Check out the new 1st gen 2 spoke steering wheel cover/wrap

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  1. BLU BY U

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    RedLine Accessories/Goods ( Shift boot store - RedlineGoods leather shift boots ) has been the best at doing Shift and e-Brake boots for quite sometime, and has gone into Headrest and Armrest covers, Door trim, Dashboards and Seatbelt pads. Now they have gone into the best thing yet, Steering Wheel Covers! They have done BMW's, Corvette's, Mustang's and several others, but had not gotten their hands on a 2 spoke MINI Steering Wheel. RedLine offers to make a product that they have not done yet for free if you send them what they need to make a template (prototyping) from. So I contacted them if they had a 2 spoke MINI Cooper Steering Wheel yet, and they had not, so I just had to send them my Steering Wheel. I gave them what I wanted it to look like and they are now finished. I have always wanted a JCW Steering Wheel for BLU-BY-U, but at $500 for the Steering Wheel and then a new airbag, since a 2 spoke JCW was never done, the cost was way tooooooo much. Instead of doing the half Leather half Alcantara, like a real JCW, I decided to have them do the whole Steering Wheel in Alcantara. The Top in Black Alcantara and the sides in Charcoal Alcantara and increase the thickness to match a JCW. So what they have made, at least to me, is a JCW Alcantara 2 Spoke Steering Wheel. Here are the pictures they sent me from their shop, more to follow along with an install write-up when I get it back in my hands.

    Before I removed the Stock covered Steering Wheel
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    The emptiness of no Steering Wheel.
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    Full frame shot of the completed Steering Wheel on a white background
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    Full frame of the completed Steering Wheel on a contrasting background
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    Angled shot of the completed Steering Wheel
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    A zoomed in shot of the Violet Blue thread used in the stitching
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    Let me know what you think?
     
  2. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    It's different and I like it
     
  3. ScottinBend

    ScottinBend Space Cowboy
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    Me too ! ! !

    I tried installing a wheel wrap sometime ago and ended up tossing it out cause I kinda funkled it up.

    Any idea what they are going to charge to do this and will they install it or will they only sell the wrap?
     
  4. Mr. Jim

    Mr. Jim Mudshark
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    Very nice indeed! What did they charge if we can ask?
     
  5. mini_racer

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    #5 mini_racer, Jul 3, 2012
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    Charcoal and Black, really cool. How does it feel?

    The JCW wheel just has the Alcantara where you have the black, it looked nice enough, but you damn near never got a chance to actually touch it

    I like your solution better. :^)

    They did a great job, it looks perfect!
     
  6. rum4

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    that is cool!! How long did it take to stitch it all up?
     

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