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Old 10-12-2022, 12:53 PM   #1
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Default My spare wheel cover

You can spend $5 on a mass produced cover made of fake leather.
But I don't like fake leather, so I made my own cover from vegetably tanned reindeer leather.



Colored it charcoal to match the crawler's details. Hand stitched with linen thread and used a regular paintbrush to add the text. Then applied some leather oil to finish the job.

The "spare wheel" is fake though. Underneath the cover is a 2.2" racing rim that I carved away lots of material from to make it lighter, and a simple foam to hold the cover in the shape of a wheel. This way it's as light as possible and the least intrusive on the driving.
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Old 10-12-2022, 01:07 PM   #2
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Very innovative. Cool
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Old 10-12-2022, 04:28 PM   #3
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Nice one!!! looks top notch and proper.
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Old 10-12-2022, 09:29 PM   #4
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But but but bbbbut the real ones are made of vinyl/naugahyde/pleather!

Pretty cool.
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Old 10-13-2022, 12:07 AM   #5
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... the real ones are made of vinyl/naugahyde/pleather!
True, but not if I get to make them.
... and I think my real leather is pretty good at faking pleather.
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Old 10-13-2022, 12:14 AM   #6
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Nice one!!! looks top notch and proper.
Thanks!
I think "top notch and proper" is a good way to describe what I've been going for with the overall look of this crawler.
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