Anyone tried to fab up their own steering column cover?
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Anyone tried to fab up their own steering column cover?
As bizarre as this may sound, but it's something that I'm curious about. Having going through 2 steering column covers and tired of them being able to break easily if you don't watch your knee, I'm wondering about grabbing some sheetmetal or aluminum and just wrapping it around the steering column. However, I believe it'd be a bit more complex than that due to the actual shape of the entire assembly. Still, it's something I'm wondering about and if anyone has even tried that. I'm going to take another good look tomorrow to refresh my memory to see if I really should consider it; what with the whole "trying to find a way to mount/secure it up properly" ordeal.
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take the 81-83 column cover and grind it til it fits. They're split in the middle, so when you bang it with your knee, it flexes right on the joint and doesn't break anything. everything's in the right spot, 'cept there's an extra hole in the top.
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That would be badass. And, I'd be interested in that. I was thinking sheetmetal to wrap around because it'd be easier to mount this one gauge I got.
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I should've been more specific with "Middle". 81-83's have a left piece and a right piece. 84-85's have a top piece and a bottom piece. in the 81-83's the split is a vertical one, which puts the joint right where you bang it. They break WAY less often. Our parts guy up here has 10 81-83 pieces in good shape and 0 84-85s. And he's had as equally as many 84-85 cars to pick apart judging by the number of door panels he's got laying around...
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