Thread: Steering wheel - cover; replace etc

Years ago my local motor trimmer sent mine to Adelaide to a company that does/did them for the General/HSV. Came back schmick! Leather the correct colour. Then $300.

Just had to sit and look at the shaft for a couple of weeks.

Mine had the saggy baggy look, like an elephants ass. After about a year it's come good, still a bit loose but at the rear where you don't notice. I could get it replaced (he offered a replacement with the new measurements) but can't be bothered. I could just shorten it myself but cant be bothered pulling the stitches. I'm curious, did you start from the bottom or top? And if at the bottom, did you have to work at the top section to get it right. I tried everything to get it right, first try started on left and had a heap of material at right left over, then started at centre and worked out, had bags on both side (though smaller), then at sides in (beg in centre). Even pulled it off (get your mind out of the gutter), and marked the stitches to make sure it was aligned perfectly. In the end, just left the stitching open at the end and have let it shrink and its ok.

Have since acquired an old Singer leather/canvas sewing machine so might have to re sew it.

Also does anyone know where I can buy leather for making gaiters from? Heavy stuff isn't an issue but the nice soft stuff is.

Love the brown leather shift knobs, pity mines an auto and has black leather on the auto shifter otherwise I'd have a trans knob. Did they come in factory leather?

Gwad now you're stretching my grey matter.

From memory I did the bottom first to make sure that the join was centred then either side and finally the top. Mine had to be stretched slightly to fit on the wheel and the the thread pulled tightly to get a neat join as there was a 1 or 2mm gap, when wrapped round. I didn't have any major saggy baggy problems except a wee bit round the top left spoke where I finished. A bit of wriggling and some extra stitching around the spokes to pull it more tightly together solved the problem. I seem to recall I did do a bit of jiggling as I went though.

Steve

Sounds like you got a post revised measurements c/- my too big model.