help find someone who restored 240z original steering wheel

[gerrard8]

can you help me find someone who have long experiance in restoring 240z steering wheel pls?

i need excellent restored steering wheel.

thx

email

waeldashti@hotmail.com

[Darrel]

I think kenz240z restored one of his.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

I would humbly suggest doing it yourself. It is very technically easy, just takes a few hours of time. And it is something you can do yourself and enjoy the fruits of your labor each time you drive.

[chaztg]

Shamefully, a friend restored one for me...it was an extra wheel I had picked up somewhere (I have the original unrestored wheel still in my car), but the color came out wrong and now I just hang it on my garage wall

[Oiluj]

I agree with Zeodyne, it's very easy to do. In fact, I'm restoring one right now.

I've also got one that the PO used a wire wheel on, so it has a bunch of grooves in it following the "grain" of the plastic composite wood. I'm thinking of trying to fill the grooves with black epoxy to make it look like zebrawood.

[traveler]

years ago I had one on my 510.

I sanded the "wood" areas with a fine sandpaper.....then wiped it down with furniture polish.....it REALLY looked great!

As far as the spokes, just mask off and paint a flat or semi gloss black.

~Joe

[Dr. 240Z]

I would humbly suggest doing it yourself. It is very technically easy, just takes a few hours of time. And it is something you can do yourself and enjoy the fruits of your labor each time you drive.

Agreed!!

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/tech-pubs-howto/51222-steering-wheel-refurbishment.html

Respectfully,

George

[conedodger]

I did several. I posted the how-to on NNZCC.COM.

First, I rubbed the 'wood' with scotch bright pads until i had a nice whitish and very smooth surface. Then I taped off the 'wood' portion and soda blasted the spokes. Then re-taped and sprayed the spokes with satin finish black. I then reversed the taping and put clear marine varnish on the 'wood.' Using anything other than clear changes the color so be careful with that, you might not like it.

I have sold these to guys as far away as Dubai and Saudi Arabia and gotten great feedback on the results...

[Dr. 240Z]

I did several. I posted the how-to on NNZCC.COM.

First, I rubbed the 'wood' with scotch bright pads until i had a nice whitish and very smooth surface. Then I taped off the 'wood' portion and soda blasted the spokes. Then re-taped and sprayed the spokes with satin finish black. I then reversed the taping and put clear marine varnish on the 'wood.' Using anything other than clear changes the color so be careful with that, you might not like it.

I have sold these to guys as far away as Dubai and Saudi Arabia and gotten great feedback on the results...

Marine varnish is a relatively soft finish. It is soft because it needs to be able to tolerate the flexing of wood when it is stressed. That said, there are harder finishes available which, at least in theory, should be equally esthetic yet more durable especially for a rigid steering wheel.

With all due respect, I suggest you look into applying an epoxy for the hardest and most resistant finish. The down side to epoxy is it will cost you a little more than varnish.

George