Apr 10 2018

Here's the footage from this weekend at Sebring

You Tube

 

Apr 11 2018

Here are the photos of my steering wheel progress.



PF261 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



I wrapped it in masking tape, which I then cut off and used as a template, mainly because the factory leather sucks for this purpose. I definitely want a red strip up top.



PF259 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



PF264 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



PF258 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



I cut the tape off in halves and used them to trace on the loop of fabric I had already sewn. This was the mistake, I really should have not sewn the fabric into a loop without taking strict measurements. I just wrapped it around the wheel and took and eye balled a mark to sew.



PF260 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



PF262 by Jose Matos, on Flickr

 

Apr 11 2018Once I had the shape, I stitched the edges to give me something to stitch to and create a nice pattern

PF263 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



Then, I started stitching it together

PF266 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



As you can see, I ended up with wrinkles in the spokes as the material was too long. It needs to be short such that it's difficult to even place on the wheel. I learned this by watching a channel called Cechaflo on youtube.

PF265 by Jose Matos, on Flickr



Cechaflo video

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