Re: Reupholster Steering wheel and Binnacle

["captain_hydrogen" <captainhydrogen@xxxx>]

Check out American Stitches (www.american-stitches.com 3149 N. I-30, 
Ste. H, Mesquite, Texas 75150 888-403-3403 972-613-2914) they can 
recover your steering wheel in new leather and can add 1/16" or 1/8" 
padding under the leather to "enhance its look and feel". They may 
also be able to recover your binnacle and possibly your E-brake 
handle and shift knob (if you want that).

Ben Ferguson
Member of the Board of Directors - American Hydrogen Association 
(www.clean-air.org)
Member - Arizona DeLorean Club (www.az-d.org)
captainhydrogen@xxxx


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Elgersma" <delorean@xxxx> wrote:
> The steering wheel for the Delorean is a pricy item. I had a closer 
> look at the wheel and noticed that the cover is stitched on. I can 
> only think of how this was done. Is there anybody out there, 
> especially somebody in the upholstery business that can give me an 
> answer how the steering wheel cover can be removed and be replaced 
> with new leather. I am not about to experiment with the steering 
> wheel and start cutting the stitches to find out what lies beneath 
> the surface. The other matter is the binnacle itself. I realize 
that 
> the binnacle is not made out of the same fabric as the dash. This 
> made me wonder if the binacle can be reupholstered. Lets hear from 
> those that have tried one or the other or both. Any suggestions 
> would be really appreciated to quite a few of us. New grey 
binnacles 
> are scarce, and for that matter, very expensive. Is there an 
> alternative??
> JohnE
> 10250