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Anyone got some spare thumb grips
- Thread starter m4tth3w
- Start date
Most people dont really replace them, either they pull them off and leave them, or pull them off and replace them with carbon fibre covers which are around £70-80 iirc
If you want the job done properly , id recommend researching a bloke called 'snappy' on here
His work is amazing, he refurbishes the full wheel with new leather and perforated grips etc
Its approx £120
his work on my clio
I would recommend how ever getting a second steering wheel and sending him that as i did, i bought a battered wheel for £30 iirc , and sent that to be done, my original wasnt to bad and sold for £50
Reduces down time
Hope this helps
If you want the job done properly , id recommend researching a bloke called 'snappy' on here
His work is amazing, he refurbishes the full wheel with new leather and perforated grips etc
Its approx £120
his work on my clio
I would recommend how ever getting a second steering wheel and sending him that as i did, i bought a battered wheel for £30 iirc , and sent that to be done, my original wasnt to bad and sold for £50
Reduces down time
Hope this helps
EPIC LOL
Erm offering advice on what I'd do ! Thanks for the sales pitch though normally I'm crap at that so must be improving
Dont know what your problem is?
For the cost of replacement thumbgrips (after market only) it would be silly not to get a wheel refurb imo
Ha ha
id love a refurbished wheel but 120 quid would represent 10% of my cars value and that doesn't sit too well with me. I can get a set of grips for 55 on fleabay but the gamble is whether it will look bollox when finished or not.
im always mindful of not sticking too much in as I wanna get my money back when I sell it, ergo I'm a tight cnut!
thanks for advice tho
id love a refurbished wheel but 120 quid would represent 10% of my cars value and that doesn't sit too well with me. I can get a set of grips for 55 on fleabay but the gamble is whether it will look bollox when finished or not.
im always mindful of not sticking too much in as I wanna get my money back when I sell it, ergo I'm a tight cnut!
thanks for advice tho
Most people dont really replace them, either they pull them off and leave them, or pull them off and replace them with carbon fibre covers which are around £70-80 iirc
If you want the job done properly , id recommend researching a bloke called 'snappy' on here
His work is amazing, he refurbishes the full wheel with new leather and perforated grips etc
Its approx £120
his work on my clio
I would recommend how ever getting a second steering wheel and sending him that as i did, i bought a battered wheel for £30 iirc , and sent that to be done, my original wasnt to bad and sold for £50
Reduces down time
Hope this helps
That does look good tho. Hmmmmmm
Each to there own , worst case cenario is when you sell the car, sell the wheel , investment rather than a loss
Yeah mate you use your old airbag , very easy push a screw driver in the holes to pop the airbag clips over , remove the airbag module ( technically you should disconnect the battery but people don't really they just unplug them)
unplug the cruise control switches , and undo the Torx 50 iirc undo it a few turns and pull the wheel towards you (this way when you pull the wheel off you don't end up with a face full of steering wheel ) and swap them over !
Make sure before removing the wheel that the wheels are straight and the keys are out the ign and on the floor
Ahh sorry missed that bit , no unless it has the switches on the steering wheel as you can see on that wheel , if it doesn't have the switches , it doesn't have cruise control !
Late phase 2 172s had it but most didn't !
loggyboy
ClioSport Club Member
Each to there own , worst case cenario is when you sell the car, sell the wheel , investment rather than a loss
You have a funny idea of an investment is, unless he can sell it for more than the refurb cost it will always be a loss.
I bought a old wheel for £30
Refurb cost £100 as I took it myself
overall cost was £130
sold my old for £50
so refurbished wheel cost me £80 , sure there's plenty of people who will buy a snappy refurbished wheel for £80 + if they will pay £50 for a worn one !
Well my logic anyway
loggyboy
ClioSport Club Member
But you need to sell the car with a wheel, so you would have either not sell your old one and buy another when you do sell the car. So you would be back to being £130 down - so unless you could sell the snappy one for more than it cost you, it would never be an investment.
I appreciate you point that you can offset the cost, but using the word investment is inaccurate.
Jack!
ClioSport Club Member
There was a guy on here trying to make new thump grips using different materials, I remember seeing it, anyone else recall who it was or what thread? He was making his own and spoke about producing them, at quite reasonable prices.
Let me rephrase it's then , it's not an investment it's offsetting the of the cost !
It was just a suggestion on how I did it and I didn't feel the cost as much ! There's some right Heroes on here recently isn't there ?
