Hi, thought id share this with you guys as i am really pleased with it.

My steering wheel was letting my interior down as it had gone shiny as per normal. So decided to get it retrimmed, i used a guy called Jack at Royal steering wheels as he did a wheel for my Bmw M3 before and his quality of work is excellent.

I had the wheel recovered in smooth nappa leather top and bottom and perforated on the sides, i thought this would look good as mine being an SE model has the perforated seats so would match. I also had the rim made slightly thicker as felt the original wheel was a little thin.

I purchased another worn steering wheel off ebay as needed to use my car most days and didn't want to be without it. Jack does them on an exchange basis however so i didn't actually need to do this.

I simply sent mine wheel away to Jack and within a week or so it was back, excellent service and he kept me updated via email. The price was very reasonable to, not sure if im allowed to put phone numbers up here but if you google 'royal steering wheels' he will come up.

I repainted the spokes with some Plastidip rubber spray paint which is a good match for the oem finish used.

Old shiny steering wheel


Nice new retrimmed one


Fitted


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looks nice and chunky-good to hold-standard wheel is like something from a 70s roller to hold

Good job

Very good finish. Looks nice with the perferated

Steve

Is that the "Super Size" version

Looks tidy that.

Much better than the old one. Feels like driving a new car. 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

I need something chunky to hold onto for when the TD6 unleashes all its power

very nice job Discovery 4 HSE
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1982 Series 3 Hard Top

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Do you mind me asking what they charge?

Sure it was £120 which I thought was a bargain, they can also do many colours, different types of leather, alcantara etc. Obviously price could be higher depending on what you wanted.

Thank you

Nice job on the leather, looks really good

I noticed you've got the heated wheel, can they put a new element in when they retrim the wheel?
My steering wheel has gone grubby and the heating element doesn't work fully, would be interested in getting a retrim similar to yours (like the chunky look and feel of your wheel),but would like to get the heated wheel element replaced as well.

Really does look the part.

I'd be intrigued to know if the extra thickness of it affects the effectiveness of the heating side of it though, what with it having more material for the heat to find its way through...?

It does look good, although my preference would be to put the silver spokes on as I think it really enhances things even more.

Like others have said, I'd be interested to know how the heating works with the thicker rim.

I had the thicker nappa on my old '02 (from Powerful) and liked it a lot, but on my SC, strangely, I much prefer the standard rim. That said, the Overfinch rim that Craig has on his new FF is a rather gorgeous item. Si. <This is my name.

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