David Jenkins
|
 posted on 4/7/07 at 02:37 PM |
|
|
Handbrake gaiters - how much!
I was Googling for handbrake gaiters today... saw reasonable ones from CBS for £12-odd, all the boy-racers' sites were asking £25 - £30 for
items in lurid colours... then I saw a Lotus site.
Yours for £84 sir!
...maybe not.
|
|
|
|
|
ditchlewis
|
| posted on 4/7/07 at 02:41 PM |
|
|
just bought one from CBS, but the one with the handle.
but it wasn't £85
the Ripspeed one i bought from halfords was a SVA failure because of the "sharp edges" bit p###ed off with that but easily
fixed.
ditch
[Edited on 4/7/07 by ditchlewis]
|
|
|
Danozeman
|
| posted on 4/7/07 at 03:55 PM |
|
|
I bought a handbrake gaitor from stoneleigh for a fiver. Nice real leather.
My mate works for vw and told me the gear gaitor and knob for a new golf gti is about 120 quid.
[Edited on 4/7/07 by Danozeman]
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
|
|
|
zetec7
|
| posted on 4/7/07 at 06:59 PM |
|
|
I've stitched my own in the past...very easy, actually. If you can find an old, tattered leather jacket in the right colour, you've got
enough to make several!
http://www.freewebs.com/zetec7/
|
|
|
David Jenkins
|
| posted on 4/7/07 at 07:21 PM |
|
|
That's what I was planning to do - I was just nosing around to see if there was something suitable at a price that made making my own
uneconomic.
No such luck...
|
|
|
badding
|
| posted on 4/7/07 at 09:09 PM |
|
|
Try looking at ebay, that's where I bought mine 2,2 square mtr 1.1 mm thickness.
For 30 euro.
[Edited on 4/7/07 by badding]
|
|
|
badding
|
| posted on 4/7/07 at 09:12 PM |
|
|
I'm using it for the tunnel, dash and my handbrake gaitor(already stitched by my mom)
|
|
|
Catpuss
|
| posted on 5/7/07 at 07:33 AM |
|
|
You will probably find jacket leather too thick. The sort of stuff you want is much thinner.
I tend to do my leather stitching by hand but then some of the stuff I use I have to make the holes with a dremmel 
|
|
|
DarrenW
|
| posted on 5/7/07 at 09:13 AM |
|
|
Ive just had a new tunnel cover made with new gaitors etc, the gaitors themselves were only about a fiver each. Ill try and post some pics in
interiors section today.
|
|
|
