Can anyone recommend material for steering wheel re-cover?

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Can anyone recommend material for steering wheel re-cover?

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Would also appreciate some tips if people have done this before!
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Hi,
What type of steering wheel is it? If you've got a standard one, why bother messing about with it when it's easy to obtain a replacement in decent condition?

If, however, you're after something different, for a racing/sporty look you could recover the wheel in Alcantara.

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Hi Andrew,

It's a spare wheel I have lying around and thought it'd be a fun project. I was looking to cover it in a shark grey material.
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Hi,
I hope that somebody can answer your question. I've always wondered how a steering wheel is recovered as stitching the material appears to be a quite a specialist task.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Hi,
I hope that somebody can answer your question. I've always wondered how a steering wheel is recovered as stitching the material appears to be a quite a specialist task.

Andrew.
Found this on youtube: https://youtu.be/sStxk4mv_DY

Really informative if you can get past has somewhat annoying voice haha.
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Turbo Mike from this very page did my RS Wheel to the most proffesional standard I've seen in years! It's only a hobby to him but boy o boy does he do it well. Did my door cards too, all in genuine Ford Leather. Top job, Top bloke.
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