restitching steering wheel

[speedjunkie]

Originally Posted by Prodigy

The OP in that thread mentioned it was not hard at all... and he has never picked up a needle before (according to his posts)

I would just be confused on how to tie it off so it would not work itself loose and still look good


J.

I do remember him saying that. I'm just not sure of my own abilities...or DISabilities HAHA. I would also be concerned about how to finish it clean and secure.

Originally Posted by RotorDad

Yeah I don't think I could finish it off clean to where it looks good & won't come apart. I might check with an upholstery shop when my money is right. Speed you want the stitching blue to match the rest right?

Yeah, I'd like it to be in blue to match the seats and boots.

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Roger that, there is a guy on the "evil" forum who recovers wheels/shift knobs/e-brake handles, etc. Here's a link to his handywork:

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=911397

The guy's name is Matt, and he's up in Canada. Great guy to work with. After reading the above thread and getting in touch with him, I decided to send him my shift knob to recover, along with measurements of my e-brake handle so he could fabricate a leather replacement cover for me. Somewhere in that thread, you can see pictures of my recovered shift knob & new e-brake leather cover before he shipped it back to me.

Unfortunately, I was the one guy who had the misfortune of having some scumbag in the USPS system steal the contents of my package during its return trip from Canada, sometime after it cleared customs. Obviously this was no fault of Matt's, and I can vouch for the fact that he made sure the package was properly insured and he diligently followed thru with the postal service's on both sides of the border to get my insurance claim paid as quickly as possible. Net result was the insurance claim was paid and I purchased a brand new leather shifter knob from Ray @ Malloy Mazda and had about $50 change left over after all shipping expenses were paid.

Then again, maybe I WILL try it myself haha. I sent my shift and ebrake boots to Austin Edwards to have him make some for me and mine wasn't stolen (and the work was great), but stories like this worry me, AND make my blood boil.