Interior – Page 2 – Eds Delorean

New Steering Wheel

Posted on June 9, 2012October 21, 2023 by Eddie

After spending most of the 1990s baking in the Georgia sun, my stock steering wheel had its leather peeling off:

Recovered steering wheels go for nearly $300. The new Momo steering wheels being offered cost $300, and looks great in DMC (Houston) Electric Delorean:

I found an alternative. This imitation wheel costs $35 on eBay:

Bought it:

DMC (Houston) sells a steering wheel adapter, but I tried to find a less expensive version. I bought a GM style steering wheel adapter off eBay. However, I found it needed to be cut down and new holes needed to be drilled:

Without the proper tools, and with car show season approaching, I opted to buy the more expensive adapter from DMC Midwest:

Everything installed:

I plan to create a DMC logo for the center of the wheel. This project ended up being more expensive than I planned. In the future, I plan to resell the GM steering wheel adapter on eBay.

**UPDATE 8/10/2013 **
DMC-H sold out of their steering adapters, creating a demand. I sold the GM steering adapter to another Delorean owner in Greece, who really wanted an adapter. The owner understood he would need to do some serious modifications to the adapter.

Costs:

Item	Vendor	Price	Shipping	Tax
Steering Wheel Adapter	DMC Midwest	69.95	12.99	5.42
Evo Style Steering Wheel	eBay	35	0	0
GM Chrome Steering Wheel Adapter	eBay	29.99	6.99	0
			subtotal	160.34
GM Steering adapter Sale		52.00
Paypal Fee		-2.33
Shipping	USPS	-20.45
			Total	131.12

Dash Mat

Posted on August 12, 2010October 21, 2023 by Eddie

Even with a perfectly working R12 Air Conditioning system, the drive to Lexington in June was very hot. The black dashboard throws off a lot of heat on a sunny day. I decided to buy a dash mat. After a quick search on dmctalk.com, I found the best fitting, and best priced dash cover is from Dash Designs. They sell through eBay, search “Dash Designs Delorean.” I ordered the Grey Carpet cover on 7/26 and it showed up 8/12:

It comes with some Velcro strips to secure it to the dash board. I haven’t decided if I’m going to use them, or go another route. It fits pretty good:

The grey on black isn’t the best combination, but my interior is already mixed. Besides, I only plan to use the dashcover for warm, sunny drives.

Costs:

Dash Designs DeLorean Dashcover – $34.99 (no tax or shipping!)

Seat Bottom Repair

Posted on June 13, 2010October 21, 2023 by Eddie

Both of my seat bottoms split. This made the seats sink, and feel really uncomfortable.

I tried putting wood and foam underneath them, but then adjusting the position of the seats was complicated.

Also, new seat covers were installed a few years ago by the previous owner, however they were installed too loose. Crooked passenger seat:

Loose, sunk-in driver’s seat, which began to bunch up:

I finally broke down and took the seats to an auto upholstery shop. They rebuilt the seat bottoms with some canvas-like material. They also tightened and straightened the seat covers. Straightened passenger seat:

When I picked up the seats from the upholstery place, one of the metal links wasn’t attached to the seat bottom. The hole was cut in the canvas, but it was never attached. I had them go in and fix it. They couldn’t find the right plastic pieces, so they used washer and a cotter pin. New seat bottom:

After some cleaning and treatment with Leatherique, the seats have never looked better:

Costs

Upholstery Work: $300

Broken Seat Bottoms

Posted on April 11, 2010October 21, 2023 by Eddie

I pulled out the passenger seat, and saw the rubbery material had broken. Sure enough, I pulled the driver’s side, and saw the same thing had happened. In fact, my driver’s seat was collapsing, helping create folds in the leather.

Passenger:

Driver:

Next year during the off season, I might send the seats to an auto upholsterer. For now, I’m using some scrap 1X8 boards, and some 2 inch foam left over from recovering some dining room chairs:

Feels a lot better all ready.