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Refurbing steering wheel progress
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So I decided I’d had enough of looking at the peeling rubberised finish on my M-sport steering wheel, so I thought I’ll give it a go at returning myself!
Progress so far, so simple to remove the trim, push a skinny screw driver into the back of the airbag, the two holes have a spring at the end which released it.
Then unscrew the trim from behind the wheel (4 torx screw) then just un-clip the trim from the wheel, be careful not to brake the clips they aren’t too strong. I’ve had to araldite one back on.
So far all trim pieces are wet flatted with 800 then 1000. I have plastic primer, Matt black already paint and a Matt lacquer. I will keep you updated once painted
Progress so far, so simple to remove the trim, push a skinny screw driver into the back of the airbag, the two holes have a spring at the end which released it.
Then unscrew the trim from behind the wheel (4 torx screw) then just un-clip the trim from the wheel, be careful not to brake the clips they aren’t too strong. I’ve had to araldite one back on.
So far all trim pieces are wet flatted with 800 then 1000. I have plastic primer, Matt black already paint and a Matt lacquer. I will keep you updated once painted
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Masking the little buttons is so much fun
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I went through that pain, and it turned out terribly, I recommend just using a tiny torx to disassemble the buttons, it's quite simple. You'll end up with primer over spray (if you use it) that may be visible up close.
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Bit late now, but having gone through this - if you soak the trim pieces in tar remover for 30 mins the rubberised coating comes off fairly easy with a bit of elbow grease, leaving the underlying matt black plastic finish on show. After that, I didn't think they really needed painting.
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I didn’t have a torx but small enough to undo them, if they look terrible I’ll get one tomorrow and redo them. Thanks for the tiplucasxdiniz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:10 pmI went through that pain, and it turned out terribly, I recommend just using a tiny torx to disassemble the buttons, it's quite simple. You'll end up with primer over spray (if you use it) that may be visible up close.
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That would have saved some elbow greaseph001 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:23 pm Bit late now, but having gone through this - if you soak the trim pieces in tar remover for 30 mins the rubberised coating comes off fairly easy with a bit of elbow grease, leaving the underlying matt black plastic finish on show. After that, I didn't think they really needed painting.
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IPA also works well, and I don’t mean the beer.Gav-coupe wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:56 pmThat would have saved some elbow greaseph001 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:23 pm Bit late now, but having gone through this - if you soak the trim pieces in tar remover for 30 mins the rubberised coating comes off fairly easy with a bit of elbow grease, leaving the underlying matt black plastic finish on show. After that, I didn't think they really needed painting.
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Appreciate these tips, good to know for future reference.srhutch wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:41 pmIPA also works well, and I don’t mean the beer.Gav-coupe wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:56 pmThat would have saved some elbow greaseph001 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:23 pm Bit late now, but having gone through this - if you soak the trim pieces in tar remover for 30 mins the rubberised coating comes off fairly easy with a bit of elbow grease, leaving the underlying matt black plastic finish on show. After that, I didn't think they really needed painting.
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This may be useful for anyone looking to do this job, I was using hicote Matt black paint and a Matt lacquer from Halfords. The lacquer ruined it, it looks like a dusty grey rather than Matt black, so I’m going to flat the top coat and just Matt black them
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Update after paint and nearly back on the car
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Looks great. Well done
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Looks very good. The matt finish you have there looks spot on.
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Really great job, you must be proud of that!
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Thanks all! Yes I’m very happy with the outcome, it’s well worth doing