I bought a wood steering wheel, to install on my 1992 MB 500E. Since my interior is Leather dark blue (272) from factory, and the original steering wheel is black I decided to change it for a matching dark blue leather with burl wood new steering wheel. I did not realize that the horn pad was not part of the purchase. The replacement of the horn pad comes with the air bag ($1,000). Now I end with a nice leather dark blue and burl wood steering wheel with a horn pad in black!!

Does any one know what could I do to get the horn pad (dark blue) replacement with out the air bag??? Any advice is welcome. What I don’t like is to keep a black steering wheel even a burl wood and black leather one or a black and blue.

Thanks

Ricardo

Easy fix...Just dye the black pad dark blue to match the other dark blue parts.
Bill

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Bill

I would rather to get a horn pad replacement from factory. But if dyeing the black pad dark blue to match the other dark blue parts works, Great!! Just, tell me how would I dye the black pad to match the MB Leather dark blue (272) factory color? Is it safe, I mean would it keep the color, even that area of the steering wheel has high level of contact?

Thanks

Ricardo

Ive used this stuff for years. It is extreemely durable if it is applied to a properly prepared surface. I clean the area to be dyed first with a strong detergent,dry it off then clean it again with laquer thinner and a rag just before spraying on the dye. This softens up the vynal and allowes the dye to permiate into its pores.

I once wsed this dye to change the color of my boat seats from green to red. These seats were exposed to rain and blistering sun every summer for 4 years, then I sold the boat and the seats still looked perfect, not a hint of any green showing through the red.

There are many manufacturers who make good vynal dye.Sem ,Mar Hyde,PPG,and Dupont are a few of them. I suggest Dupont for your application besause they probably have a formula to mix your color(272) to an exact match.If they dont , bring them in a sample of the material you want to match and they will mix some up to match. The smallest quantity they will mix is a pint. It comes ready to spray, no reduction is necessary, however if you are spraying a large area like a convertable top or vynal hard top you propably would want to reduce it slightly and add a little retarder to the mix.

A pint of the dupont should cost about 35.00

Good luck
Bill

__________________
J. William Tarbrake
NY State Dealer 7014303DLU
Registered repair shop R7014303
82 300SD modified for waste vegatable oil
92 300SE 270K miles perfect
79 450SEL (2 tone custom paint for special occations) SOLD
80 450SL
79 450SL 69K Miles FOR SALE
86 Carver 28 Voyager twin 270 Crusaders (SOLD)
94 CARVER 32 Voyager(SOLD)
67 Chris Craft 40' Aft Cabin(twin ford 427 side oilers)