the melting wheel what is it ?

[McBunny]

what is this problem with melting steering wheels i have seen it mentioned alot but im unsure what it actually is

 

[Aluco]

They get "veins" where the rubber/plastic melts and runs and the glue behind the sports thumbgrips melts and they come off / the rubber perishes and cracks.

 

[McBunny]

oh thought it might be like my micra wheel where the leather looks like its melting

 

[D4N13L]

oh thought it might be like my micra wheel where the leather looks like its melting

it is like this

 

[McBunny]

will take a pic of it to see if it is

its only happened on one side of the wheel window side (i suppose if its heat related that makes sense

 

[Tigger]

Leather shouldn't melt! Well at least not real leather lol

 

[DrR]

Otherwise cows would melt in the sun?

 

[McBunny]

exactly lol but as leather isnt just leather its coated and painted etc

 

[Tigger]

Otherwise cows would melt in the sun?

Exactly what I thought when someone told me the Clio has a "leather" steering wheel lol

 

[KDF]

Leather shouldn't melt! Well at least not real leather lol

Leather doesn't melt !

Cheap french imitation leather does.

 

[RaffyMidlands]

Common fault with the rs typical french junk !! There is a thread hear some where with about 500 people complaining about the wheel melting

 

[Beef-Mc]

Common fault with the dynamique's as well, should have kept the plastic wheel from ym Expression.

 

[pip.]

This is what it is. It's starting on the other side of my steering wheel too now.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Yep, bet R-Sport are selling loads of the Renaultsport steering wheels now.

 

[-Leigh-]

Car manufacturer's spend more time designing faults into a car than designing the car itself.

 

[Jonny1*2]

Yep, bet R-Sport are selling loads of the Renaultsport steering wheels now.

How much though and are they the standard ones?

It cracks me up that when the car was advertised the wheel was quoted as "leather" . False advertising FTL.

 

[RaffyMidlands]

The renault sport wheels do exactly the same. Cost of a new wheel from renault in the region of £300. KTEC do a service invoving carbon fibre thunmb grips and real leather recover for about 200 quid i think.

 

[clairemae]

so called "leather" mine was like it when i bought it apparently it's do with sweaty palms reacting with it that makes it melt.

 

[KDF]

<star trek>

It's leather Jim... but not as we know it..

</star trek>

 

[RaffyMidlands]

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Mcbunny check this thread out