steering wheel jammy-jam

[hankcash]

Well, I was gonna do a whole tech post on steering wheel restoration, but when I was up at Garage del Coollow working on my wheel, my camera batteries were dead!
Sooooo, I will just post the finished shots..
It is 2004 Nissan pearl white and gloss black (black in grooves). I totally wish I would have been able to take a before pic, cause this sum-bitch was nasty.
It had more crack than Marion Barry!
I vee-d out the cracks with a small saw and filled em' with POR 15 two part epoxy, sanded it down like a muther and fellow Coollow, Jason painted it up for me...
Here are the after shots...
Funny part is, I was running a granny steering wheel cover on it for the past 2 years because it was so fucked up, and now that there is no cover on it, it feels soo skinny and fragile...
If you are at the Round-up you will get to see it in person....
HC

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last-un

[52Chief]

How does the paint hold up? Mine has just a few cracks I need to fix up, but I wasn't sure what kind of pain to use and how well it held up. Did you use a clear over it?

[53_210]

That is one nice lookin wheel. I have to redo mine sometime in the future. I hope it turns out as good as that. Possibly a stupid question, what'd you use to paint(or keep the paint out of) the grooves?

Derrick

[hankcash]

It is heavily cleared my friend...
It feels rock solid!
Jason works at a paint shop, so he is the master....
I think that this wheel will outlive me!!!
HC

[katzenhammer]

I like the POR15 kit. I used it last year on my Plymouth wheel and so far it has held really well. I have yet to paint my wheel though. Are shoebox wheels rubber or bakelite?

Justin

[hankcash]

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That is one nice lookin wheel. I have to redo mine sometime in the future. I hope it turns out as good as that. Possibly a stupid question, what'd you use to paint(or keep the paint out of) the grooves?

Derrick

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Jason painted the entire wheel white pearl and then went in with a small brush and painted the black....then he cleared it...
HC

[hankcash]

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I like the POR15 kit. I used it last year on my Plymouth wheel and so far it has held really well. I have yet to paint my wheel though. Are shoebox wheels rubber or bakelite?

Justin

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My wheel was a rubber-ish type material... It was messy as a mother.
When I first started sanding it, it made a huge mess...
I think that this wheel is too nice for a schlep like me.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

HC

[katzenhammer]

Yeah my wheel dumped horrible rubber smellin dust all over everything. I made sure to wear a respirator. Hey don't worry even schleps get nice steering wheels.

Says so in the rule book...

Justin

[Unkl Ian]

Nice looking wheel.

Not to hijack your post,but what is the diameter of that gauge cluster?
That is,the size of the hole in the dash?
I might have an idea. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[hankcash]

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Nice looking wheel.

Not to hijack your post,but what is the diameter of that gauge cluster?
That is,the size of the hole in the dash?
I might have an idea. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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5.75" across...
What up? what's the idea?
I think I know where you are going with this.... believe me, I have already thought about removing the cluster, lining the hole with rabbit fur and letting my cock hang out in it while on road-trips.... the hole is waaaay too big (for me that is...)

HC http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Unkl Ian]

I was hoping it might fit in a '59 Chevy bezel.
But the Chevy is only 5 1/4".

Thanks for your help.

[hankcash]

Ian-

You should be able to add a round chrome trim piece to the Chebby guage or something to fill the gap...
Think of like a chrome headlight ring with the Chebby cluster in it (fabbed of course) and then put into the shoebox dash hole.....

HC

[Elrusto]

Shines like a diamond in a goats ass !!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[C9]

Many thanks for the pilots eye view.

Well done on the wheel and the dash.

Sure brings back some memories.

Since it's a 49 you should enjoy this.

[C9]

And this one as well.

[hankcash]

Nice pic's C9....
I did my pre-Round-up test drive today and I was afraid to touch the wheel...
I almost hit a few things cause the wheel is prettier to look at than the road....
I thought that I saw a smudge on when I pulled into the garage... got to go clean it.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

HC