steering wheel restoration

Post Sat May 14, 2005 3:27 pm

My M-tech 2 wheel "with the usual wear" arrived today. Unfortunately it seems the usual wear involves being attacked by a chainsaw. Is there anything that will fill/cover these gouges?

Post Sat May 14, 2005 3:38 pm

If you go to any good car upholstery place they will hand stick a cover for it, go for suade (spelling??) like the M3, of a noce black leather.

I see you have an m tech 1, keep that

Post Sat May 14, 2005 3:43 pm

I figure it will probably come to that. It'll probably cost more than i paid for the wheel though

Post Tue May 17, 2005 11:36 am

In the army you are given a pair of f~#ked Boots and given 12 hours to make them shine. I used good old fashioned boot polish. Put plenty of black polish on and dont drive the car for 12 hours. Get a clean cloth and rub it all off. Then get a differnt cloth and polish it. Repeat this process several times. It works great. Just like on shoes. Good luck.

Post Tue May 17, 2005 1:54 pm

You can buy leather dye in shoe shops that you just paint onto the leather, let it dry and give it some leather conditioner. I did this on mine and it came out very nice. Only downside is that the dye was a gloss black and not matt finish, but that is just a small gripe. It has toned down with use.

Not sure the best way to clean the leather before applying the dye, but I just used a damp cloth(using warm water) so as not to get the leather wet.

Post Tue May 17, 2005 7:18 pm

buy a slither of leather and sew a new leather on, i'm sure its dificult but it can be done and will look great. I plan on giving it a go, it'll be a goo dthing to be able to do. Heres a website about it:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/gregtsmith/S ... 0wheel.htm

Post Fri May 20, 2005 5:04 pm

Well, i've just been quoted E360 to re-cover it, 4 times what i paid in the first place!! I'm tempted to grit my teeth and get a new one, anyone know what they cost?

Post Fri May 20, 2005 11:01 pm

datourer wrote:Well, i've just been quoted E360 to re-cover it, 4 times what i paid in the first place!! I'm tempted to grit my teeth and get a new one, anyone know what they cost?

C3 are selling brand new M-tech II steering wheels for a very good price, 165gbp iirc.

Their number is 020 8778 0808, I'm afraid they're not online though.

Post Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:46 pm

how deep are those scratches m8..

If you clean yer wheel,then dye it and add a quick 20 mins conditioning it,will it not mask them scratches..your know there there but will outhers..

shame to waste yer money youve spent on it

C

Post Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:49 pm

not quitr what you on about but

can you get the thread in the wheel centre rethreaded????

as i have a wheel thats all worn smooth so cnt be used anymore cheers DAZ leeds

Post Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:22 pm

I recover wheels from time to time. When I recondition a wheel such as yours I use leather crack filler, it is similar to a silcone when it drys but you can dye it afterwards.

Post Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:38 am

Just about to dye my tech 2, post results once the gear arrives.
Andy.

Post Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:00 am

Yea please as ive got that whell arriving pretty soon,and im probably going to have to do the same thing..

got hold of some good quality conditioner and cleaner already.

cheers

Carl

Post Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:04 pm

JAMZ wrote:how deep are those scratches m8..

If you clean yer wheel,then dye it and add a quick 20 mins conditioning it,will it not mask them scratches..your know there there but will outhers..

shame to waste yer money youve spent on it

C

I sold it cheap to a zoner who wants to have a go at retrimming it

Post Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:34 pm

Yeah I just got a suede hide should be made this week.