Miata Mailing List: September 1993, Message #25
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   From: miq@wv.MENTORG.COM (Miq Millman)
Subject: Re: Used parts, more stealth stereo
   Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 15:47:41 -0400

bruce@lurch.Data-IO.COM says:
> 
> 
> > Anyone know of a good source for -used- Miata parts?  I've had this
> > brilliant idea to replace my no-options steering wheel with a pkg A
> > leather wrapped one.  The dealer said a new leather wheel would "around
> > $1000" ;^\ .  
> 
> What makes the steering wheel replacement so tough is the airbag.  It's
> the kind of system that 1.) can literally blow up in your face while
> you're working on it, and 2.) cannot really be tested in advance, but
> absolutely has to work when called on.  This is not a junkyard part at
> all, unless you are willing to go without the bag.

AH  but what you can do is this:  Call Wheelskins at their 800 number
(they're in Berkeley, CA try 800 directory assistance) and for about $25 they
will sell you a one piece leather cover for your Miata that can be any color
you want, but you have to install it yourself.  I have put one of these on
every car I own (a considerable number I have to confess [double digits at the
moments]) and it is well worth the hour and a half and sore fingers to stitch 
the cover on.  They can also make custom covers for odd sizes if you give
them the big and little circumferences (around the wheel and around the shaft
of the wheel).  No connections other than a satisfied customer.


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