• Cody Lunning
    39
    So I went through the old how to’s and saw how to wrap a steering wheel. The question isn’t so much about wrapping on as it is sculpting it. I have a friend that is wanting to wrap part of the wheel in carbon fiber but wants to add more thumb support or make it more race inspired. What do you do you use to add foam in certain areas to sand and sculpt? He asked me but honestly I haven’t done anything with steering wheels yet.
  • Mark Calkins
    8
    Cody, I think you are talking about reshaping the wheel ? I restored my own boat several years ago and got comfortable using West Systems Epoxy products. It's a bit of investment but it has a good shelf life and it will adhere to many substrates. With some practice you can make very light and strong parts. I reshaped the transom on my boat using styrofoam covered with a glued on trash bag. FYI, my experience with wrapping steering wheels in vinyl is to cut across the roll to the inside diameter.

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  • Cody Lunning
    39
    Yes looking to reshape. Didn’t know if adding foam was the way to do it or not. I’ve heard using a 2 part foam mix but needing a mold for the foam to swell and fill into. Looking at taking a factory steering wheel and making it more sporty like this in the pic. This is basically what my buddy is wanting to to. Take a factory s2000 steering wheel and at the details, and thumb area. u4zr4vcllc9h5ffc.jpeg
  • Carl Conlon
    1
    How’s it going Cody I hope this helps you I haven’t had the time to do it myself but it’s something that I would love to get into Iv found out that people use microcellular rubber used in shoes glued onto the wheel then shaped with a Dremmel here’s a link https://instagram.com/p/BauKJlUlYGt/
    to a guy I follow on instagram he has very good detailed videos on there the only thing is it’s in Russian but you can still pick up a few things ha ha
    Also I found this https://www.redlinegoods.com/SteeringWheelPadding.php
    I hope this helps you out
  • Cody Lunning
    39
    Thanks Carl I’ll pass this info on, but not after checking it out myself
  • Carl Conlon
    1
    No problem I hope it works out for you
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