get a good used one from online or e bay...280 wheels are very affordable. yours will take too much $$$ and time and will never look right imo

 

You may also consider and after market wheel, I was never a fan of the 280z wheel. It feels kinda truckish to me. I actually saw one mounted in an old Datsun truck and it looked more suited in there. MSA has a selection of wheels as well as many other places.

 

That one is beyond repair. We did, however redo our LeMons Z wheel that was in slightly better shape by adding a cheap slip-on cover and then an OE leather cover from a three spoke modern car over that. Once stitched up, it came out nice and thick and looks good. Since it was for LeMons, we didn't get fancy with the trimming or stitching. With a bit more effort and a better color leather cover it would look great.

 

I've seen an aftermarket somewhere that was wood on the circumference. That's what I would do.

 

You can get another 280 Wheel, a wheel from MSA or Black Dragon, a 240 Wheel looks nice.

Wheelskins.com sells a nice cover.

An expensive alternative is to have the wheel refurbished by a company like quality restorations.com.


I'm partial to the 240Z wheel. They are very easy to refurbish:

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Dave Ruiz

 

there is a local z junkyard here in the dfw area, if you want me to pull one for you, we can work out payment through paypal, all you pay is what he wants for the wheel and shipping. PM me if interested

 

Chris, you can find the wood wheel?

 

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> Chris, you can find the wood wheel?


its possible, i'll have to go through his lot sometime during the week if i get off work early. i haven't been able to check on your seats yet cause of work and valentines day weekend but i'll PM you as soon as i find something out

 

Try American Stiches. They can refurbish your steering wheel to better than OEM. Here's and example of what they did for a z-car steering wheel:

There website link is here: http://www.american-stitches.com/index.htm

 

I 2nd the ebay thing, but 240z wheels are the best, IMO. Look sleek and are, as previously noted, easy to refurbish.

 

Thanks to everyone for the replies. I figured getting it recovered would be more trouble than its worth,so I'm going to go with the new or junkyard route.


appreciate it