does anyone use steering wheel covers that dont look tacky?

the color is rubbing off in a couple spots and i have a tear, guessing from my watch. and its driving me crazy. thanks

 

well if you had black interior you could use the wood trim looking one from walmart that wouldn't be tacky but if you had tan interior it wouldn't......or you can just upgrade to the 02-03 wood grain steering wheel option

 

Buy a new wheel. Steering wheel covers should have never been invented

 

Buy a new wheel.

 

Isn't it a Pain to replace a steering wheel? A buddy of mine did that on his 85 monte carlo, and it took a weekend.

 

yeah i wouldnt mind getting a woodgrain, about how long should it take? i have some pretty mechanically inclined friends who could help

 

A whole weekend?? No offense but i think your buddy needs to put down the tools. Especially on a non airbag 85 chevy.

Its no more than a 2 hr job even for a novice. Some one who knows what they are doing can do it in 30-40 min. There is a DIY on removing the steering wheel on this forum

 

Really? you dont like mr. horsepower?






I think im going to order mine right now! someone told me it adds 10hp!!!!

 

I got a steering wheel cover from K-Mart and it matches the woodgrain and the black in my car. Most of the people that I know thought that it was part of my steering wheel and when I told them it was a cover they were shocked.

 

You have to soak it in Seafoam first!

 

I bought a real leather steering wheel wrap that you have to sew on yourself from here http://www.wheelskins.com/index.php

They're really nice.. It takes some time and patience but worth the money

I'll take some pix and post them.

Any other steering wheen cover is garbage.

 

As promised







I'll be the first to admit that I didn't get it perfect at the bottom, but its on tight and feels and looks alot better than the original and doesn't make the girth too big. By all means if you want to spend the money for a new wheel go ahead. This is just an inexpensive but quality way to avoid big $$$ fixes.

Jeff

 

thanks guys. yeah, i dint want to get one of the rinky dinky ones, had a buddy wreck his 240 from one.

id love to get the wood steering wheel, but damn, lotta $, i like the one you have alot mezzer. kinda game me the idea of maybe doing a black and tan, wonder if that would look tacky ...

 

mezzer, is that just the top and bottom portions or is that the whole wheel

 

the whole wheel is covered with the leather wrap, just have to fake the stitching around the spokes

 

it looks damn comfy

 

i had one on my audi and bmw i like the fact the its a bit thicker.

 

that actually looks good. not tacky or rice-ish at all!

 

Just finished stitching my Wheelskin minutes ago.. It is the sand color, which seems like the best choice for parchment interiors according to the website. however the color seems a lot lighter than i expected and according to the pictures (right now matches my leather, not my wheel), but I'm sure it will adjust after some uses.

 

the stitching looks the same as when they do an autopsy and stitch them back up

 

its practicaly the ASPEC
almost :P

 

Looks good. I might look into getting one of these.