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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
- Coffee331
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
Fitted mine yesterday...way easier than I had anticipated
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
Looks great. Mine is due sometime in the next couple of weeks. It's cleared customs so will hopefully come quickly!!
Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
Well it arrived yesterday and I finished it off tonight. Precious suggestion in this thread of 4 hours fitting Tim is about right.
I went wrong from the very beginning though and went all gung-ho removing the trim only to break almost all of them so there's no screw holes to put it back together. Hopefully a touch of super glue will do the trick.
Fitting it was a little tricky but once you get into the swing of the stitching it starts to come together really well. Mine turned out pretty good although it wasn't lined perfectly so the stitching isn't quite in the middle where it should be but I'm still very happy.
I went wrong from the very beginning though and went all gung-ho removing the trim only to break almost all of them so there's no screw holes to put it back together. Hopefully a touch of super glue will do the trick.
Fitting it was a little tricky but once you get into the swing of the stitching it starts to come together really well. Mine turned out pretty good although it wasn't lined perfectly so the stitching isn't quite in the middle where it should be but I'm still very happy.
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- Magicarcher
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
looks very good, is it leather?
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
I didn't bother going for the leather one. This is very nice in hand though
- Machine monkey
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
So where do I order these?
Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
From AliExpress. Easiest to download the app. Everything is direct from China so expect up to 3-4 weeks delivery.
I think mine worked out £19 delivered but the leather one is only another tenner.
Open the app and search for "mewant Z4"
I think mine worked out £19 delivered but the leather one is only another tenner.
Open the app and search for "mewant Z4"
- chapeau
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
I ordered the leather one during their special offer a couple of weeks ago for £27 so looking forward to having a go at fitting it once it arrives. Went for the grey stitching to match my sterling grey Z.
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- JINGLE
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Has anybody fitted a leather cover to the thick M wheel? I was tempted to get a royals retrim but I’d the leather M thick wheel cover is good then I’ll go down this route myself!
All the the thin non leather covers look really good but want to see a like for like of what my wheel would look like before buying 1
All the the thin non leather covers look really good but want to see a like for like of what my wheel would look like before buying 1
- 85genius
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Considered myself but no way it's gonna fit unless they do an M specific one just won't be enough leather to stretch round the wheelJINGLE wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:23 am Has anybody fitted a leather cover to the thick M wheel? I was tempted to get a royals retrim but I’d the leather M thick wheel cover is good then I’ll go down this route myself!
All the the thin non leather covers look really good but want to see a like for like of what my wheel would look like before buying 1
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
Yeah, these are tight on a standard wheel so definitely won't fit anything thicker85genius wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:03 pmConsidered myself but no way it's gonna fit unless they do an M specific one just won't be enough leather to stretch round the wheelJINGLE wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:23 am Has anybody fitted a leather cover to the thick M wheel? I was tempted to get a royals retrim but I’d the leather M thick wheel cover is good then I’ll go down this route myself!
All the the thin non leather covers look really good but want to see a like for like of what my wheel would look like before buying 1
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That’s what I was thinking, looks like Royals is the only way forward
- chapeau
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They do make an M trim but its red and black.
m.aliexpress.com/amp/item/32816362152.html
m.aliexpress.com/amp/item/32816362152.html
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- Machine monkey
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I wanted alacantra and they say they cant/wont do it so i guess i am out and wont be getting them.
- Paulr
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Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover
Be interesting to see what the leather one is like, can't see it being that much better than the very convincing non-leather ones. My 'fake' cover looks great & feels really nice to use.
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