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Old 09-29-2004, 09:00 PM
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If you are like me and do not want to spend $299.00 for a leather steering wheel, Toyota has a wheelskin that fits great for $59. P/N PTS285204001.

This is made specifically for the Scion.

http://cbrady.is-a-geek.com/stwheel.jpg

My local dealer did not stock it, but was able to get it in a couple of days from his warehouse.
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Looks good. I think I would just want to find a used steering wheel & swap it in though. Maybe something from like a celica or something.
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Default Swap of Steering Wheel

That would void warranty and screw up the Airbag Fault Monitoring system.
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Old 09-29-2004, 10:22 PM
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That would void warranty and screw up the Airbag Fault Monitoring system.
How would it? If the steering wheel is from another toyota that has a air bag, would it not just be plug & play? I thought I saw some one do this before on the forum.
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Default Re: Swap of Steering Wheel

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That would void warranty and screw up the Airbag Fault Monitoring system.
How would it? If the steering wheel is from another toyota that has a air bag, would it not just be plug & play? I thought I saw some one do this before on the forum.
People on forums do a lot of dumb things.
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Old 09-30-2004, 06:58 AM
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Default Re: Leather Steering Wheel Cover

Originally Posted by elwood58
If you are like me and do not want to spend $299.00 for a leather steering wheel, Toyota has a wheelskin that fits great for $59. P/N PTS285204001.

This is made specifically for the Scion.

http://cbrady.is-a-geek.com/stwheel.jpg

My local dealer did not stock it, but was able to get it in a couple of days from his warehouse.
How tight does it fit? How far does it go up the spokes on the wheel? I had a wheelskin leather kit for my audi a4 and it looked like garbage, I hope this one is better because I do like leather stearing wheels.
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Old 09-30-2004, 02:56 PM
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Follow the link for a picture of the installed product.
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Old 09-30-2004, 03:02 PM
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You can get a two-tone wheelskin like that for half that cost on EBay...
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Those 2-tone Wheelskins are available from AllScion even cheaper than ebay!

here's the link
http://www.allscion.com/wheelskins.html

I've been looking into getting one myself.
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I'll pass, they look like crap. They don't go up the spokes high enough so they look cheesy. If you want quality you're better off going for the real leather wheel.
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Check out my own custom work.Its my own steering wheel cover and its the right color. I had to make my own.

http://community.webshots.com/user/digitalmdj-date
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I've got one in black, it's pretty nice. Better than plastic, but not as good as the scion one. However, a $30 leather cover is a hell of a lot cheaper than a $250 leather steering wheel so I'm happy. I'll post pictures if people want me to.
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This is the topic I was talking about, swaping out the whole steering wheel.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ht=camry+wheel
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