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How-To: Refurbish an MSport Steering Wheel

Cheers Tom :thumbsup:
Yes, its easy once you disconnect the battery. There’s a knack to removing, but its easy enough.
 
Thought I'd end this thread with some photos of the wheel on the car. Before - and after.

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Looks great! :thumbsup:

Can you still drive/ steer with the button surrounds removed? ie. remove the buttons to recoat but still use the car?


Apologies for the stupid question :oops:
 
jock156 said:
Can you still drive/ steer with the button surrounds removed? ie. remove the buttons to recoat but still use the car?
Brian, I have a spare standard wheel we could swap over while you get yours sorted if that's easier for you?
 
I started doing mine today, after reading everything I could find on this forum!

..and promptly managed to break both of the stubs that accept the 2 screws on the bottom piece. The BMW dealership I bought it from offered to tidy up the the steering wheel when I bought it in 2011 and it looks like they already broke quite a few of the clips as well. Also painting over the original covering caused a poor surface to develop, admittedly after 7 years or so.

Everything else came apart quite well. I used plastic scrapers and my nails to remove the soft covering then used 800 grit to try and get a smooth surface - we shall see. Took most of the afternoon being slow and careful.

Currently everything has 3 coats of plastic primer which has acted as filler as I've gently sanded back after each coat . The backside of the bottom cover had the stubs superglued back in earlier and now I've used epoxy resin to try to strengthen them. I only have a few of the (very) stiff clips left so I'm in emergency mode!

I'm thinking as the stubs were very tight in the wheel after I had to pull them out of their slots, it might be worth a little lubrication, not just to get them back in without troubling the epoxy (as they were quite stiff coming out), but also when putting the torx back in- any thoughts?

I quite like the finish of the leather, it's always been treated and cleaned so I think I'm going to leave it as is.

Tomorrow will be more gentle sanding back to get the right texture and start applying the matt black paint. I wasn't going to apply a clear coat but after seeing the results on this thread I'm going to buy some tomorrow. Very Nice work!
 

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I didn't break mine but I do fill the holes with hot glue just for that extra support.

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Thanks inkey$! All back on today in between showers. I can't believe how much better it looks. Thanks for putting up a great guide :D
 
inkey$ said:
After reading a few threads on here, I'm experimenting with the plastics.

Forgot to thank you for the write up as this is what I used to do mine :thumbsup:
 
You're both very welcome and glad it came in handy as a guide. Look forward to seeing some pictures of your hard work :thumbsup:
 
Great stuff, here's mine, I had lots of white plastic showing through before...
 

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