Fitted my chinese steering wheel cover

I'm intrigued by these things. Where did you buy? I found a leather one £27 delivered from Wish
 
Paulr said:
Looks great, took about 4 hours, some fiddly bits, but turned out nice!

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With all those dashboard additions, go on admit it.. your an Uber driver. lol
 
markalp said:
Paulr said:
Looks great, took about 4 hours, some fiddly bits, but turned out nice!

steering wheel.JPG

With all those dashboard additions, go on admit it.. your an Uber driver. lol

:lol: Not quite, but I do use it for work a lot! You cant see the dashcam, it's hidden behind the mirror. And you cannot see the handsfree either! Getting myself a smart watch with phone capability so I will remove the phone holder if the phone/watch works out well.
 
Paulr said:
Looks great, took about 4 hours, some fiddly bits, but turned out nice!

steering wheel.JPG

Got a link to where you purchased it from please?
 
LordOxygen said:
Paulr said:
Looks great, took about 4 hours, some fiddly bits, but turned out nice!

steering wheel.JPG

Got a link to where you purchased it from please?

I just found and bought one. Download the AliExpress app and search for "mewant Z4"
 
greg81 said:
LordOxygen said:
Paulr said:
Looks great, took about 4 hours, some fiddly bits, but turned out nice!

steering wheel.JPG

Got a link to where you purchased it from please?

I just found and bought one. Download the AliExpress app and search for "mewant Z4"

Beat me to it, that’s where I got it from.
 
Paulr said:
greg81 said:
LordOxygen said:
Got a link to where you purchased it from please?

I just found and bought one. Download the AliExpress app and search for "mewant Z4"

Beat me to it, that’s where I got it from.

How did you get on with tucking the leather behind the spokes. My spokes look incredibly tight around the existing leather on the wheel. Did you remove them to wrap it, and did you remove the wheel to actually work on it or do it in situ?
I ask as I am tempted to get one and give it a go.
 
chapeau said:
Paulr said:
greg81 said:
I just found and bought one. Download the AliExpress app and search for "mewant Z4"

Beat me to it, that’s where I got it from.

How did you get on with tucking the leather behind the spokes. My spokes look incredibly tight around the existing leather on the wheel. Did you remove them to wrap it, and did you remove the wheel to actually work on it or do it in situ?
I ask as I am tempted to get one and give it a go.

Exactly what I was thinking....
 
Nice job :thumbsup:
Its fitted something like this - is that right? involving sewing etc. looks fiddly as hell !

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I believe so yes. I have watched the videos and have patience so am not deterred by the sewing but the spoke sections on a z4 wheel do not have the gaps like the wheels in the demo to tuck the leather behind.
 
It’s easy to remove the spoke covers. Can’t see how you could do a proper job without doing so.
 
I have done mine and the left and right spokes fit over the top but the bottom one does not. I thought that it wouldn't tuck in but it did quite easily actually. There is enough give in the original leather to provide enough gap.

This is quite easy to put on the wheel but it is time consuming so dont do it if you need the car the next day for work :thumbsup:

If you have a standard wheel it is definately worth doing. It looks and feels so much better. I used the cheaper faux leather wrap.
 
Remove the wheel and the plastics. Then do it sitting on your couch while watching the television and staying warm.
It’s an easy job. Just make sure you pull it tight together before stitching and follow the line of the original stitching.
 
I kept the wheel on, but removed the plastic spoke covers, it is four screws to undo but it is likely to snap the bit where the screw goes into, as one of mine has. The covers snap back on and the screws should then tighten it all up and hold it all together. The broken one is just snapped on at the moment. Once I get a bit more time I will glue it back together properly, but to be honest you wouldn't really know and they don't just fall off without the screw holding them together.

All it needs is a bit of patience, but as was said earlier, start early in the morning or plan not to use the car the next day as it will take four or five hours.
 
Fitted mine yesterday...way easier than I had anticipated 👍
 

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Looks great. Mine is due sometime in the next couple of weeks. It's cleared customs so will hopefully come quickly!!
 
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.
 

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I didn't bother going for the leather one. This is very nice in hand though
 
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