How To Install A Leather Steering Wheel Cover - Simple!

Amazing job....i really liked the way you explain everything...

Thickness is a circumference I believe.

Super helpful- thanks for posting! :D Subscribed.

Thanks!

Good job buddy

Ok so this is a job of patience. Let’s get to it!!

Nice. Thanks

Great explanation

Whoa. That's really great.

What luck! I bought the exact same kit (red thread) that you used here. I feel better about putting it on. Thanks

I have watched a few of your videos. Thank you for making them very explicit and simple to understand.

Thx bro

Thanks for making this video. I need to cover the steering wheel on my F-250 as it is sun-damaged after 7 years of use so this video is a great tutorial on how to do this.

Great video

Well thank you sir. I dont care what they say about you,
You’re a gentleman and scholar…. 👍

Does the under side of the spoke get any stitches

That hook is a o-ring remover. It is good for many clips that need a jab also. :)

Thanks man, this was really helpful, you made it very simple and easy DIY task. Gratitude!

This looks very nice, I would only advise to use the 2 needle method, you will be able yo tighten it really well one stitch at a time and will never have to worry about going back to tighten the previous stiches

Great video... It is giving me some confidence that I can do this. However, what about the back side of the spokes? Does that area not kind of lay loosely/not flush since it's not stitched?

Great video. Did mine in an hour. Same cover you have there.... Thanks from Vermont.

Hi did you double the thread on the needle or is it a single thread?.
Thanks

That was very good! Definitely clears things up for me! I seen one of these on someone’s car and it was done poorly. I assumed it was due to it not fitting very well but after you showed the process, I realized it was operator error, this looks very good for a cheap DIY. I hate snap on steering wheel covers. Thank You!

Again a very very good observation & that is l just noticed you didn't mention after unfolding the thread bundle & putting thread through the eye of the needle the thread seems to be a a Double thread pattern and not the typical single thread pattern for soeing and that's how the double thread can be tied into a proper double knot ,It appears you forgot to mention a very important step for stitching covers like this because the DOUBLE thread design works dually as a tightener and a holding thread. You just simply said now you thread the thread through the needle without saying what's actually happening like now you thread the DOUBLE thread through the needle.

These real Cowhide leather covers definitely aren't $9 or $10 dollar's Try $30+ to almost $60 & even worse they usually are in stupidly massive usd currency making them even higher for the Canadians, this brand is exactly the brand I'm interested in because I can tell it from a former Grass eating machine cow and salvaged for it's life long hide,it doesn't show the pours on the animal skin like actual Full Grain leather which is the highest grade and the priciest. This looks very monotonous especially going back with the tiny pick tool and snugging each thread stitch up again, Too bad someone couldn't figure out how to do the thread 1 time and be tight 1 time,Or a Self tightening thread pattern leather hole method. But a pretty good video non the less & thanks for showing us. Plus this is my very first video for your channel Good luck on its future. Alberta Canada.

Good Job! Looks good. Thanks for posting.

My one recommendation as someone who’s sewn leather it would’ve been much better to run a back stitch on either side and using those loops as the binding point

Great job on explaining..I'm sold on this style now ..thank you!

Legend

Thanks for the video. Saw a few of them, but you had the best explanations of how to do it.

I got one of these. Pain in the ass. Never again

Just for ya all, the way you stich it really comes down to how you want to look it. There are several ways how you can do it, this is most simple way what doesn't look best, but looks good enough and makes job done really well

Then there are those fancy stiches you can find on factory cars but they require lot of experience BUT then again, you really got to think about whenever you want to make it look good as well as functional or just functional

I am planning on doing this to my gaming steering wheel as I got one from my cousin and factory wheel doesn't feel best, have this smooth plastic with rubber grips on sides so I wanna protect rubber as well as make it more grippier to make better turns with truck

Either way it all comes down to preference so if you want something what suits you, nobody can really learn you that, you got to just commit and if you do lil oopsie then learn from that and do it again until you're satisfied, never satisfy with just half job done but do it the way you want it really to be

Just wanted to say thank you so much! I followed your method and was able to stitch a leather cover on my 2009 RAV4. It feels so much better now. The hook tool was clutch!

Won't the back side of the spoke be all loose and floppy since it doesn't have anything going trough it to pull on it?
Also it it seems like you skipped the part where you show how to thread the needle. It doesn't look like a normal threading.

Thanks, I'll try it. Great video

My question is...why didn't you buy one with black thread...probably would've been hardly noticeable...that blue thread makes it look terrible...you did a very good job and the instructions were done well...but I think that blue thread didn't do it justice...sorry...

What string/thread are you using to stitch this project with?

That's not the right way. You should see a tutorial. It comes with two needles to be able to sew simultaneously, with the traditional V shape. This is achieved by crossing from the first front hole to the second rear hole, while the other needle starts in the first rear hole and goes to the second front hole. In addition, it is not crossed from the outside in, but from the inside out, so that a herringbone pattern is formed, leaving the threads much less exposed, and at the same time providing better tightening since the threads of both needles overlap on the inside.

Thank you 😊

If you watch the installation video for the really-expensive Wheelskin brand covers, they have a better way to start/finish the job: they have you leave a length of thread before the first hole and after the last so you can tie the two together and tuck the small knot into the cover. Seems a little easier and maybe neater than in this video. Overall, this was a great video, especially the part demonstrating the measurements.

great video

Good video, thanks.

Steering wheels are all the same size. Especially in this class of vehicle.

If you're doing this repair on a factory leather wrapped steering wheel, is it best to cut the old (factory) cover off, or just go over it?

how do u deal with the slack? the thread is everywhere and keeps getting tangled up

Nice !

Great Job

cool. very straight forward. thank you for the video

Great video !! 😎👍🏼