made another video DYI under $50..the leather wrapped steering wheel

not sure where to place this cos it applies to all tundras ..well mostly 3rd gen...


https://youtu.be/L0Qz1KMrcjU

 

Cool vid!
To your comments abt sewing every stitch, you could go back and do all the ones u skipped, which would give an 'x' crossing pattern. Which is how they are on Mercedes and some Ferrari I've seen.

I'll second your comments on the contact cement. Best one IMO is Weldwood.
I used the dbl sided tape as well, but I also used contact cement all the way around. Def makes a difference in clean/ tight edges and end parts that get tucked in.

Here's the write-up I did.
Mods...feel free to add this to the DIY list. I don't think it's in there.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/diy-steering-wheel-wrap-3rd-gen.29786/#post-735886

 

Love your videos with you and your son working together.

 

i will probably go back and add the x stiching and the glue...
did you do that in your thread? the x pattern? it looks different then mine ... better

 

its all for him...20-30 years from now if youtube is still around , they will all b there ... no so much this old computer

 

You are absolutely correct they will be some good memories.

 

I like the red shifter ball. Where did you find that and how was that to install?

 

Great time with your kid.

But to this comment ^^^. Yes. Like it. But how in the heck was it not the 8 ball????

 

Insightful video.

I did the same wrap on my 2016 SR5. Cost me $45 on Amazon from somewhere in china. Kit looked exactly like yours. I also share some same sentiments on the install, portions of it were hard to figure out, leather alignment, straightness, where to put tape, where I shouldn't have put tape, etc. I did the entire thing in May in the truck outside. It was a sweaty 5 hour venture. Probably the hardest parts were those two wings that sit on top of the center mass. Sure they sew up easily, but aligning the top part with the bottom part and getting the pre-sewn loops to mate up properly was a pain. I sewed every loop and it's tight. Been almost a year(?) and looks great still.

My supplemental advice, aside from what the OP already showed you in the video, before you start, degrease and scrub the steering wheel clean then wipe it with some isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alc). That'll get all the residual funk off the wheel before you cover it up forever; it might also help the adhesive bonding.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCghV1ScHGQ&t=46s

 

posted a link up above...red just matched the interior more...i did the black ball for my brothers tundra

 

Love the video, you and your son crack me up , keep up the great memories.

 

Yours looks great man! I like that you did every stitch in the tight bends on the '3 and '9 arms. I did not do the 'x' stitching...just the 'every-other' like yours.
Re the contact cement: Although I did miss some small areas on the back of one of the arms at 3' or 9', I basically tried to put it wherever this was not any double sided tape, and especially at the center line and the ends that get tucked.

Two things I figured out for the stitch pattern:
1.) The tighter you pull, the more the 'v' comes toward the center line. I tried to maintain tension every two to three stitches to keep the point of the 'v's to the center line, consistent. Just don't pull too hard and cause the center line to bunch up.

2.) Most important for the even pattern is to keep the parallel stitches straight across from one another, like this...


Try to avoid it getting off-set, like this....

 

timely!...just had this delivered this week...your tips will help...

great helper you have there!