Steering wheel control options?

[Anonymous]

Hi folks,

My roadster suffers from the usual degrading of the steering wheel control surface coating... looks OK but bugs me when I drive the car.

Now I appreciate my options are replace (might degrade again and £500 option), recoat (never seen a decent OEM match, no offence) or Carbon Fibre (a bit chavy/shiney?!).

Any thoughts on this? Suggestions welcome!

 

[Beedub]

redcoat in different colour

 

[Roundozo]

Have you thought about hydro dipping them?

 

[markeg]

Get a professional respray in satin black. Only a small item should be cheap...

 

[barneybear]

respray with plastidip rubberised paint, did this on my msport steering wheel on my 3 series, looks great now

 

[jamie_z4]

Did mine in Matt black (spray can) looks pretty good for a half hour DIY job I reckon

 

[biojo]

sure other have used this

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/specialist-decorative-paints/halfords-enamel-spray-paint-rubberised-black-300ml

 

[srhutch]

I've got some soft touch lacquer to try on mine which I'm hoping will give a OEM type finish.

 

[Anonymous]

Did mine in Matt black (spray can) looks pretty good for a half hour DIY job I reckon

That does look great to be fair!

 

[Anonymous]

sure other have used this

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/specialist-decorative-paints/halfords-enamel-spray-paint-rubberised-black-300ml

Hmmm haven't seen that before. May have a look and test on some other plastic bits first.

 

[biojo]

got round to doing mine, its not liek OEM but looks fine for me.

I will say to put them back on you do need to unclip airbag. and if you dont want to scratch bottom piece rear remove the wheel.

The bottom spoke i have a slight mark as something landed on it in yard and the M badge just needs sticking back on

no flash before

no flash after

before

after

 

[Any1else]

Did mine in Matt black (spray can) looks pretty good for a half hour DIY job I reckon

That does look great to be fair!

+1. Did you take the M badge off and refix it or just mask it?

Thinking of doing mine but reading the other posts it seems that the Plasticoat wears off quite quickly. Will have a bash with the rubberised Halfords enamel.

 

[85genius]

Mine need doing when I get my Zed back, interested to see what that halfords stuff is like

 

[Anonymous]

Hi folks,

My roadster suffers from the usual degrading of the steering wheel control surface coating... looks OK but bugs me when I drive the car.

Now I appreciate my options are replace (might degrade again and £500 option), recoat (never seen a decent OEM match, no offence) or Carbon Fibre (a bit chavy/shiney?!).

Any thoughts on this? Suggestions welcome!

Agggghhhhhhhhhhhhh JAD
I was hoping to have forgotten about my buttons as replaced Tristar covers but still have marked buttons
Now I have something else to do haha

 

[Anonymous]

Hi folks,

My roadster suffers from the usual degrading of the steering wheel control surface coating... looks OK but bugs me when I drive the car.

Now I appreciate my options are replace (might degrade again and £500 option), recoat (never seen a decent OEM match, no offence) or Carbon Fibre (a bit chavy/shiney?!).

Any thoughts on this? Suggestions welcome!

Agggghhhhhhhhhhhhh JAD
I was hoping to have forgotten about my buttons as replaced Tristar covers but still have marked buttons
Now I have something else to do haha

But it is never ending. This month I have spent over £100 on small odds and sods, like new bolts here, new bump stops for the bonnet where the spring had gone, a missing screw, a bit here a bit there...!!!

And it's Silverstone Classic this weekend, so always a busy few weeks making sure the car looks it's best!

 

[biojo]

Mine need doing when I get my Zed back, interested to see what that halfords stuff is like

mine was the halfords stuff, it leaves a slightly textured feel (soft) but i decided to go over it with some matt black i had.

the over all look and feel its almost like the hard leather on the zhp gear knob

 

[jamie_z4]

+1. Did you take the M badge off and refix it or just mask it?

Thinking of doing mine but reading the other posts it seems that the Plasticoat wears off quite quickly. Will have a bash with the rubberised Halfords enamel.

I removed it mate. I used a square Stanley blade like you get for windows & Stuff. Never made a mark, and then just re-applied with a bit of superglue, cant tell now & Is still the same depth in the recess as I left the adhesive foam on it.

 

[jamie_z4]

That does look great to be fair!

Thanks Jad, just give it a go, you've nowt to loose, it wont look any worse than it did before

 

[85genius]

Mine need doing when I get my Zed back, interested to see what that halfords stuff is like

mine was the halfords stuff, it leaves a slightly textured feel (soft) but i decided to go over it with some matt black i had.

the over all look and feel its almost like the hard leather on the zhp gear knob

Any reason why you went over the halfords stuff? Dont know weather to bother with that or just go for a normal matt black paint to start with?

 

[85genius]

+1. Did you take the M badge off and refix it or just mask it?

Thinking of doing mine but reading the other posts it seems that the Plasticoat wears off quite quickly. Will have a bash with the rubberised Halfords enamel.

I removed it mate. I used a square Stanley blade like you get for windows & Stuff. Never made a mark, and then just re-applied with a bit of superglue, cant tell now & Is still the same depth in the recess as I left the adhesive foam on it.

What about the mf buttons do they come out or did you have to mask over them somehow?