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DNAhilux
05-22-2007, 02:57 PM
So I installed my wheelskin over the faded factory leather wheel. Looked at the real replacement but I wanted to change it up on the interior a bit, and well im really hard on steering wheels i think (chemicals etc..) and these are pretty cheap. I got the dual tone brown on the sides and oak on the top and bottom. I used the baseball stitch to sew. Took about 2hrs (many breaks) I think ill redo it later since I now figured it out better towards the end. For those with a 3rd gen 4 spoke wheel, i cut the thread in half to do the stitch. I had 16ft to begin with (that wheelskins provided), then cut in half, 8ft for each side, and had about 1.5ft left when done on each side. This thing feels way better than the stock..OK ok pics...Its not too shabaquoi...
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/4RunnerDNA/CIMG1325.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/4RunnerDNA/CIMG1323.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/4RunnerDNA/CIMG1328.jpg
cleansr5
05-22-2007, 04:18 PM
looks better than anything in hawaiian print
Seanz0rz
05-22-2007, 07:08 PM
do you have pictures of before? im trying to figure out if i have one or not, mine just doesnt look factory to me.

that looks very nice by the way, i should think about getting one.
DNAhilux
05-22-2007, 07:21 PM
do you have pictures of before? im trying to figure out if i have one or not, mine just doesnt look factory to me.

that looks very nice by the way, i should think about getting one.

thanks..im likin it more every time i drive..as for pics, i have none close up really. But if you put up a pick of yours ill be able to tell you if its factory or not. And you can get these for like 29 bucks on ebay but i got mine from autoseattle for a few bucks more.
Seanz0rz
05-22-2007, 07:24 PM
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/CarPc/a20052.jpg

thats the only pic i have of mine.
DNAhilux
05-22-2007, 07:34 PM
ya thats an aftermarket one, and may be the wheelskins..you can tell since it it is not flush with the spokes, but goes over them instead. you can see the factory leather where the spokes begin and are then covered


if you go to the bottom of this thread http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=1233.0
and zoom you can see my steering wheel and how the spoke and rest of the wheel is wrapped with the same leather and even.
Texas Jim
05-22-2007, 07:37 PM
SeanzOrz, what's with the TV screen? TJ
Bob98SR5
05-30-2007, 10:27 PM
DNA,

Looks great :) my steering wheel has always been scuffed up at the top (not sure why...woman's ring?) and the feel bothers me every once in awhile. Can't tell, but did you stitch it over the old wheel? Or did you cut away the old cover?

bob
Seanz0rz
05-31-2007, 01:34 AM
tj: its the screen for my carpc, currently being fabbed into the dash, sig link for pictures of the whole thing and such.

the cover on my wheel looks pretty shot. maybe im due for a new one...
MTL_4runner
05-31-2007, 07:53 AM
Can't tell, but did you stitch it over the old wheel? Or did you cut away the old cover?


I think they all get stitched over the old wheel....if the wheel is bad enough you could just get a used one instead.
Those wheelskins look like they are very good quality compared to some I've seen out on the market.
DNAhilux
06-04-2007, 01:15 PM
Can't tell, but did you stitch it over the old wheel? Or did you cut away the old cover?

bob


Yes, the cover is just stitched over the original . There are other covers that are replacements but this is just a cover. You would not want to remove the original cover when putting on a wheelskin cover since the original covers the spokes, whereas the wheelskins do not.