I remember seeing pics where someone wrapped the steel door pulls with leather. Seems like a simple winter mod. Does anyone know who this person is? Search only leads me to everything about leather wrapped steering wheels

thanks

Curtis

 

when i had my headliner done ,,we were talking about the door pull and the guy said he could make me leather covers for the polished pull handle , he would make them ,,remove the door panel soak them install over the polished part and them srink them tight and the ends would be inside the doorpanel so they would look good., also found this on e bay ,,jim
GRAB HANDLE chrysler CROSSFIRE 04-06 05 2005 part CAR:eBay Motors (item 230384841893 end time Nov-04-09 02:51:27 PST)

 

The door pulls are 2 piece affairs that snap together (feel the seam?) it covers one of the bolts that hold the door panel to the door. I don't see how a single piece of leather will work and still allow you to access the bolt as well. If made with two pieces they would have to be as thin as cigarette paper to fit in the seam where they snap together, I don't think leather comes that thin.

 

You might be able to get one that raps and hold together with Velcro. Thats what they do with the Mini Cooper. I bet that company that's making the shift boot would do it.

 

Ive cut an 8"x4.5" piece of gray leather, 4.5 wraps around the pull and 8" wont drown out the steel of the pull (balanced look). Then Ive cut black leather strips that will fold over the ends and cover aprox 1/2...they will be sewn on. Im going to use a hole punch to make eyelets and find something to simply lace them up on the inside/towards the door panel where its not visible. Im not to concerned about having to remove them if I need to split open the door pull. If they come out ok then cool, if not thats ok too cause Ive managed to keep busy one more rainy cold October day

 

and just to think, you can use whale ***** leather

 

PLEASE DO NOT POST PICS OF THAT! Thanks.

 

i found a page for a DIY leather wrapped wheel, and it suggested using clear fishing line.

 

Those nice door pull bars are actually cromed plastic! Squirrel Crusher

 

almost done. the wife sewed the black trim on and I hammered it flat. Marked off about 1" and used a hole punch thing she had in her sewing kit. Darked the leather with shoe polish. Now to just lace them up

 

laced them up with about 1 yard of bead thread (walmart). Laced them as in the pic, tightened it up and tied it off. then grip it and twist it around so the thread doesnt show. total cost was about $5. What do ya think?

 

Not too shabby! Looks nice, and matches well.

I think I would have made it a tad longer. That's just me, though! Maybe slanted the ends a bit?

 

Awesome job......

I would prefer if it covered the whole tube handle. You can always scrunch it a bit to have access to any type of screws or clips.

 

Great job, I also agree that they should be longer, and slant in with the form of the complete handle, and would be a lot better in the colder weather to grab, or hold on to while your driving, and at worst case you just remove the stiching to gain access to the screw, again great job and idea.

 

Looks great!

Now that you know it works out so well, you might want to consider this: ..take them back off, soak them in water for a bit, and then reinstall. . I bet they'd tighten up just like shrink wrap.

Otherwise, good job..take....

 

Nice job! I like it.

 

Good job.....