IS THIS 'NORMAL'...?!?!
 

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Do all MY99/00 steering wheels have these 'splits' in them? :confused:

Or has my one's leather just contracted over the last 10+ years and then split at that vulnerable tensioned area? :wonder:

Not normal, never seen that on any of the scoob steering wheels

Typical! :rolleyes: lol

Cheers.

Happened to my MY98 too... I guess it's because of age and heat... Seems rather typical

That's what I think too.

Yep, same here and I saw it on a friend's car. Looks like that is what happens to the steering wheels as they get old.

must be a friday wheel

:D :lol1:

Well, that'd certainly be plausible, if they were assembled by UK workers! :D

mines well worn at 115k but no splits

If mine's the original wheel, then it's only 40k miles old! It does look that young - the condition of the rest of the leather is bang on, for that mileage ballpark. :(

Must've been owned by someone with permanent white knuckles. ;)

Age and heat Joz, buy yourself a sexy new one :D

Thing is, outwardly and inwardly (save for a boost gauge and red painted 4-pots lol) the car is totally OEM bone stock looking - and I want to keep it that way.

So it'd have to be a replacement MY99/00 wheel that's better than mine.

Do any of the New Ages still have that style wheel? If so, what's the youngest MY?

Cheers - I thought the Bug had that wheel too. :)

I might get it.... But first I'm gonna put the feelers out to see if anyone has an umnmarked one (save for naturally worn leather, obviously).

Thanks dude. :thumb:

My last 99. Model had done 135k ,wheel was worn but no splits like that .

They're not very nice are they? :(

They're a bit vulva-esque LOL! They're gash. Literally! :lol1:

Women round your way must have strangely shaped (and sized) bits for you to make that comparison! :eek:

You know what I mean. :lol1: