I did this because I could and the design isn’t well thought through and I don’t like it. As such there is a fair possibility that I will do it again. I simply have not yet managed to work out how to achieve the result I want. There a before and a few afters.. I want a spiral type shape to be formed, I think I need to cut a strip and somehow stitch it, not sure how.
Got the steering wheel back on, I think it looks good and fits with the theme. Not sure what the theme is, but I still think it fits. Much like the off white wheels, that I may paint black or some other tire type colour. Here is a decent before photo of the original cover: Then I removed the cover, and posted here about it: https://bhhh.co.uk/skinned-the-steering-wheel/. This is the picture I used there: And now..
That’s it, good enough, just gotta re-fit it. Now begins the testing phase of seeing how this leather cover works, I wonder if it’ll stretch and come loose on the wheel. Perhaps the stitching will need to be tightened. Who knows, but I’ll only find out one way, so I shall re-fit it and see. Next I might see about making a matching gear stick gaiter and perhaps gear knob covers.
The Land Rover steering wheel is finally getting a cover. I stripped the leather from the garage sofa the other day, washed it using a weak bleach mixture to get rid of the mold. Last night I set about cutting and stitching some bits… I now need to stitch it onto the wheel. It fits fairly tight around the circumference of the wheel. I have yet to find out if this is tight enough. I suspect it is not right enough, this based on what I’ve seen on YouTube. But since I’ll have to cut new leather, I’m not going to worry until I find out why it should be almost impossible to get onto the wheel…
I picked up a real leather sofa (for free!) back towards the tail end of last year, I was imagining it would be a nice sitting and contemplation spot for the garage, but it went moldy. So I didn’t sit on it much, and then I decided I wanted to re-cover the Land Rover steering where. As such the sofa is being broken up for it’s raw materials. I’ll aim to keep the bulk of it, all of the leather and wood, though probably not the cushion fillings and foam. I used a dilute bleach mixture to removed the mold and have left it all to dry. I plan on covering the steering wheel first off. Then probably making a touch holder for my maglite. I may set about covering the top bit of dash too.
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