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Changing steering wheel spoke cover thingies.....
BeezerDiesel:
On a non-MFSW the side clips are just plugged into a rubbery compound that fills the spoke. Prise them off carefully and slowly and they will pop out easily enough. If you tug them out too violently the rubber splits a bit.
On a MFSW the side clips housing the buttons are fitted differently and the spokes are hollow so you can't fit the buttons to a non-MFSW.
I've had both types of steering wheel in my time and have photos of them in bits if anybody needs to see the differences (assuming I can find them on my C drive).
big al:
--- Quote from: Very Cherry on July 03, 2009, 03:48:45 pm ---hmmm..if these just ping off i might spray mine candy
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How would you spray them? is it just a simple spray can, or do you need to sand it and all that?
Previous owner of my GTI looked to have been a smoker, and there are slight spots where fag ash has caused the plastic to rise, so would love to do something like that to mine, save buying a new pair.
VC:
yup sanding, plastic primer, paint and laquer
might do it this weekend
big al:
--- Quote from: Very Cherry on July 03, 2009, 05:19:36 pm ---yup sanding, plastic primer, paint and laquer
might do it this weekend
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And where would you get these from? and how do you apply them? getting really tempted now, maybe a silver to match the car. :party:
VC:
paint is available from vw, £14 gets you a twin pack of vw colour matched paint and a tin of lacquer. plastic primer is available from halfrauds, next to the normal primer
if your doing silver then use a white primer, not grey or black and sand between coats. theyve very small (the trim) so should be hard to get wrong, if you do just sand it down. will take shots when i do mine :happy2:
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