1997 SL2 - steering wheel cover suggestions?

[woj product]

I'm not really trying to dress up my vehicle in a ridiculous way, its just that the top of the steering wheel is getting worn out from the sun. So to find something as simple as a simple black steering wheel cover - no cartoon characters, no flames or goofy stuff - should be a piece of cake, right? Not really.

I've just tried my third one.

#1. -lace up deal, fake leather - ripped while trying to install

#2. - one piece slip over deal - too big, slipped around

#3. - lace up deal, slightly higher quality fake leather than #1 - too small, pain in the a** to install, lace doesn't wrap correctly around the wide "spokes" of the steering wheel.

So, anyone out there have any suggestions/companies to suggest?

Your help on this is appreciated - even if it's just to laugh at me.

 

[Dan Duncan]

I'm not really trying to dress up my vehicle in a ridiculous way, its just that the top of the steering wheel is getting worn out from the sun. So to find something as simple as a simple black steering wheel cover - no cartoon characters, no flames or goofy stuff - should be a piece of cake, right? Not really.

I went through the same thing on my 1998 SW2. The slip over one I found (Walmart or Target) fit ok and didn't slip around, but it left a horrible new vinyl smell in the car and on my hands for about a month. It also made the steering wheel too thick which eventually caused carpal tunnel-like pain in my wrists and fingers until I took it off. (I drive 3 hours a day)

I'm looking for a thin (real) leather one, if anyone has any leads.

If there weren't an airbag involved, I would just replace the steering wheel.

-DanD

 

[Candice Victoria]

get a smooth leather like one from walmart. they are cheap and they work great.

 

[Alan LaRue]

(Hmmmm... my regular server seems to be dead, so I'm posting through Google. If there are eventually three identical replies, please forgive me.)

I got a Wheelskins two-tone leather cover for my 99 SL1. It was a kind of a lot of work... took me a couple of hours, and I wasn't happy with the job I did. I removed it and tried again, took about an hour this time and I liked it better.

The leather sure feels better than the hard plastic! However, the wide spokes are definitely a problem. I intended to go back and run laces to somehow tighten up that part, but I haven't done it. I tucked the lace-holes under and they stay folded pretty well.

Over time the folded-over part looks better than it did originally, and the photo on the page below is from when I first did it.

http://users.ev1.net/~alarue/cars/Saturn/index.html

The steering wheel cover is toward the bottom of the page, last picture on the right.

-Alan L.