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Leather steering wheel cover

Thought I would try one of those leather steering wheel covers to improve my tatty steering wheel. For £15 thought it was worth ago. I was a bit apprehensive at first thinking I would never get rid of the excess creases in leather but as you stitch it stretches well and overall its worked well. Not to hard to do just a bit of patience









Post #367003 20th Feb 2019 2:28 pm
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It will be interesting to see how well it wears. Cool

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Post #367007 20th Feb 2019 4:29 pm
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yes leather seemed good quality and thick, for 15 quid I cant moan

Post #367008 20th Feb 2019 4:30 pm
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United Kingdom 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Auto Santorini Black

Did mine 6 yuears ago and it's still wearing in! I think I paid £12 then from flea bay

Post #367009 20th Feb 2019 4:32 pm
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So much nicer than the worn foam!

Post #367011 20th Feb 2019 4:54 pm
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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Baltic Blue

As sceptical as I was over this video initially, I followed the instructions to the letter and mine came up like new. 58000 miles of dead skin, grime and general crud easily removed and a perfect finish.

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Post #367015 20th Feb 2019 6:23 pm
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SouthamFL2 wrote:
......... 58000 miles of dead skin, grime and general crud .....



......... yes that is what leather is ......

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Post #367018 20th Feb 2019 6:46 pm
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I never had leather in the first place! Laughing

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Nice job! Got one of the Aliexpress ones enroute so hopefully looks as good as yours. Those full refurbs are great, but can't afford that right now.

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United Kingdom 2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

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Thought I would try one of those leather steering wheel covers to improve my tatty steering wheel. For £15 thought it was worth ago. I was a bit apprehensive at first thinking I would never get rid of the excess creases in leather but as you stitch it stretches well and overall its worked well. Not to hard to do just a bit of patience



I went for a perforated leather cover.... only because our other car has the same... and yep, looks good.

I echo the patience bit...I was sure it was going to have some slack towards the last bit, but it was a perfect fit... and I was fully prepared to give up if it looked nafff, but now having done it once, (first time ever), I could do it again in much less time, and I doubt it would look any better. Lexus RX450H - 500 mile a week commuter- I just couldn’t trust in a newer RRS or DS for that….
2009 Freelander 2 HSE... 155K miles, we’ve done 135k of those, has done brilliantly on the commute and staying firmly put as car two in the household
2002 Jaguar XK8 Coupe... fun, fast, ours for 12 years and owes us nothing - so staying with us too…

Post #369351 30th Mar 2019 12:02 pm
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Photo of finished article would be good Very Happy

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Post #369352 30th Mar 2019 12:18 pm
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Yes when I installed mine I was thinking it would have crease everywhere but they just disappear as you keep threading it up

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United Kingdom 2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

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Photo of finished article would be good Very Happy


Here you go...




 Lexus RX450H - 500 mile a week commuter- I just couldn’t trust in a newer RRS or DS for that….
2009 Freelander 2 HSE... 155K miles, we’ve done 135k of those, has done brilliantly on the commute and staying firmly put as car two in the household
2002 Jaguar XK8 Coupe... fun, fast, ours for 12 years and owes us nothing - so staying with us too…

Post #369437 31st Mar 2019 6:01 pm
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that has got less stretch marks that my current lady friend.

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