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I'm getting to the detail-fixing stage for my 1990 project car. The steering wheel leather is in bad shape. I have been searching for a good discussion on this situation in the forums and haven't found one yet. I could just replace the wheel with a good used one off of Ebay (~$150) or attempt to buy a cover and wrap it. I don't need perfection, just looking for "decently nice". Has anyone had success buying a quality cover and re-wrapping it yourself? If so which cover do you recommend? I don't want to bother if it ends up looking cheap. Here's the current situation:
I just rewrapped the wheel on my 84. I spent approximately 15 hours on the stitching. When you figure in the cost of the cover and your time I would of been better off going with a pre done wheel than dumping 20 hours of my free time into it.
That said I get to wear the t shirt that I did it myself whenever anyone asks. If they like the way it looks yay, I'll feel a tinge more pride. If they hate it I'll have a hard time not taking it personally
Had a couple of others done by Cardreams.com in Poland, they have a site on Facebook if you want to search. Someone on another forum organized a group buy so the prices were not too terrible, wasn't cheap though.
There aren’t too many options for the C4 (90-93 specifically). I notice there is one that Corvette America makes, around $60 - has anyone tried this one?
Had a couple of others done by Cardreams.com in Poland, they have a site on Facebook if you want to search. Someone on another forum organized a group buy so the prices were not too terrible, wasn't cheap though.
The video got me interested but I don't see the C4s on their site. C6,7 and 8 but no C4.
90 airbag has to be used with a 90 wheel in a 90 Corvette
91-93 wheel can be used in a 90
90 wheel can not be used in a 91-93
Just a minor correction, because there are contradictory statements here (tell me if my interpretation is wrong):
90 airbag has to be used with a 90 Corvette, but can be mounted to 91-93 wheels - I believe this is because of the connector style on the back of the airbag module, right?
All 90-93 wheels can be used in a 90
90 wheel can not be used in a 91-93 (why this is the case?)
Thanks for raising this! The 90 is truly an odd beast.
I decided against the Wheelskins one because it doesn't cover the spokes. I ended up finding a pretty cheap replacement wheel, or else I would have gone with the Redline option above. If anyone tries it please share results!
I bought a Wheel Skin to put over mine, haven't put it on, but the videos and photo's I've seen look great and it is real leather you stitch around your wheel.
Steering wheel - wrap or replace?
