Steering Wheel Stitching

[Chameleon]

That is dedication! Nice work.

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[HoosierDaddy]

Nice!

Do you know if the factory stitching seems to be the same type of thread as you used?

There is another thread (no pun intended) where a member made the factory white stitching they had into red with a sharpie. That struck me as something that would be hard to do without getting red sharpie on the leather and I wondered if the make up of the ink might weaken the thread. Of course the sharpie method wouldn't work if starting with black thread.

Your way seems better.

 

[Stangman21]

Hi Ryan,

I'm very interested on how you did this?!

I have the enhanced color trimming in my premium and was just thinking about how Ford missed the red stitching in the steering wheel and ebrake but did it on the dashboard and shifter.

I sent you a pm. Let me know bro!

 

[black1985gt]

That looks awesome! I assume it would be a similar process to replace the stitching on the shift boot and e-brake boot? It bothers me that Ford didn't upgrade the stitching in the entire interior on the premium cars.

 

[Ryan1112]

I'll try to find where I got the thread. Hopefully I still have an email from were I bought it. The easiest way to do it is pull up on the back plastic pieces on the back of the wheel with a small flat screw driver and you can access where the stitching ends. You cut it with a utility knife and use the curved needles to pull out the old thread. You just follow the same pattern as the stock thread pulling out the old stuff as you go. You do it in 3 sections, the top and the two bottom sections. I'm not going to lie, it will takes some time and patience because your neck will get tired and you will need breaks.

 

[Stangman21]

I'll try to find where I got the thread. Hopefully I still have an email from were I bought it. The easiest way to do it is pull up on the back plastic pieces on the back of the wheel with a small flat screw driver and you can access where the stitching ends. You cut it with a utility knife and use the curved needles to pull out the old thread. You just follow the same pattern as the stock thread pulling out the old stuff as you go. You do it in 3 sections, the top and the two bottom sections. I'm not going to lie, it will takes some time and patience because your neck will get tired and you will need breaks.

Thanks Ryan! I wish you documented the project with photos step-by-step.
It doesn't sound easy at all. I imagine spreading this across days so I wouldn't get frustrated. I am no means a tailor so I think this will be a hard learning curve for me.

Let me know if you find that vendor for the threading. I'm hoping they have a matching red threading for my existing red threads on dashboard.

 

[Ryan1112]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MR8PQY/ref=pe_385040_127541850_TE_item

This is what I used.

 

[Busser48]

I would love red or Saddle

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