As bizarre as this may sound, but it's something that I'm curious about. Having going through 2 steering column covers and tired of them being able to break easily if you don't watch your knee, I'm wondering about grabbing some sheetmetal or aluminum and just wrapping it around the steering column. However, I believe it'd be a bit more complex than that due to the actual shape of the entire assembly. Still, it's something I'm wondering about and if anyone has even tried that. I'm going to take another good look tomorrow to refresh my memory to see if I really should consider it; what with the whole "trying to find a way to mount/secure it up properly" ordeal.

 

Im having the same problem.What im doing is getting some resin and some glass matt.I will be putting it in the inside of the cover to make it stronger.

 

If you were to use a good one to make a mold, you could make fiberglass or carbon fiber copies.

 

take the 81-83 column cover and grind it til it fits. They're split in the middle, so when you bang it with your knee, it flexes right on the joint and doesn't break anything. everything's in the right spot, 'cept there's an extra hole in the top.

 

84-85 covers are also split in the middle.
Due to their design and the sun/heat they tend to get brittle and break. A new one made of FB or CF like Boxman suggested would be a great alternative.
Maybe Fibermaz could get something fabbed up.... wink wink...


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I might just make one myself. I have a friend that makes CF airplane parts, I might be able to get him to help me out.

 

That would be badass. And, I'd be interested in that. I was thinking sheetmetal to wrap around because it'd be easier to mount this one gauge I got.

 

I should've been more specific with "Middle". 81-83's have a left piece and a right piece. 84-85's have a top piece and a bottom piece. in the 81-83's the split is a vertical one, which puts the joint right where you bang it. They break WAY less often. Our parts guy up here has 10 81-83 pieces in good shape and 0 84-85s. And he's had as equally as many 84-85 cars to pick apart judging by the number of door panels he's got laying around...