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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
2003 Steering Wheel
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<blockquote data-quote="CoachKelly" data-source="post: 1051072" data-attributes="member: 78435"><p>Yesterday I ended up cutting the leather off of my wrapped 2001 wheel because the thin foam under the leather between it and the base vinyl wheel had deteriorated under the New Mexico sun to the point that I had oil/tar oozing out of the stitching and getting over my hands while driving.</p><p>I used blue shop paper towels and brake cleaner to remove the copious amounts of gunk left behind. </p><p>The black splotches you see are some sort of glue or epoxy they used to hold the leather in place while they stitched it and cannot be removed short of cutting into the plastic base layer. My plan is to find a spare 2001ish wheel and have it reupholstered (since finding pristine or NOS ones is unpossible) and then swap it out and keep this one as a spare.</p><p>As bad as it looks now, it's a million times better than it was before. The original leather was completely shot, wrinkled and cracked.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]4468[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoachKelly, post: 1051072, member: 78435"] Yesterday I ended up cutting the leather off of my wrapped 2001 wheel because the thin foam under the leather between it and the base vinyl wheel had deteriorated under the New Mexico sun to the point that I had oil/tar oozing out of the stitching and getting over my hands while driving. I used blue shop paper towels and brake cleaner to remove the copious amounts of gunk left behind. The black splotches you see are some sort of glue or epoxy they used to hold the leather in place while they stitched it and cannot be removed short of cutting into the plastic base layer. My plan is to find a spare 2001ish wheel and have it reupholstered (since finding pristine or NOS ones is unpossible) and then swap it out and keep this one as a spare. As bad as it looks now, it's a million times better than it was before. The original leather was completely shot, wrinkled and cracked. [ATTACH type="full"]4468[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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