Opinions - Custom LED clocks+ steering wheel stitch *PICS PAGE 2 + 4*

[omeydz]

Custom LED illumination and recoloured needles. R20 look.

[George10]

Top work bro 

[arris]

Really like the dash!

Much work involved? Re-soldering of leds or just swapping out bulbs?

Either way looks tip top 

[omeydz]

Was an evening's worth of fiddling, desoldering old LEDS, resoldering new ones, stripping cleaning and recolouring the needles. Need to be so careful when taking off and refitting the needles or the motor/actuator driving the needles break really easily. Practiced on mk5 r32 clocks and made red on white colour-scheme but busted 2 of the needle motors when reassembling. So need to fix them. Will put up pics of those clocks too :)

[lycanthrope]

Like the stitching, not so keen on the clocks...

Tempted to buy a used wheel and give this a go before attempting it on my own...

Do you know if it's possible to buy pre-cut new leather for the wheels?

[omeydz]

Thanks! and tts a cheaper, more labour intensive way to get R20 looks! Pretty close to R20 IMO.

Im afraid I dont know about the leather. On the whole I think its pretty difficult to get a good finish stitching your own leather unless leather work and upholstry is your day job. Personally I wouldnt do it. Very difficult to get the right tension and symmetry and uniformity.