Steering Wheel
- Thread starter lali
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I got my three spoke from Porscheshop
It feels great but I'm not over keen on the way the leather laps over at the spokes. The rubber gaitered boss conversion also looks a bit "after market" as well.
Whilst I wouldn't swap back, and I like the feel of the wheel, I think there are other wheels without a Porsche badge (original or not) that are of higher quality for less.
It feels great but I'm not over keen on the way the leather laps over at the spokes. The rubber gaitered boss conversion also looks a bit "after market" as well.
Whilst I wouldn't swap back, and I like the feel of the wheel, I think there are other wheels without a Porsche badge (original or not) that are of higher quality for less.
Kevin Welch
New member
Im with you on that one slim.
danmason
New member
same here - when I got the 951 I originally wanted to change the wheel for the 911 Turbo style 3-spoke wheel as fitted to late 924s; however, once I had driven the car I realised the standard wheel is very, very good for driving. If mine was in need of replacement, I'd replace it with the standard wheel, no question.
Me too, I like the standard wheel, maybe it's just the big PORSCHE across the middle[
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If it's just the leather rim that is looking a bit tired there is a lot you can do to bring it back to life. I've got a burgundy interior, but the rim of my wheel was black when I got the car, covered in years of grime and filth. A lot of elbow grease and some Autoglym leather cleaner later had it all clean again, but the leather was very dry, and worn to almost white in places like the edge of the spokes and rim. I found that a good coating of, wait for it....... shoe polish worked a treat. I got some ox blood colour polish, but I hear black is readliy avalible too, and it is an almost perfect colour match. It re-dyed all of the worn areas and made the leather a lot more supple, it looks a lot better, and for 37p I think has to be about the cheapest fix ever. The colour doesn't come back off on you hands and seems to last a long time. I've just redone it again, but that wasn't because it had gone back to how it was, just I felt it needed a clean. It's definitely a lot quicker and easier than replacing the leather (which you can do) or exchanging it for a reconditioned one.
Another thing that was (is ) letting my steering wheel down was a lot of loose or missing stitching. I have restitched the whole top half of my wheel by hand, and again it isn't that hard, you just need some time (well a lot of time) and patience. it made such a difference, the leather was loose, you could peel it away around the top where there was no stitching at all, now it almost feels like new. Just have to finish the rest of it when I can find the time!
Rich
]If it's just the leather rim that is looking a bit tired there is a lot you can do to bring it back to life. I've got a burgundy interior, but the rim of my wheel was black when I got the car, covered in years of grime and filth. A lot of elbow grease and some Autoglym leather cleaner later had it all clean again, but the leather was very dry, and worn to almost white in places like the edge of the spokes and rim. I found that a good coating of, wait for it....... shoe polish worked a treat. I got some ox blood colour polish, but I hear black is readliy avalible too, and it is an almost perfect colour match. It re-dyed all of the worn areas and made the leather a lot more supple, it looks a lot better, and for 37p I think has to be about the cheapest fix ever. The colour doesn't come back off on you hands and seems to last a long time. I've just redone it again, but that wasn't because it had gone back to how it was, just I felt it needed a clean. It's definitely a lot quicker and easier than replacing the leather (which you can do) or exchanging it for a reconditioned one.
Another thing that was (is ) letting my steering wheel down was a lot of loose or missing stitching. I have restitched the whole top half of my wheel by hand, and again it isn't that hard, you just need some time (well a lot of time) and patience. it made such a difference, the leather was loose, you could peel it away around the top where there was no stitching at all, now it almost feels like new. Just have to finish the rest of it when I can find the time!
Rich
Chris Preston
Ex Club Member
I may be hijacking this thread a bit but my steering wheel has developed an annoying squeak when manoeuvering at low speed. I was think of spraying some WD40 at the offending gap...is this a good idea or am I likely to do more harm than good...I realise there may be a problem with drips if I overdue it. Does anyone have a better idea
chrisr
New member
Must admit I prefer the original steering wheel as it compliments the car and is a dam good steering wheel, mind needs a little bit of work, just went out to my car to find a dam nail in the brand new tyre just put on the car ( well 200 miles ago ) what a pain the ass[] oh well have to go and put the spare on.
Nothing to do with anything Porsche but just had my tonsils removed and Jesus I will never look at eating toast the same again ever [8D]
] oh well have to go and put the spare on.Nothing to do with anything Porsche but just had my tonsils removed and Jesus I will never look at eating toast the same again ever [8D]
Guest
New member
Lali,
if you are interested i will sell you my 10month old CS wheel for £250 (it cost a lot more) I bought it new from Porschepart and it's a genuine Porsche wheel. It's looks like the wheel in the photo at the top of this thread but it doesn't ahve a porsche badge, the logo is embossed into the leather, and most importantly the wheel covering itself is one piece of leather - there are no joins on the spoke.
regards
Matt
(sorry if this should have been in classifieds, mod?)
if you are interested i will sell you my 10month old CS wheel for £250 (it cost a lot more) I bought it new from Porschepart and it's a genuine Porsche wheel. It's looks like the wheel in the photo at the top of this thread but it doesn't ahve a porsche badge, the logo is embossed into the leather, and most importantly the wheel covering itself is one piece of leather - there are no joins on the spoke.
regards
Matt
(sorry if this should have been in classifieds, mod?)
Strikes me as the best place to put the posting is with the thread so I haven't got an issue with that.
£250 isn't a bad price at all IMHO. If I could get £150 for mine, (as per picture at the top) I might have be tempted myself. On the other hand, I do like my current steering wheel and there are other more pressing things that I could spend £100 on. [8|]
Guest
New member
Thanks John. The wheel is pretty much as new and to my mind it really alters the dynamic of driving the car. But sadly I'm selling the car and have an equally good condition lozenge to replace it with, so it's just a case of trying to maximise returns. Sorry if that makes me sound cheap but I have an extremely good 951 with £136K on the clock, that I know won't go for what it's really worth.
I was trying to upload a photo of the wheel but it keeps coming up as an error but if anyone is interested, post your email address and i will mail a shot to you.
regards
Matt
I was trying to upload a photo of the wheel but it keeps coming up as an error but if anyone is interested, post your email address and i will mail a shot to you.
regards
Matt
I loved my original steering wheel, i thought and still do that it really matched the car's style but like most it looked really old and tatty i guess i would after two hundred thousand miles, and it looked really tatty after replacing the interior for a new leather one, so i got a new wheel from the porscheshop, like John Sims picture above in his 944 turbo. The feel is much better than the original wheel and its alittle smaller too. I find that because it is centrally mounted, it hits my knees ever now and again, the original wheel wasn't centrally mounted, and there for hit my knees only when turning through full lock to lock. I to think that the new wheel is better but i really miss the word PORSCHE emprinted across the wheel on first greeting of getting in, the badge is ok but not quite the same.
Marc
Marc
wedgepilot
New member
I like the look of the original wheel, but not the 'feel', it's too hard and thin for me. I fitted a chunky Momo (same diameter), which has improved things dramatically. I also fitted a 15mm extension at the same time to give a little more knee room for my lanky legs []
Whilst we're on the topic, I've got the original black wheel in my garage if anyone's interested. It's in excellent condition.
]Whilst we're on the topic, I've got the original black wheel in my garage if anyone's interested. It's in excellent condition.
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