Steering wheel refinish

[SpyderNoobe]

Hello -
I have a 80 spider that the original steering wheel is rusted and the plating/finish coming off. Is there anything to be done to save it? Can it be refinished or should it just be replaced?

Thanks in advance

[rlux4]

A quick search turned this up;
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... el#p191654
Several people have done the same thing and the results seem pretty nice.
Ron

[joelittel]

I did the same thing to mine (sanded it down, using finer and finer grit papers, followed up with quite a few layers of clear and then sanded that down with 000 steel wool until it was very smooth, then hit it with a final coat of clear).

It looks good and has lasted, but it doesn't have the same appeal as a professionally chromed piece. From a distance my buddy could tell that it was covered with a clear coat.

[wizard124]

From an earlier post:
I used steel wool to remove the old finish. Then all Rustoleum products, grey primer, metallic silver, and clear coat. I found out the hard way that if you omit the primer, the metallic silver will sort of dimple, leaving a terrible finish. Acetone to remove.

[RRoller123]

if you take a little red paint on a q-tip and rub it into the "Ferraro" lettering, it looks pretty good. I don't have a pic unfortunately to post. I also cut away the torn flaps of rubber moulding at the spokes, as you did, it makes a nice difference.