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Olle P

10-12-2022 12:53 PM

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.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4689-69520.jpg

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.

high plains drifter

10-12-2022 01:07 PM

Re: My spare wheel cover

Very innovative. Cool "thumbsup"

Speedy-Triple

10-12-2022 04:28 PM

Re: My spare wheel cover

Nice one!!! looks top notch and proper.

Undead Jeeper

10-12-2022 09:29 PM

Re: My spare wheel cover

But but but bbbbut the real ones are made of vinyl/naugahyde/pleather!

Pretty cool. 8)

Olle P

10-13-2022 12:07 AM

Re: My spare wheel cover

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undead Jeeper (Post 6124132)

... 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. :twisted:

Olle P

10-13-2022 12:14 AM

Re: My spare wheel cover

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedy-Triple (Post 6124121)

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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