Improvement on steering wheel

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GregE85

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 Hampshire
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 :D :driving:
 

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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! :)
 
kis said:
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! :)
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Just wrapped, I also noticed that after I finished wrapping :(

It’s an improvement but not perfect :rofl:
 
So in addition to the Wheel wrap, The other day I replaced both Vanos’! :o :o :D
The Zed is a different beast now!!! I also gave the Brakes a clean and paint!

Before and after pics
 

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Not sure if it’s just the lighting in the picture but the steering wheel trim looks very shiny
 
mistralbadger said:
GregE85 said:
mistralbadger said:
Looks great!

Where did you get it from?
And the gearknob
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Wrapped the wheel myself, Gearknob was from RunQiao on Amazon.
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Where do get the wheel wrap material from - is it straightforward to do?
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I got the wrap from Amazon,

MOTORSPORTANDACCESSORIES
5D CARBON FIBRE VINYL ULTRA HIGH GLOSS 300MM X 1500MM ROLL - BEST QUALITY CARBON FIBER VINYL EFFECT - WRAP BADGES CAR PANELS ETC.

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 :thumbsup:
 
jabber said:
Not sure if it’s just the lighting in the picture but the steering wheel trim looks very shiny
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It is a high gloss finish carbon fibre, I weren’t sure the Matte finish would look right or stand out :thumbsup:
 
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
 
paulc_bkk said:
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
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Thanks, a fair few coats of paint and a lot of cleaning and prep, I’m happy with the colour.
I’ve had such a reaction to the lower part of the steering wheel I may have to re wrap it :rofl:
The wheel is an M sport wheel so the badge is genuine :thumbsup:
 
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