Steering Wheel Recovering

[Deleted member 3577]

Anyone know a good place to have a wheel recovered?

This is the 13" Grant wheel I use on the ITB Pinto.
So it deserves first class treatment. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The original covering was distracting me as it was coming off....
I found myself picking at it on the straights.

 

[Steve_S]

Covered in what? The Wheel Skins leather kits are easy to do yourself and look great. I have one on my MG TC.

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Leather.......

I heard if you send it out, they(?) will do a much better job.

(Some type of "baseball" stitch?)

I was all over the net searching for a company & there are several out there.
About 1/2 look kinda fly-by-night.
Wondering if anyone else managed to find a good shop for this.

 

[Steve_S]

I can't imagine a professional shop doing much better than the wheel skins kit I used. I was suprised how well it came out, actually.

Photo:

 

[Deleted member 3577]

That looks great.

Ordered one today from Wheelskins.

Thanks much....Soon I'll have a happy Pinto /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jlaird]

Looks like about 45 bucks for our sizes, any color.

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Gave them perfect measurements. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Sales slip says no refunds on special orders.
We'll see when I call em Monday.

(Also....Not enough thread to finish)

NO!....I wouldn't put this on a Pinto! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif

 

[Steve_S]

Yikes! Looks a bit large for that wheel.

 

[Bugeye58]

And there's probably someone out there struggling to put your cover on a 14" wheel!
The two of their covers that I've installed fit like the proverbial glove. I did the baseball stitch on both of mine, and that's a PITA. But it looks nice when finished.
Jeff

 

[Deleted member 3577]

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And there's probably someone out there struggling to put your cover on a 14" wheel!

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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.........Ahem.........I mean that's terrible!

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Update.........
Now this looks much better....

Perfect!!!.....Rarely do you find such an agreeable and pleasant resolution when having problems nowadays.

My thanks to Carol at Wheelskins.

(Next day they sent me a new cover.....No charge & I didn't have to go through the return hassle)

 

[Steve_S]

Nice, congrats!

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Happy Pinto....Maybe I'll go faster now /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif

 

[Steve_S]

Yellow is faster than red. Just ask the ricer crowd. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Deleted member 3577]

How about one of these.....

Gotta have a wing nowadays /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

 

[jlaird]

That turned into a good looking wheel, hope it feels as good as it looks.