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Old 07-23-03, 03:44 PM
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Steering Wheel Paint !

I'm in a proces of cleaning and painting the interior of my FD.
So far i did the leather seats with same tan color from leathermagic.com, the center console and dash and so on with titanium gray color.

My question is this:
I'd like to do the steering wheel two tone like the RX-8's
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...postid=1990095[/IMG] but Titanium and black like the rest of my project.
Is there any kind of paint that will stick to the leather or plastick of the SW ?

Any suggestions appreciated .

BTW I'll post pic's when finished.

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it will eventually wear off i think, espeically from the oils from your hand as well as from turning the wheel so fast
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I like my stock interior, good luck with yours tho.
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Originally posted by skunks
it will eventually wear off i think, espeically from the oils from your hand as well as from turning the wheel so fast
I know, it's hard to find something durable that will withstand the hand oils and rubbing when you drive, I just wish there is something real strong.

Originally posted by kyle@insight
I like my stock interior, good luck with yours tho.
Thanks.
I own my FD for over 7 years, is time to change litle something in it.
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Originally posted by TwinTurbo93

I own my FD for over 7 years, is time to change litle something in it.
At first I thought WTF? now I understand brother
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Originally posted by montego
At first I thought WTF? now I understand brother
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Ohh, BTW is the painted part of the SW in our FD's Vinyl or Leather ???
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This might seem dumb, but what about powder coating it? If its possible.
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you can only powder coat stuff that can handle over 400F.
You have to "bake" the powder on at 400 for i believe 20 minutes.

This is how someone in the 3rd gen section does it anyhow.
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couldn't you find a leather dye kit and color it that way?
Just a thought
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Originally posted by 20B Junkie
This might seem dumb, but what about powder coating it? If its possible.
This may seem dumb but I have no Idea what powder coating is,

Ijneb makes it pretty understandable but still no Idea what P. C. is.

I may just order the paint from the leathermagic.com where I got the paint (die) for the seats, but I don't know if the part of the SW I whana paint is leather or vinyl.

What material do you guys think it is?
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try wraping the wheel in a different color leather it should be faily easy to do. take it to a upholser shop.
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Originally posted by mazdaspeed00
try wraping the wheel in a different color leather it should be faily easy to do. take it to a upholser shop.
I may do that, but than is involved steering wheel removal and the whole 9 yards...
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