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Old 12-21-2013, 05:06 PM
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After 3 attempts I finally got the steering wheel off my 1450. Man 35/40 yrs sure have those things on tight. Sitting around with yellow fever and the weather here in MI so crappy I wanted to do something so I got to looking at my steering wheel and thought what the heck let's shine it up a bit.
Pic 1 is a spoke just as I found it, all nicks and sun fade. Pic 2 is a spoke wet sanded up to 1000k grit and pic 3 is the same spoke buffed with tripoli on a cotton buff. I'm amazed at how well the wheel cleaned up after 35 yrs or so of sun fade and other damage. They made em tough.
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Old 12-21-2013, 06:27 PM
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Turned out very nice!
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Old 12-21-2013, 09:54 PM
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WOW Looks nice.
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Looks great!
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Nice job! I believe you can see your reflection in it now. Well done.

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I have on that's needs the same treatment.Thanks for the post and I'm gonna give this a shot myself.
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Old 01-02-2014, 02:34 PM
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How did you fill in the cracks on it,what did you use? I put a 2 part epoxy on my cracked steering wheel and I water sanded then painted it. Just wondering how you fixed yours?
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Old 01-02-2014, 04:17 PM
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