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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013
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Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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 Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 5:04 pm Post subject: Leather Steering Wheel Covers |
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Do any of you use / like leather steering wheel covers?
I have a few hard lumps/lesions on my hands that get painful after a while when driving the Singer and I am thinking one may make things a bit comfier?
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badhuis
Joined: 20 Aug 2008
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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When I see a steering wheel with an after market cover I always think it is to cover up a bad (scratched) wheel. And I quite like the cool thin large diameter rims of old cars.
That said my TR4 has a cover. It was there when I bought the car in 1995 and I just never took it off. It is the type often found on cars that lived in the USA (my TR was imported from the USA in 1995). I do not mind the cover and have no plans to take it off. What's behind will remain a mystery 
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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I had a leather cover made for my 1971 Kombi by a motor trimmer friend. The steering wheel rim was so thin that my finger tips actually poked into my palms when driving! On a journey it became very uncomfortable. The cover was padded out and increased the diameter enough to make driving far more pleasurable.
Normally I don't use them.
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| I also found a steering wheel too thin, it made it hard to grip it. I think it was on my XY Ford . I wound string around to increase the diameter . |
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peppiB
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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This was fitted to mine before it left the showroom in 1969
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greenbeam
Joined: 10 Jun 2015
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Any tips on where to buy these covers today?
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013
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Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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