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Anyone had a steering wheel professionally recovered?
If the wheel is not "chunked" out you might consider a Wheelskin cover.
I've used Wheelskins for decades. I like how it fattens up the grip and
the leather is very durable. They sell them on ebay.
Good Luck.
-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
95 Passat GLX
Second Owner
Marc Getty
>
> For a steering wheel and shift knob, try a shoe repair shop. Unlike
> upholstery shops they welcome molding of leather and every shop I've ever
> dealt with has been extremely inexpensive.
>
> -Marc
>
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
> '84 VW GTI Pickup Truck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Pallett [mailto:greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:43 AM
> To: John C. Worden
> Cc: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Anyone had a steering wheel professionally recovered?
>
> I asked about recovering a steering wheel at the upholstry shop that's
> done
> the leather seats in my Scirocco and the recaros in my Jetta.
> They felt it was cheaper to buy a new steering wheel than to have it
> recovered; they couldn't justify a the price for the work of molding flat
> leather to sugh a tightly radiused object like a steering wheel.
>
> That being said, Griots garage offers what look to be fairly decent
> steering
> wheel covers. Yeah, in the catalog everything looks nice, but these look
> much better than the el-crap-o ones from Pep Boys.
> http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=77834
> (please ignore the honda wheel)
> http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=77901
> (same picture different product)
>
> I've had good luck with stuff from there, even though my spending power
> isn't who they're really marketing to.
>
> As for the shift knob, I took one that was in really sorry shape to a
> luggage & shoe repair guy. It was an old Neuspeed shiftknob some guy
> found
> in a junkyard. I bought it for $10, and have seen ones in good shape sell
> used on the vortex for $75+ It had a sort-of baseball seam that ran up one
> side, acros the top and down the other side and that seam had come
> unstitched. The leather was too old and dry to re-stitch, but the repair
> guy cut a thin strip of leather and glued it over the seam to keep
> everything in place. It looks ten times better now than it did before...
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v613/g-rocco/Jetta/?action=view?t=Oc
> toberMisc2007010.jpg
> You can kind of see the 'band-aid' on the top left of the shift knob in
> this
> pic.
>
> I don't know if that's the same kind of repair your wifes shift knob
> needs,
> but I'll throw that out to the list for anyone who has a shiftknob in need
> of work.
>
> Of course, sometimes it's just easier to replace - espcially if it's not
> too
> expensive. Is this for the Neon you had at cincy 2006? The Momo anatomic
> (tall) shiftknob might look pretty good in there.
> http://www.amazon.com/Momo-ALBK1-Anatomic-Shift-Knobs/dp/B000KEEMUA/ref=sr_1
> _5?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1195227666&sr=1-5
>
> Shop around, it's not hard to find them for cheaper.
>
>
> Sheesh, have I written enough?
> HTH
> GP
>
> On Nov 16, 2007 12:54 AM, John C. Worden <johncworden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The leather on my wife's steering wheel, and shift knob for that
>> matter, are wearing off and I am wondering if anyone has had them
>> professionally recovered, and if so was the quality good, was it worth
>> it and roughly what might I expect it to cost. And while I am at it
>> the
>> '88 should get the same treatment too. I did look up the cost of just
>> buying a new wheel, without the air bag and such, but Dodge wants over
>> $300 which is crazy.
>>
>>
>>
>> John C. Worden
>> Bucksport, Maine
>>
>> '08 GTI MkV-On order-ETA week of 12/17
>> ''98 Dakota 4x4-
>> '88 Scirocco 16V-
>> '86 Scirocco 16V- Probably going to sell as I have too many projects
>> right now.
>> '78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic, 4 speed.- In the Rotisserie and
>> under restoration
>> '89 Polaris Indy Deluxe
>>
>>
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