This weekend, I laced on my first steering wheel cover: Amazon "Deeyota" 15" Coffee Steering Wheel Cover Kit. I followed this stitching tutorial.
Verdict: To date, I think this is the superior <$30 brown, lace-on cover available on Amazon. The Yeolpise suede cover ended up not including additional "bulge" material as advertised, was less pliable, and almost purple under certain lighting conditions. Wheelskins looks high-quality, but I didn't want to pay $50.
Kit comes with 2 sets of lacing cord & needles; 1 set was more than enough. Dimensions & pliability of the cover were just enough to cover up the 9 & 3 o'clock bulges, but not enough to completely cover up the even bulkier bases of each spoke. Color & texture matches well with the brown trim and perforated seats.
I figured it was a budget-friendly modification that should do more good than harm--preserving another bit of the car, while accentuating the "affordable premium" ethos. I always thought of the CX-30 more as a fun-driving caricature of a compact up-market wagon (e.g. Volvo V40, Audi A3, BMW E30 Touring). I think this cover fits that.
Lesson learned: keep the cover's front and back sides from skewing from each other, or else stitching may pull along the wheel and create ugly kinks. Loop through the same stitch, or even skip a stitch, as needed to reduce kinks. I also almost spent almost 4 hours; if I did it again, I would take just 1-2 hours.
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Verdict: To date, I think this is the superior <$30 brown, lace-on cover available on Amazon. The Yeolpise suede cover ended up not including additional "bulge" material as advertised, was less pliable, and almost purple under certain lighting conditions. Wheelskins looks high-quality, but I didn't want to pay $50.
Kit comes with 2 sets of lacing cord & needles; 1 set was more than enough. Dimensions & pliability of the cover were just enough to cover up the 9 & 3 o'clock bulges, but not enough to completely cover up the even bulkier bases of each spoke. Color & texture matches well with the brown trim and perforated seats.
I figured it was a budget-friendly modification that should do more good than harm--preserving another bit of the car, while accentuating the "affordable premium" ethos. I always thought of the CX-30 more as a fun-driving caricature of a compact up-market wagon (e.g. Volvo V40, Audi A3, BMW E30 Touring). I think this cover fits that.
Lesson learned: keep the cover's front and back sides from skewing from each other, or else stitching may pull along the wheel and create ugly kinks. Loop through the same stitch, or even skip a stitch, as needed to reduce kinks. I also almost spent almost 4 hours; if I did it again, I would take just 1-2 hours.
