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Old 09-21-14, 09:06 PM
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Are you guys ordering it from Ali express? How long was the delivery time?
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Old 09-21-14, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by neweyslex
Are you guys ordering it from Ali express? How long was the delivery time?
About 2 weeks
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Old 09-21-14, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Snyperifle
About 2 weeks
Thanks Snyper. I'm ordering it now. Hopefully, it will turn out as good as yours. Any issue of the sagging some other are experiencing?
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Old 09-21-14, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by neweyslex
Thanks Snyper. I'm ordering it now. Hopefully, it will turn out as good as yours. Any issue of the sagging some other are experiencing?
I did, just remember to use lots of double sided tape. The problem areas are the sides and bottom, where the outer rim meets the center portion. I've gotten rid of most of my air bubbles, and all the parts that I actually touch are perfect
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Old 09-21-14, 11:20 PM
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looks nice! i will get one some day!


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Old 09-22-14, 03:30 PM
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Done.

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Old 09-22-14, 05:55 PM
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^Nice! What a flawless install. What kind of stitching did you do, and do you happen to have pics of where the ends met on the spokes? Not sure if i was sewing the right pieces together
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Old 09-22-14, 06:52 PM
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This thread and these pictures make me want to do mine now!

And I have a seamstress in the house. Free labor lol.
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Old 09-23-14, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Allan1
Yes, I used little different stitch pattern like I have seen professionals do. I followed exactly the line where oem leather is put together on steering wheel. I used leather glue on spokes instead of tape, therefore I dont have any lifting or air bubbles..
Stitching is the hardest part of it, It took me about 6 hours just on that. I have done some stitching before but this is my first attempt on steering wheel.
wow nice, does leather glue have any negative effects on the oem leather if you wanted to go back to the stock steering wheel?

Also, what brand leather glue did you use?

thanks
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Old 09-24-14, 06:42 AM
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Anybody having problems having your order going threw. I placed a order and they sent me a conformation saying it was paid and then the next day they say it was cancelled and if i want to have the order go threw i need to send them a copy of my id and a copy of my cc statment. Wtf that sounds fishy to me. Anybody else having this to.
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Old 09-24-14, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by getafewliv
WOW ... your interior looks dope. ....
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Old 10-25-14, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SeanIS350
Just found another link with them priced at $26.99 now:

http://m.aliexpress.com/item-desc/2032992103.html

The other nice thing about this link is that you can see the color of the blue stitching and it looks like a good match to the f sport shift ****.

The bad thing about this link is that I can't tell how to actually order the different colours so I guess I'm gonna stick with the 2nd link on this thread at $29.99.
Just installed mine today; could not be happier with the quality. A million times improvement to stock. Some of the best money i've ever spent.
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Old 10-26-14, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mrfresh
WOW ... your interior looks dope. ....
Thanks!

I think it's funny how I found this, now so many of you have it, and I took mine off. lol

I found something else on Aliexpress that could be awesome! I have already bought it, but it's not working...
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Old 10-26-14, 10:43 PM
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Purchased the blue one. Now I have to wait 1 month for it to get here..
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Old 10-27-14, 12:19 PM
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I got bored with blue thread really fast and now ordered one with black.
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