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Old May 9, 2005 | 02:17 AM
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whats under leather steering wheel cover

my leather on my 84 wheel is getting pretty loose so whats under it just regular vinyl covering or something
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Old May 9, 2005 | 04:30 AM
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I know that the '90-'92's are just the regular vinyl wheel covered in leather....don't know about the '84 tho....prolly the same
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Old May 9, 2005 | 08:00 AM
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It's like a hard dense rubber. If your covering looks bad, just peel it off, what's underneath looks far better
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Old May 9, 2005 | 10:48 AM
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My original had some type of gelatinous substance that started to shift over time. It was like It was being held on with jimmy jam.. was pretty nasty. Got a GT wheel now.
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