Leather wrap
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Leather wrap
wonderring if anyone has purchased the leather wrap kits they have on sites, and eBay for the heads up display, and information center buttons on the gauge bezel?? I am looking at black leather with blue stiching to match my blue diamond interior. It says you have to trim the pieces, and glue them on. Never done that before. Is it a pita, or simple??
#2
Race Car Tech
wonderring if anyone has purchased the leather wrap kits they have on sites, and eBay for the heads up display, and information center buttons on the gauge bezel?? I am looking at black leather with blue stiching to match my blue diamond interior. It says you have to trim the pieces, and glue them on. Never done that before. Is it a pita, or simple??
I am going to get the guage surround Pod leather this winter. I'm sure that it will be tight fitting for around the pods, and trimming needed where it meets the gage cluster portion, as per the arrows point to.
The leather is really rich looking and thick.
All the pieces need a little trimming, because they make it just a bit bigger than what is needed. The e-brake handle and shifter leather was tight fitting, and didn't need a lot of trimming. I just removed the leather part from the ****, slipped the new one over, and manipulated the edges over as required and glued it so it would hold.
The same for the shifter boot and the e-brake boot. The OEM leather had to be removed from the plastic pieces, and the new leather glued on. I used contact cement for my applications.
It was not that difficult, just have to take your time and trim to fit before you glue the leather on. They all turned out really nice.
Unfortunately, I have not taken a pic of them installed in the car.
Last edited by 4SUMERZ; 11-20-2015 at 12:18 AM.
#4
Race Car Tech
They offered to do me a set for free if I sent my console to them so they could get themselves a pattern. It was so expensive to send the console to the UK, that I didn't follow through with it.
I do have a spare console, so it wasn't like I was afraid of it getting lost, because it needs a repaint job anyway. If they glued the surround on the spare console, then it would be hard to repaint it without getting paint on the leather. I'm sure it would turn out OK, and the stitching would be a perfect match.
Last edited by 4SUMERZ; 11-20-2015 at 12:25 AM.
#6
Race Car Tech
#7
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Awesome. Thanks guys. I found those kits on ebay for a great price. Might give it a shot. LV2Tour, you notice any issues with the glue not holding over time? Guess it would really only effect the shifter ****, and the ebrake handle.
#8
Race Car Tech
I only used glue on the shifter **** where it wraps under the ****, and under where the trim cap goes on.
Use a good glue, and you will have no issues. Contact cement, when used properly as per directions, will not move once it is set.
Neither the e-brake handle, or the shifter **** leather move at all when in use, they are that tight fitting without glue.
Hope this helps explain it.
As a further note, the shifter boot and the e-brake boot are fitted on the top portion where they meet the handle, and the ****. The only part of those that are glued is to the plastic bottom pieces, just as the OEM ones are glued to the plastic pieces.
Last edited by 4SUMERZ; 11-20-2015 at 11:25 AM.