【The owner's family car knowledge】Nowadays, many friends like to make some decorations for their cars, such as installing a beautiful steering wheel cover for the steering wheel. If you think that the steering wheel of your car is too thin, feels bad, etc., if you want to add a steering wheel cover, you might as well try Try a hand-sewn steering wheel cover. Today’s Do-It-Yourself series, let’s introduce how to install a hand-sewn steering wheel cover.
● Why add steering wheel cover?
Recently, classmate Li Yiwen in our editorial department is troubled. When driving, he always feels that his original steering wheel does not look high-end, and it does not feel good when used. So I asked me for help. I recommend her to install a hand stitch. For the leather steering wheel cover, some friends may ask me why I recommend the hand-sewn steering wheel cover? My reasons are as follows:
1. Compared with the steering wheel cover that is directly sleeved on the steering wheel, the steering wheel cover sewn on the steering wheel is stronger.
2. Some original steering wheels are relatively thin, adding a hand-sewn leather steering wheel cover can solve this problem well.
3. Many friends think that the plastic steering wheel feels bad, and it is easy to be slippery. At present, many hand-sewn steering wheel covers are equipped with anti-skid design to improve the feel of the steering wheel and prevent slippage.
4. The steering wheel of some models is made of leather or wood decoration. If you are not careful, it is easy to be scratched or worn. After installing the steering wheel cover, you can also protect the original steering wheel from damage.
5. The original steering wheel like Li Yiwen’s Swift is not beautiful at all. The addition of a beautiful and durable leather steering wheel cover not only makes the steering wheel beautiful, but also improves the sense of quality.
It just so happens that the steering wheel of our working car Haval is getting more worn out. I plan to sew a steering wheel cover for Haval's steering wheel to improve its appearance.
● Why do you need to install a hand-sewn steering wheel cover yourself?
Many friends think that such a troublesome thing can be done with a small amount of money, so why bother to do it yourself? I feel that sewing a steering wheel cover by yourself is not too technical and can be done by yourself, so that you can understand the vehicle. Under the circumstances, you can experience the fun of doing it yourself, and it can also bring satisfaction to yourself, why not do it?
● How to buy?
At present, there are two types of hand-sewn steering wheel covers. One is the special car type that can wrap the steering wheel spokes. This kind of steering wheel cover is more expensive and more troublesome to sew, but it will be more beautiful after sewing, and has a better sense of quality. High; the other is a general-purpose type, which can only wrap the steering wheel but not the spokes. This kind of steering wheel cover is relatively cheap and easy to sew, but it does not have the aesthetics of a special car type, and there is no special car-specific type. height of.
These two kinds of hand-sewn steering wheel covers can be found online or in Auto Parts City. The price of special car steering wheel covers is generally around 150 to 300 yuan, while the price of general steering wheel covers is generally around 40 to 150 yuan. You can choose and buy according to your own preferences and requirements.
In order to compare the effects of these two kinds of hand-sewn steering wheel covers, we are going to add a special car steering wheel cover for Li Yiwen’s Swift. The price purchased online is 226 yuan; in addition, we chose a universal steering wheel cover for Haval. The purchase price of Auto Parts City is 100 yuan, plus the man-hour fee for the shopkeeper to help install it, a total of 150 yuan.
● Need tools
The tools needed to install a universal steering wheel cover are very simple, as long as a needle, thread and a pair of small scissors are enough; and the tools needed to install a special car steering wheel cover are not only the three tools mentioned above, but also need Double-sided tape and a discarded bank card or similar card will do.
It should be noted that the steering wheel covers currently purchased on the market have their own needles and threads, so you don’t need to buy them separately, and the thread for sewing steering wheel covers is different from the cotton thread used for sewing clothes at ordinary homes. It is thicker. Nylon thread is very strong and durable, and there is no possibility of thread breakage. This professional needle is also different from the needles used at home. Its needle nose is relatively large, which is convenient for inserting thicker nylon thread. It is relatively blunt and will not pierce the hand.
● Construction
After coming to Auto Parts City, we chose a universal hand-sewn steering wheel cover suitable for Haval. In order to experience the most difficult to sew special-purpose steering wheel cover for special cars, I am very confident in my own hands-on ability and decided to sew Swift’s steering wheel cover, and let the shop owner sew a relatively simple general-purpose steering wheel cover. When my colleague counted it, let’s take a look at the two kinds of steering wheel covers that require prolific time to sew. The start time was 14:12.
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