Section : Bodywork and Interior

Leather steering wheels

Posted By : Adrian Lee, 24-May-2003, 06:19pm

• Leather steering wheels

  Posted By : Adrian Lee, 24-May-2003, 07:03pm

  Oops... it's a MkI

  • Leather steering wheels

    Posted By : John Davies, 24-May-2003, 11:35pm

    Adrian,
    Just sold my Mk.I 'wheel ( to a very nice German couple - Hi, Ulli!) that was leather covered. If the leather was damaged, maybe yours was stripped?
    John

    • Leather steering wheels

      Posted By : Ulrike Bawey, 25-May-2003, 10:16am

      Hi Adrian,
      
      hi John (the steering wheel arrived at my company but now it is with a colleague of mine and I haven't seen it yet). As far as I was informed both has been possible. Our original isn't with leather but most of the offered ones are with. A German company, where we send our steering to restore it, told me that he has been seen both and the different is the surface. If it is with leather the surface underneath isn't as polished as the ones without and that it is much cheaper to restore the ones with leather because to get the surface in such a high performance need much work.
      
      Ulli

    • Leather steering wheels

      Posted By : Adrian Lee, 26-May-2003, 01:10am

      Do the MkI and MkII differ in any way John?

      • Leather steering wheels

        Posted By : John Davies, 26-May-2003, 02:26pm

        Adrian,
        
        See Ulrike's reply - she, or her restorer, has more info than me.
        
        John