Steering Wheel

INAMESS

Have just been to Halfords and their steering wheel covers don’t have padding in them either, they are just a leather cover

motorguy

facade said:

INAMESS said:

The car is a vw polo, the gear knob seems to be one complete unit where the top doesn’t screw off. As for steering wheel covers I think they are more for cosmetic purposes, don’t think they would offer padding for a more comfortable feel?

Try that company Motorguy suggested. The only problem is you'd have to send your steering wheel to them, which would take ages, maybe you have a local vehicle trimmer that could do it?

My car has a "go faster" leather steering wheel. What it actually is, is a leather cover wrapped over a poverty spec. wheel and sewn on. (and it added about 10 times what it is worth to the price of the car)  It should be possible to get a nicely padded cover sewn on, that will make the wheel a lot fatter and easier to grip.

Otherwise, in The Olden Days steering wheel covers that you laced on yourself were quite popular, I remember fitting a sponge backed rubber one to the thin shiny rim of a mini, and having to wind a long lace tightly round the rim about 500 times to fit it. Someone must sell something similar, have a look at eBay.

He could post the wheel special delivery which means next day.  Even assuming they had it for a couple of days they could post it back SD also.  I'd certainly ring them and talk it through.

Worth getting it done right.  I've seen some attempts to sew on a new cover and they've been fairly terrible.

VFR

COFIT Plush Steering Wheel Cover for Winter Universal Fit Steering Wheel Outer Diameter 37-38cm Grey

Bought one of these from Amazon as I also suffer like you and it has helped a “lot”
Fitted it a few weeks ago and it has not moved so fits real tight.
Check you wheel size before if you are going for one and read what others have said prior to fitting as a few tricks & tips help.

scrappy_returns

Op speak to your doctor. Padding won't stop the pain as you shouldn't be white knuckle on the wheel or gear knob anyway.

Manxman_in_exile

scrappy_returns said:

Op speak to your doctor. Padding won't stop the pain as you shouldn't be white knuckle on the wheel or gear knob anyway.

Yeah...

If the OP's arthritic hands are so painful when driving I'm wondering if they have already sought medical advice(?).

I'd suggest that the OP seek advice from an occupational therapist as it's the sort of problem they are best positioned to deal with.

I didn't realise before but private OT appears to be available if you google it, and the OP wouldn't have to wait for NHS.

motorguy

scrappy_returns said:

Op speak to your doctor. Padding won't stop the pain as you shouldn't be white knuckle on the wheel or gear knob anyway.

I'd suggest if they have Arthritis then they already have spoken to their doctor.

Arthritis pain can be severe even when trying to grip normally.  My wife finds even holding a knife and fork painful at times.

The O/P is doing the right thing attempting to find something more comfortable to grip.