steering wheel recovering

[Chris vr6]

If anyone like me that has a sun damaged steering wheel and is thinking of replacing or recovering put doesn't want to pay that much money. take a look at a company called Isotta that do DIY leather recovering kits.Still a little pricey ($150 delivered) but I've ordered one.will post pics when done.

[pommy_golfer]

wow, didnt know they did a kit for that, its still pretty expensive i think though, i would rather get a new one or definately a smaller one anyway.

whats the go with putting on an after market sterring wheel on the VR6 here in Australia?

[The_Hawk]

The first thing you are likely to loose is your drivers airbag, which also means it's going to light up that little warning light permanently (unless it can be disabled by VAG COM).

If your still interested up to here you should be right getting a BOSS kit then anyone of a about a million different sports stearing wheels.

[pommy_golfer]

would you have to put the old one back on when it came to getting it pink slipped again though?

[bboyskidz]

if you remove the original steering wheel you need to get an engineers certificate. It's a law (in NSW afaik but could be part of the ADR) that you are not allowed to take away from any of the original saftey features.

No engineers certificate, no rego.

I might do that leather re-covering thing too... sounds interesting... might get my seats done at the same time.

[DubSteve]

Seats your looking at $2-3000 worth just to do it its very time consuming I can tell you that. I have been told its going to take 3 weeks for seats and door cards, and my bourberry headliner

[bboyskidz]

bloody hell! thats heaps! screw that - i'm buying some recarros...

[rayray086]

my Burberry headliner

I was going to do that! Looks like the Vortex craze has hit me too Do it yourself! I'm still looking for the right pattern and fabric...

[DubSteve]

I was going to do that! Looks like the Vortex craze has hit me too Do it yourself! I'm still looking for the right pattern and fabric...

Should be awesome can't wait when I decide to do it, it will really set it off

[MattyT]

whats the go with putting on an after market sterring wheel on the VR6 here in Australia?

Over in my part of the world, its a big no no. Out and out illegal. Removal of the airbag is considered unroadworthy and you'll get a yellow sticker (WA's idea of car potentially unroadworthy, needs to be checked by engineers, etc blah blah) on the spot.

I've had aftermarket wheels before on other cars, and as nice as they were I actually prefer the stock wheel in my VR6. Nice leather, nice size, horn buttons in good spots, funky green VW logo... whats not to like??

[pommy_golfer]

Geen logo? You mean colour concepts had colour coded steering wheels too?

i wonder if it would be cheaper to get the steering wheel leathered up by a company rather than pay for the kit?

[MattyT]

The wheel leather wasnt colour coded, just the small VW logo on the airbag cover.

[Pullstarter]

Quote I got for recovering the steering wheel in leather was $450 Interested to see what these DIY versions come out like.

[MattyT]

You could buy a steering wheel from a wrecker for less!

[Pullstarter]

Yeah i know it's ridiculous, would have to be without a car for 3 days too I may go to another upholsterer as I want to get the two front seats redone as well. That guy may just be a huge rip off only one i've been to so far.