Steering Wheel buttons area

[joooe]

Well, the steering wheel area around the buttons is becoming a bit dirty and fading out, and there's also a big chunk of ink missing in the bottom (although it's difficult to see).

What do you think of going all black? The car interior is all black.
Or maybe a dark gray to go with my Skunk2 gear knob?

 

[F6HAD]

Hmmmm yeah maybe, looks kinda cool

 

[joooe]

The best thing is that below the paint ther plastic is black. I just have to find a way to remove the gray paint with damaging anything.

 

[J4JAV]

Looks good mate, go for it

 

[joooe]

And here it is. Used alchool 96%, a cloth and finger rubbing power.

Protect the leather and the buttons and go for it.


Before (the missing bit):

After:

Love it!

 

[Dan Robinson]

Hope yiou finished off the alcohol when you were one? .

 

[Type-S]

It looks really good.... one thing - you put the wheel back on the wrong side!

 

[Dan Robinson]

very good.

 

[joooe]

I don't drink and I'm left handed.

 

[shab_the_man]

Nuno that looks really good mate. So was it quite easy to remove the silver or was it alot of effort?

Also any tips?

 

[joooe]

Nuno that looks really good mate. So was it quite easy to remove the silver or was it alot of effort?

Also any tips?

It's quite easy, Shabz .
I didn't removed the pieces out of the steering wheel.
Cover the buttons and the leather all around.
Like I said, I used alcohol 96% (don't really know what that means), and it worked. The plastic didn't fade.

But I advise you to test in a hidden area, by removing the paint and see how the plastic reacts. Mine did great.
Just put a few drops of alcohol in a cloth, and start rubbing. It's not needed extreme force, because the alcohol will weaken the paint in a few seconds. Then it's just a matter of patience in the more difficult spots around the buttons.

 

[F6HAD]

Hmm nice mod, me likey

 

[gryzor]

looks really good, my silver bits are perfect, but i'm still tempted

Those bits of trim must pop off easily enough, or is that a case of famous last words...

 

[joooe]

I did try to take them off. There are two screws for each one in the back of the steering wheel. After getting the screws out, I didn't manage to get the part disconnected from the plug, so I gave up.