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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:06 pm 
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Im thinking of wrapping the stock wheelin leather.Ill get a strip of leather about 50-60cm long and 10-15cm wide.

I will the go all the way around the steering wheel then get maybe another thin strip of leather and use that in a cris cross to hold the leather ends.

It will be a little like the EF/EL XR wheels.

I am unsure it will work propely.... Do you think it will work?

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:11 pm 
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Would be loose and unsafe ud need to find out how they get the leather to "stick" to the wheel if u know what i mean, must be more then just the knots..

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:32 pm 
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Yeah was thinking of tightly wrapping the leather...also thought of bit of glue.

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:01 pm 
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i think if u made it smaller and stretched it to fit it should be tight... im thinkin ur making a circle right? if its one strip tho im not sure how u will do it
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:47 pm 
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it'd be easier, and probably look better if you just picked up an xr wheel.
they're fairly common around wreckers.

i bought one for $50 bucks off a forum member, though the leather at the top was coming a bit loose. however i had it restiched for about 20 bucks and its looks good as new.

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:05 pm 
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Mash85 wrote:
it'd be easier, and probably look better if you just picked up an xr wheel.
they're fairly common around wreckers.

i bought one for $50 bucks off a forum member, though the leather at the top was coming a bit loose. however i had it restiched for about 20 bucks and its looks good as new.


Yeah was gonna get one but kevin stopped replying to PM's and now brakes need attention.

 

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