stgardner

I just can't handle my steering wheel (pun intended). Presumably, it's leather, but it's so slippery that I have to grip very hard to maintain control. Has anybody found a suitable wrap for their steering wheel - one that is thin and, perhaps, a bit tacky (sticky, that is)?

Scott
'01 A41.8TQ

eMKay (BFLO)

Slippery? Mine is leather too, but very grippy.

Monkeyboy

IMO, watch the cheese factory if redoing stock wrap.

Rodney

Give it some time to break in, better yet, condition it, once it softens up it's much better

Wir fahr'n auf der Autobahn

I don't know why, but the black felt grippier but also cheaper feeling too like it wasn't leather. Mine is fairly slippery but feels like its leather and its been that way since I picked it up.

WClark

Could someone have wiped it with something like Armor-all or driven it with greasy hands?

Try using a leather cleaner then leather treatment like Zymol.

ex-quattro PETE

Put some lotion on your hands!

stgardner

I suspect you're right. I recently bought it and didn't even think that the "detailers" of the dealership might have "cleaned" the steering wheel with something like Armor All. I'll clean it this evening. Thanks for the suggestions.

marmer

You really have to buff it a whole bunch or it will be slippery. But after it's done it should be nice. I agree that the detailers probably Armor-All'd it. Idiots.