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Larry & Norma

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Steering wheel cover
« on: May 04, 2010, 12:43:51 »
Anyone know a source for a leather steering wheel cover to fit a pagoda. All the ones I have seen are too small wheel circumpherence.
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Larry Hall (Gnuface)
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Re: Steering wheel cover
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 20:25:41 »
Wheelskins did not have a color match for me, so I made a quick trip to Tandy Leather which turned up a color match.  120 hand punched holes and about 2 hours to lace on.  It was a fun weekend project!

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Re: Steering wheel cover
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 20:50:49 »
Turns out my steering wheel is not perfectly round and was wondering if that is correct. ??? ???  I measured 17 5/16" across and 16 7/8" top to bottom.  I checked a spare cracked steering wheel I have and it is the same.
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Re: Steering wheel cover
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 07:41:54 »
Wow! Just measured mine at 16 3/4 by 16 7/8  ???
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Re: Steering wheel cover
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2010, 17:01:55 »
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Turns out my steering wheel is not perfectly round and was wondering if that is correct. Huh Huh  I measured 17 5/16" across and 16 7/8" top to bottom.  I checked a spare cracked steering wheel I have and it is the same.


Hello Jordan,

Yes, that's correct.
Our (original) steering wheels are no special SL steering wheels but common generic fintail or W108-W114-W115 parts.
These ones are flatted towards the knees for better clearance during entry etc. The difference is about a centimeter or so.
Achim
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