Steering wheel...

[Ryan_A]

It's not a problem I'm just been bugging me for a while. My 172 as far as I'm aware has a sport steering wheel but I don't have the rubber thumb grips they are leather with the stitching like the rest of the steering wheel?

I'll get a picture up as soon as I get my car from the garage this morning.

Cheers!

 

[Mikeyjp]

whats your point ?

 

[Vaughan]

172 thumb grips are rubber not leather.

If you don't like that then see about getting it refurbished with a full leather cover.

EDIT I just re-read the post. If your wheel does NOT have rubber grips then it had been refurbished already. Not a bad thing because they were probably broken anyway. On my car the PO had replaced them with carbon fibre inserts.

 

[BlackGoldMatt]

It sounds like the steering wheel has been refurbished, the original material seems to melt and the rubbery thumb grips fall apart. I wouldn't complain if I was you!

 

[MarkCup]

Sounds like you either have a wheel from a 182 Cup, or yours has already had the rubber thumb-grips refurbished in leather.

 

[Ryan_A]

 

[Ryan_A]

If they've been refurbished then happy days! Haha! I just always wondered why they were like that.

 

[cat171]

It's been re trimmed. My dad had his done like that too.

 

[Ryan_A]

Good news! Haha!