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Old 01-03-2022, 02:05 PM   #5
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Re: Anyone here leather wrap your steering wheel?

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Originally Posted by mongocanfly View Post
I hope you get a good response....I asked this a yr or so ago and never got a real answer
I ,was/still am ,wanting to do my old wheel so it looks factory and not cheesy..
And sure dont want these results
ROTFLAO on the pink fuzzy covers

The skinny plastic steering wheels used on the squarebodies don't lend themselves to leather wrap.

I would look into wrapping one of the larger diameter wheels that GM used in the 1988-1994 GMT400 C/K series and 1988-1991 R/V series squarebody SUV.
The early 1990's GMT400 SS and Sport truck models had factory leather wrapped wheels but good luck finding one.
Some of the Astro and fullsize G series vans are rumored to have used similar but not exactly the same wheels as early as 1985.
This is a 1989 or 1990 Chevy CK truck interior
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This is a faux leather wheel from a 1988-1994 GMC CK truck.
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Four spoke F body, J body (Cavalier etc) and A body Celebrity steering wheels are another option. They probably used similar or the same wheels on the X body (Chevy Citation & similar rigs from Buick, Olds, and Pontiac).
This is an early 1970's Chevelle SS wheel... Same as the J body wheel with an SS horn button and an earlier date code.
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This is a Chris-Fix howto on installing new leather wheel wrap using a baseball stitch and curved needles. Tedious and time consuming but not terribly difficult.
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