Steering wheel re-cover

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:14 pm

I'm about to send my spare Alpina steering wheel off to Jack at Royal to re-cover it.

Although I don't have any alcantara in the car I think I'm going for it but just can't decide on grey or black as my interior is predominantly light grey leather.

Has anyone else gone with an alcantara steering wheel or any thoughts on choosing it over leather?

nkotecha · Post by **nkotecha** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:03 am

mines half and half. its great but wears out a lot quicker then leather

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:20 am

Once I get my wheel back I'm thinking of going for the hand brake & gear lever boots & handles in matching alcantara, possibly with Alpina green & blue stitching - has anyone done this?

The only example I can find is here: http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... ight=bored which I think looks pretty good but I was thinking of the coloured stitching just on the boots parts rather than the handles.

This is mine at the moment so intending to swap the grey leather bits for grey alcantara to match my new s/wheel but not sure if coloured stitching is going to look too boy racerish.

brett · Post by **brett** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:23 pm

Hi Barry

Whens your wheel back ?

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:45 pm

Due back in 7/10 days, having looked at the stitching on the 'boots' its pretty minimal so I'll probably go with the blue & green.

brett · Post by **brett** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:20 pm

I had black alcantara with green and blue stitching on my manual b10 it looked great ,I sourced that from someone on ebay cost about Â£25.00 looking forward to seeing your wheel as mine needs doing and you pipped me to a spare one a few months ago !

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:44 pm

brett wrote: you pipped me to a spare one a few months ago !

It's taken me a while to get it over to Jack but getting quite excited now

Metrics · Post by **Metrics** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:39 pm

Look forward to seeing pics Barry. Do you have black carpets in your car, or darker grey?

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:01 pm

I've got a very light grey interior throughout including the mats so along with the steering wheel and brake/gear bits I'm thinking the anthracite mats would be better but not sure if they're still available. Whilst I've been very happy with the interior I just think a bit of a change would be nice.

Metrics · Post by **Metrics** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:22 pm

Very nice Barry.
Black alcantara gearknob with green & blue stitching would work well, with the black mats (pretty sure you can still get the black mats).

brett · Post by **brett** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:55 am

Yes I got black mats in july last year,hows your car coming along metrics?

E24man · Post by **E24man** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:40 am

hap · Post by **hap** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:59 am

Black mats would go well my old e36 had white leatherbn grey carpets but black mats which gave it contrast

Regards

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:44 pm

E24man wrote:I need to update that thread; I've since 'Alpina' stitched both the gear and handbrake gaiters on the E39 and the gear gaiter on the E38.

Ready and waiting

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:41 pm

I chased Jack yesterday and he's now told me the wheel 'didn't turn out well' so they're doing it again

I'm actually pleased he's told me this because I really don't want something that's 'ok' I'm expecting something very good!