Steering wheel woes

[DaHeinah]

I finally got my X back from the body shop and she's shining like I remembered her! But... my steering wheel is permanently jacked. The leather is completely torn up I checked out the ford online OEM place and they had it on sale for a low price of $217. That's way too much, and my local junkyards don't have any suitable wheels, do you guys know of any distributors of OEM, or even nice aftermarket ones? Thanks!
Greg

 

[RiverRat]

I'm not sure but I thought the leather steering wheels were around $100 online but i might be wrong. I have had pretty good results using the leather wrap covers you can buy at auto stores. It looks nice for $25 bucks.

 

[Robb]

I hate to sound like a broken record, but try eBay. I got a brand new wheel for my '95 off of there for $25. I will keep an eye out for a first gen one...........what color are you looking for?

 

[DaHeinah]

Damn you guys are fast!

I'm not sure but I thought the leather steering wheels were around $100 online

That's what I thought at first too, but the cheapest one I could find was for about 217.

I got a brand new wheel for my '95 off of there for $25. I will keep an eye out for a first gen one...........what color are you looking for?

Geez Robb thanks a bunch! I'm lookin' for a black wheel, I think you're right when you say Ebay is the best option.
Thanks!!!
Greg

 

[Crankcase]

ALL First Gen. wheels are black, but there are two styles, the 91-92 one is more square than the 93-94 one....

 

[Robb]

Originally posted by Crankcase
ALL First Gen. wheels are black, but there are two styles, the 91-92 one is more square than the 93-94 one....

Cranky, is this a 1st gen wheel?

 

[metalhed]

I think that's the 93-94 one he was talking about.

91-92 are more square in the middle.

 

[DaHeinah]

IS there a mechanical difference? I'm not overly concerned with keeping the square steering wheel, if the 93-94 wheels work then I would be more than happy to find one. Thanks guys!
Greg

 

[c0de_kill]

Why not just get one of the rubber, ford steering wheel covers, It's what I have on mine. Looks great, and matches black mud matts.

 

[DaHeinah]

As it turns out, I got lucky and some poor guy just wrecked a 92 X with a beautiful steering wheel. According to the guy, it had been wrecked just under 3 days ago and had just come to the junkyard yesterday. I',m going to pick it up this morning. Thank you all for your help.
BTW- I considered the leather wrapping and the ford wheel cover and came pretty close to getting the wrapping...I like the leather feel
Thanks!
Greg