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STEERING WHEEL SKIN PEELING OFF


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Hi All,

 

Good day!

 

Is there anyone who experienced or noticed slowly peeling off of steering wheel skin? this happens to Subaru less than 2 or 1 year old.

What factors that may affect the quality of the steering wheel skin?

 

thank you!

 

Best regards,

Bryan

 

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I don't know if Subaru does this or not, but many manufacturers have a standard rubber-grain steering wheel like what appears in their base models, and they just stitch a leather cover those. So if you were to pull the stitches out of the cover, you'd have a normal model steering wheel. On high-mileage cars where the leather is heavily worn, you can pull the cover and have a brand new steering wheel essentially, which can clean up the look of the interior, especially if going with a private sale.

 

If you can find out what's under the leather cover, you might be able to just remove it and not have any future issues.

 

FWIW, sweaty hands, holding the steering wheel in the same spot constantly, etc. will wear the leather covers faster.

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