Hi Folks,
I decided to sell my European 2800 CS sport wheel. I don't really want to sell it, but I'm recognizing that my steering wheel fetish means that I likely won't use the wheel, and it will hide in storage.
I recently cleaned it up and it looks pretty good in my opinion. The wheel is old, and used, and shows signs of wear. The leather is in good shape however, with no significant tears or abrasions. You can twist the leather in a few sections if you feel so inclined, but it doesn't seem to make a difference while driving.
I did recently clean up the wheel. I wet sanded the spokes and sprayed them with satin paint. I then wet sanded the paint. There is still patina on the spokes. I wet sanded the leather with 220, 600, and 1500 grit paper, then redyed. I cleaned up the chrome bits as much as possible, and cleaned the grease off the horn ring. I also cleaned and dyed the horn pad. The dye doesn't actually soak into the horn pad, but it does darken the tiny particles trapped in the orange peel surface of the foam pad - making it look cleaner.
I'm going to stay firm on the $300 price for this wheel, which I consider fair and reasonable. I checked Ebay.de and much rougher looking wheels have a starting point of $300 euros.
I'm sure it won't top 38CM Petri values but the buyer certainly won't ever lose money on the wheel.
Thanks for listening!
I decided to sell my European 2800 CS sport wheel. I don't really want to sell it, but I'm recognizing that my steering wheel fetish means that I likely won't use the wheel, and it will hide in storage.
I recently cleaned it up and it looks pretty good in my opinion. The wheel is old, and used, and shows signs of wear. The leather is in good shape however, with no significant tears or abrasions. You can twist the leather in a few sections if you feel so inclined, but it doesn't seem to make a difference while driving.
I did recently clean up the wheel. I wet sanded the spokes and sprayed them with satin paint. I then wet sanded the paint. There is still patina on the spokes. I wet sanded the leather with 220, 600, and 1500 grit paper, then redyed. I cleaned up the chrome bits as much as possible, and cleaned the grease off the horn ring. I also cleaned and dyed the horn pad. The dye doesn't actually soak into the horn pad, but it does darken the tiny particles trapped in the orange peel surface of the foam pad - making it look cleaner.
I'm going to stay firm on the $300 price for this wheel, which I consider fair and reasonable. I checked Ebay.de and much rougher looking wheels have a starting point of $300 euros.
I'm sure it won't top 38CM Petri values but the buyer certainly won't ever lose money on the wheel.
Thanks for listening!
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