
I opted for extra foam padding, and in my case it was worthwhile as factory used padding too. I have unconventionally left the steering wheel installed, instead of removing it. This let me work on it during lunch time over 3-4 days. I just drove the car with halfway finished steering wheel every day.
Instruction on stitching plain suck on their part. The only thing they have is a blurry video, where it just about impossible to tell what is going on on a little phone screen. From video I figured out that they use the stitching already provided to tie the two sides together. I took it from there on my own.
factory cover removed
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foam applied(it was a pain as it has to be trimmed everywhere) and cover on loosely
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barely enough thread was left on this section
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screwed up on this part and had to redo it. You can see how it is twisted because I started stitching out of alignment.
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here is a close up
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and then fully on, but not fully done yet. This is first and only time doing this, so it did not work out the best. Still have to figure out the wrinkles.
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