My spare wheel cover

[Olle P]

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.

 

[high plains drifter]

Very innovative. Cool "thumbsup"

 

[Speedy-Triple]

Nice one!!! looks top notch and proper.

 

[Undead Jeeper]

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

Pretty cool. 8)

 

[Olle P]

... 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]

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.