My 2 yr old FR's steering wheel was getting very polished & shiny. Yesterday I experimented with clutch & brake cleaner. I was amazed at the muck it removed & a quick wipe over with a damp cloth restored it to it's original condition.
Shiny Steering Wheel Remedy
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Most leathers have a synthetic sealing coat. Take car with solvents such as brake cleaner as they may diminish the sealant.
Mine certainly isn't!
My two year old FR has leather as well, with red stitching, it was part of the FR trim level.
Definitely plastic with red stitching! The rest of the trim was described as "simil leather".
Hmm bit of a b*gger, that means than mine is plastic.
We have a 14 plate FR and a 16 plate FR and the steering wheels look and feel the same with neither being shiny.
The only way that I know to test leather from plastic is to pass a flame across it, the leather survives and the plastic will bubble and I am not going to do this on my steering wheel.
Brochure says leather for the steering wheel, handbrake grip and gear knob.
If it is plastic then it will be the first car (and the last!) that I have owned that has stitching on the steering wheel but it is vinyl rather than leather.
Even my cheap and cheerful Citigo has stitched leather on the steering wheel.
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Be careful using solvents as it will dry the leather out and so do baby wipes. Use a form of leather cleaner which will also rehydrate the leather.
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