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Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:24 pm
by GregE85
Afternoon people,
How’s everyone’s Sunday going?
Decided I didn’t like the tired look of the steering wheel, so I decided to freshen it up a bit!
What do you all think?
A month in to ownership and still smiling
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:51 pm
by Z4C_er
Looks great! Wheel done!
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:23 pm
by mistralbadger
Looks great!
Where did you get it from?
And the gearknob
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:04 pm
by kis
Evening!
Looks like a good job! Wrapped and lacquered?
I’m going to ruin your evening now... the carbon pattern is different between the two Horizontle spokes and the central middle vertical spoke.
Sorry! Lovely M wheel, I want one too!
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:22 pm
by GregE85
mistralbadger wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:23 pm
Looks great!
Where did you get it from?
And the gearknob
Wrapped the wheel myself, Gearknob was from RunQiao on Amazon.
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:23 pm
by GregE85
Z4M_er wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:51 pm
Looks great! Wheel done!
Thanks
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:25 pm
by GregE85
kis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:04 pm
Evening!
Looks like a good job! Wrapped and lacquered?
I’m going to ruin your evening now... the carbon pattern is different between the two Horizontle spokes and the central middle vertical spoke.
Sorry! Lovely M wheel, I want one too!
Just wrapped, I also noticed that after I finished wrapping
It’s an improvement but not perfect
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:33 pm
by GregE85
So in addition to the Wheel wrap, The other day I replaced both Vanos’!
The Zed is a different beast now!!! I also gave the Brakes a clean and paint!
Before and after pics
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:23 pm
by kis
Nice one! Keep it up... Zeds always a WIP!
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:03 am
by mistralbadger
GregE85 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:22 pm
mistralbadger wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:23 pm
Looks great!
Where did you get it from?
And the gearknob
Wrapped the wheel myself, Gearknob was from RunQiao on Amazon.
Where do get the wheel wrap material from - is it straightforward to do?
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 12:32 pm
by jabber
Not sure if it’s just the lighting in the picture but the steering wheel trim looks very shiny
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 1:43 pm
by GregE85
mistralbadger wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:03 am
GregE85 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:22 pm
mistralbadger wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:23 pm
Looks great!
Where did you get it from?
And the gearknob
Wrapped the wheel myself, Gearknob was from RunQiao on Amazon.
Where do get the wheel wrap material from - is it straightforward to do?
I got the wrap from Amazon,
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It’s fairly straight forward to do, had a few attempts until I got it right. Biggest tip would be make sure you heat the wrap really well! Keep a hairdryer on it until it feels like it’s melting. It stretches really well round the pieces. Also have a very sharp blade to trim to size.
I watched some YouTube videos about carbon wrapping before which also helped.
If you decide to do it post some pics
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 1:47 pm
by GregE85
jabber wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 12:32 pm
Not sure if it’s just the lighting in the picture but the steering wheel trim looks very shiny
It is a high gloss finish carbon fibre, I weren’t sure the Matte finish would look right or stand out
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 2:05 pm
by Marlon
Nice work
Improvement on steering wheel
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:03 pm
by paulc_bkk
I like how the brakes came up - nice job.
The wheel wrap also looks like a nice refresh, but my OCD would be going off over the different directions - the M badge is a nice touch.... you’ve inspired me to consider doing this to a spare steering wheel I have