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Just thought I'd share the results for anyone thinking of going for this!
When I bought the car the wheel was in bad shape - lots of sun damage had caused the leather to fade and it was worn very smooth (almost through the hide) in places, plus it was covered in small dings and ring scratches.
Pics from before:
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I'd heard good things on this forum about Jack at Royal Steering Wheels so thought I would give him a try. After finding a cheap 3-spoke GTi wheel in a scrapyard and swapping it on, on looking up his address I found I'm reasonably local so dropped the wheel off after work. I was fairly set on going for the same smooth black style as OEM but after he let me have a look at some he'd done previously I settled on 50/50 plain nappa leather and perforated leather. A quick flick through his thread catalogue to pick a stitching colour and I was told to come back in a week. Picked up the results earlier and they're impressive enough to want to show off
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The blue stitching came out a little darker than the catalogue but it's actually a very good match to DBP. Although now I need to get him to do me a pair of gaiters to finish things off
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I did fit it earlier - but by torchlight as I didn't get back till late. Installed pics tomorrow! Very much looking forward to the drive to work, the GTi wheel was horrible...
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When I bought the car the wheel was in bad shape - lots of sun damage had caused the leather to fade and it was worn very smooth (almost through the hide) in places, plus it was covered in small dings and ring scratches.
Pics from before:
I'd heard good things on this forum about Jack at Royal Steering Wheels so thought I would give him a try. After finding a cheap 3-spoke GTi wheel in a scrapyard and swapping it on, on looking up his address I found I'm reasonably local so dropped the wheel off after work. I was fairly set on going for the same smooth black style as OEM but after he let me have a look at some he'd done previously I settled on 50/50 plain nappa leather and perforated leather. A quick flick through his thread catalogue to pick a stitching colour and I was told to come back in a week. Picked up the results earlier and they're impressive enough to want to show off
The blue stitching came out a little darker than the catalogue but it's actually a very good match to DBP. Although now I need to get him to do me a pair of gaiters to finish things off
I did fit it earlier - but by torchlight as I didn't get back till late. Installed pics tomorrow! Very much looking forward to the drive to work, the GTi wheel was horrible...
Stone
