OK, forget lift, wheels, tires, rack, winch, sliders, etc. This modification may be my favorite so far. Maybe it's because you can feel it with your hands at all times. Maybe it's because I secretly find sewing to be very soothing. My wife called me Martha Stewart when she saw what I was doing. She came out to the garage this afternoon and in her little sing-songy voice said, "Oh, is Billy playing with his truck again? What's Billy doing now? Oh, he's sewing!"
A while back I picked up a cheesy steering wheel cover. One of those awful cheap covers from ebay or Amazon. I wanted a cover because this is actually my work truck and get my hands very dirty often while working with my truck.
So then someone posted a link to this steering wheel cover from Stickerfab:
OSD Steering Wheel Wrap Cover - 2024+ Land Cruiser / GX 550
I ordered the black version with no center stripe because I'm not driving a race car. But I did take the opportunity for a little
flair with the thread color.
People can get Lexus GX550 advice anywhere, OK? They come to the GXForum.com for the atmosphere and the attitude. OK? That's what the flair's about, it's about fun.
I picked up some 0.8mm "Army green" waxed thread on Amazon (
LINK). We ladies in my sewing circle know that you want about a 150D or 0.8mm waxed thread for steering wheel work. I went with Army green to play on the subtle green accents in the Overtrail models. Also, the black thread that came with the kit was pretty thin and it wasn't even waxed. Rookies.
The steering wheel cover looked a little janky at first. I'm thinking that there is no way this thing will work out well. I almost didn't even start but I finally dove in and it came out pretty good. I only screwed up a few times but it looks fine, in my opinion. I always mess up the starting and stopping knots and they end up looking like giant boogers, but I hid them pretty well. The portion that covers above the steering wheel buttons was a little short and it's just barely tucked back there behind the silver button trim. You also can't escape the fact that you're adding bulk with a cover installed over a cover so the black plastic trim on the backside of the steering wheel bulges out a bit at the edges. Again, not noticeable unless you shove your head between the wheel and dashboard, which people aren't likely to do very often. The wheel feels great now, it's too thin in it's stock form, in my opinion. It's also slippery in stock form. We'll see how long this cover lasts.
Here's some photos....excuse my sexy legs, I can't help myself sometimes.
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Bonus material:
Also from Stickerfab, I picked up these decals that protect the B-pillars from the seat belt clanking against it. Very subtle but it works with the green color. It also counts as 2 more pieces of flair, so I have that going for me.
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