How to restore the rudder's braid by yourself: Instructions
Does the leather steering wheel braid look dull? Was it rubbed, cracked, faded? Don't be surprised, it happens... All cars will have this unpleasant disease after different runs. After 100 thousand km, 500 thousand km, but this final is inevitable. The sun, hands, and dirt are doing their job.
How to act in the end? What to do? Replace the steering wheel? Some models with poor-quality leather on the steering wheel even had recall campaigns in case the symptoms appeared during the warranty period. But for most owners, this is not an option - to buy a whole new rudder with their own money. Why? Ideally, of course, it would be better to remake it, but this procedure is not cheap. And the non-professional will not cope with it by himself. Or is there an option?
And the next video will help you in this because it captures all the most important stages of work on changing the rudder's braid, and if you want to, as well as skillfulness, it should turn out to be no worse than when the car left the factory.
IMPORTANT: The technique will help to save more than one thousand rubles, and also will allow achieving amazing results, we do not advise inexperienced car owners to use it.
Firstly, to implement it, you will have to remove the steering wheel, disconnect the airbag on the cars that have it, and this is the risk of triggering the airfield and serious injuries. Not sure, never took off the steering wheel - do not take it!
Secondly, on video, everything is easy and simple to understand, but in practice, everything happens in a very different way. You need to experience it here.
So, we warned you! Here is a video explaining and showing the main front of the work:
Well, if you don't want to dig so deep, but just need to refresh your appearance a little bit, to be more precise, to close the unpleasant rubbing and roughness, there is no cheaper means of recovery than a braid on the wheel. It costs up to 1 thousand rubles, and it can look very good.
But even in such a seemingly simple business as the purchase of a rudder braid, there are some nuances. Look at all the options on the Internet.
How to choose and install the braid on the steering wheel perfectly: Instructions. The quality of the braids varies. The cheapest (around 500 rubles or cheaper) are usually not the most pleasant to the touch copies. And they are worn out faster than the more expensive products of this price segment.
Having chosen the models you like, be sure to stop by the shop and check whether they are suitable for you. Just feel the overlay - if everything is tactile, then pay attention to another factor:
Find the smallest size available.
There are many sizes of universal steering wheel braids and they are designed to be installed on different ranges of rudders. For example, the steering wheel can be 15 inches (or 38 centimeters) in diameter. So, it is necessary to proceed from variants of overlays for 14,5-15,5-inch wheels to receive dense landing.
Information about the size of the steering wheel can be found on the Internet or measured by yourself.
Do not take puffy wrappers.
Puffy steering braids aren't a good "trash" tuning. Not only will they look terrible, but it will also be incredibly inconvenient to drive such a steering wheel. Grabbing the wrong grip, hands slide, get tired, and eventually, the joints of fingers and hands start to hurt. Choose a color.
How to ideally select and install the braiding on the steering wheel: Instructions
The texture of the lining has been chosen, but what about the color? Here it is necessary to proceed from practical reasonableness. Do not take bright, dull colors. It is best to take neutral shades, which will not be dislodged from the general style of the car interior. Otherwise, a bright red overlay will attract a lot of unnecessary attention in the beige interior.
Clean the steering wheel.
Before putting on the cover, clean the wheel using a safe cleaner. There should be no dirt on the rim! Safe" means the one that will not make the wheel rim slippery. Place the wiper under the handlebar material and only after hygiene reassemble the cover. This way, you avoid the possibility of the braid slipping.
Center the cover.
If there is a pattern on the case, be sure to center it. Otherwise, each time you get into a car with a cover installed, you will be indignant and one day you will explode, tearing it off and throwing it away.
If you care about the appearance of the interior of your car, you will not be satisfied with such overlays. They still look cheap and will not suit all car owners. Therefore, it is possible to use it as a temporary solution until the money is saved up to cover the steering wheel at the studio. However, the new natural leather braid looks much better than a surrogate!