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Gidday all, can anyone advise of a mob that recover steering wheels. I have a HQ GTS wheel and was thinking of getting the outer recovered in leather and a bit more padded, like the SS Commodore wheels.
Thanx Phil.
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By the way this is my van, It's a HJ with obvious front end change. 308 4 speed, GTS options inside. I'm also interested if anyone has a simple??? way of decking out the back. Thanx Phil
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Hey PDT Phil,
A HQ GTS wheel needing more meat ? ! Wow. Try a driving with a bog standard skinny oval HQ steering wheel. A GTS one is luxury !
Good luck matey.
John
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A full headlining to the rear chipboard archway covered in carpet,
woodgrain plywood up the sides easy to do,it was fasionable 30 years ago.
if it ain't broke we can improve it.
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Thanx for that, yeah I'm used to the thicker wheels,(If you see my profile, I work as a Driver Trainer and use the new cars everyday, so it seems that I'm going to a matchstick when I finish work. I thought how hard is it to wack a bit of leather and sti
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I did this to a single spoke SL/E wheel about 10 years ago.
A local trimmer sold me a strip of leather approx 4 foot long by 3 inches wide, and I trimmed it to size.
To make it easier, I ran each side through the sewing machine (no thread) to punch |
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Again thanx, I'm gunna give that a go, I've got a spare wheel from a statesman to practice on.
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