restitching steering wheel

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

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.

I was more concerned with my parts getting lost/delayed in customs, but prior to shipping my shift knob out, I picked a surrogate knob off a '90s vintage Protege at the local junkyard so I could drive my '7 while the knob was being redone. Matt has done a bunch of these, and I was the only one unlucky enough to have it stolen in shipping. Again, no fault of Matt's, and he took care of it like a professional, even though he does this as a hobby. If I can find a surrogate steering wheel, I might ask him to recover my steering wheel despite my experience with the USPS. I believe in karma, and I think somewhere out there, there's a scumbag who will be smited by the vengeful rotary gods!