How do i remove my steering wheel?
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You are right Blue. You need to clean the plastic carefully with a plastic cleaner and use a flexible plastic filler, the same stuff that bodyshops use to fill scrapes in plastic bumpers.
You've got to be careful to get the filler right in the cracks and wipe off all the excess otherwise you'll lose the fine grain in the plastic when you smooth it down with 4-600 grade wet or dry.
Once it's all smooth and level, pre clean the entire wheel, mask off anything you don't want painted and hit it with a coat of plastic primer/sealer ( all the pro paint brands do one) and refinish with basecoat and clear lacquer.
I forgot to use a flexible filler on the Road Runner, but apart from some very fine hairline cracks after a couple of years, it looked great.
Knowing what I know now, I could do an even better, long-lasting job, but you live and learn...
You've got to be careful to get the filler right in the cracks and wipe off all the excess otherwise you'll lose the fine grain in the plastic when you smooth it down with 4-600 grade wet or dry.
Once it's all smooth and level, pre clean the entire wheel, mask off anything you don't want painted and hit it with a coat of plastic primer/sealer ( all the pro paint brands do one) and refinish with basecoat and clear lacquer.
I forgot to use a flexible filler on the Road Runner, but apart from some very fine hairline cracks after a couple of years, it looked great.
Knowing what I know now, I could do an even better, long-lasting job, but you live and learn...
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Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My Mopar upon you
Well i've just discovered that fibreglass resin mixed with quite a lot of red hardener is a pretty good match for mine 
I've filled all the cracks (took a few mixes cos it's a bit runny!) So tomorrow i'll sand off the overspill and see what it looks like- it ain't gonna be great but if it's free, i can put up with that
I've filled all the cracks (took a few mixes cos it's a bit runny!) So tomorrow i'll sand off the overspill and see what it looks like- it ain't gonna be great but if it's free, i can put up with that
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