Alcantara Steering Wheel Wrap

[maxuz]

So, I'm working on an orange-on-black Porsche GT2 theme for my 2 (because i have a sense of humor), and I'd love to track down an Alcantara steering wheel wrap. Street Unit has an AutoExe buckskin wrap for like $250, but that seems a little extreme. Anyone know a company out there that does a decent steering wheel wrap (lace up, not just a slip-on cover.) bonus points if it has the contoured thumb-rests like the GT2.

Redline, if you make one, I am a guaranteed sale for that and the matching shift boot. I've bought your products before for previous cars and loved the work. just sayin...

 

[XCLR8TN]

This is about all I can think of, but I don't think they do suede/alacantra, just leather... they do list the 2 though!

http://www.wheelskins.com

 

[maxuz]

yeah, i looked at them and they only seem to do leather. I found a few places that do custom you-send-us-your-steering-wheel-and-we'll-do-it sites, but they were all in the $300-$500 range, which is just absurd. half tempted to buy a leather wheel of someone, pull the leather to make a pattern, and go into business. at $300 a pop, it's hard to argue with...

 

[Redkills]

This is about all I can think of, but I don't think they do suede/alacantra, just leather... they do list the 2 though!

http://www.wheelskins.com

I just bought one of these.

 

[maxuz]

man, you get all the cool toys be interested in hearing about quality and install. if you traced the pre-installed leather panels on paper and uploaded them, id be willing to play around with turning it into a DIY Alcantara Wrap template.

 

[XCLR8TN]

^from what I recall on the neon I did it on, it just went overtop of the wheel and laced on, it didn't replace anything. Has that changed?

 

[maxuz]

yeah, i wanted to know less about logistics and more about difficulty. I've read people talking about the AutoExe wrap as being an all-day affair that involved pulling the steering wheel to properly get the right angles to stitch it up tightly.

 

[ajent420]

I just bought one of these.

gotta get a wrap for sure, the wheel on the sport is just murder. Got any pics of your finsihed product? Did you take the wheel off to wrap it?

 

[maxuz]

I just saw that Redline makes a wrap for the MX-5 wheel, which is very similar to our touring one, and should be the same diameter and thickness of the Sport one. The problem is it looks like the spoke covers and the wheel are one piece, unlike the touring one. anyone take a sport wheel apart and see how one could make this work?

 

[ajent420]

curious about that too...I'd hate to end up with extra lether around the (fairly wide) spokes and then hoping for the best with a stretched stitch across said spokes....