Cheap Classic Car Steering Wheel Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Today, I am going to show everyone how I took an old cracked steering wheel I bought off eBay for $15, and made it good again. The steering wheels in old 1950s and 60s cars are often made out of this plastic, bakelite material that just wasn't meant to last 60+ years. So they are often cracked and in need of repair. The wheel in my 1962 Pontiac Catalina sure was. Let's look at what you can do to fix that.
I scoured eBay until I found a repair candidate. Then got to work. In total aside from drying time, I have about 2 hours into this project. You can definitely spend more time and have your wheel come out even better!
Here is a link to a steering wheel restoration service, if you want one that is dead perfect, or you can't find a replacement.
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Link for spray-can 2K Urethane Clear Coat. This stuff works great, but if you have a spray gun I recommend buying in bulk since it will last longer.
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Here is an Alternate Look from Eastwood using similar materials. There are many more in depth videos out there if you want a more in depth tutorial
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You can wrap the old plastic with carbon fiber veil cloth with resin to prevent future cracks or to build up a little material on brittle plastic. Alternative to PC7 or epoxy filler from JB weld, Press N Seal wrap larger cracks will allow liquid resin to flow into a crack without spillage with dental syringes. Then sand & paint as normal. More labor intensive in wrapping the wheel, but will greatly reduce the chances of cracks reappearing.
This is the method a Canadian wheel restorer uses as well as balsam wood for filling. His prices are about the same a wheel recasting. This is the method I am going to use to repair mine.
Another method is similar in patching with fillers and paints is to cut an aftermarket wheel up for the ring and weld to the old standoffs to eliminate 90% of the filling repairs.
I would for sure like to try that. Mine has helped up decently a year later but did develop a couple small cracks over the winter where it expanded and contracted with temperature cycling. Which is why I stressed that others should take more time v-notching their cracks than I did. It still looks very good considering the minimal effort I put it in it.
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Thank you!
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Good eye sir. That made it months before anyone noticed that.
Wow!