any pictures of the one you got?

 

i need the full set up when i drive

 

i finally got my Meca2's in black today.

fitment wise, it is as perfect as it can get. the size is very
similar to the Mechanix gloves. Sear's gloves were a tad on the
long side for the fingers. So, if you're buying Sparco gloves online,
try the Mechanix gloves available at your local Sears and order
the same size. if those are too short (finger) try the Sears
gloves..

 

If you are feeling flush, how about Coach??? http://www.coach.com/content/product...ategory_id=661

 

wow... $178. must be nice to be (or just feel?) rich.

My $25 Sparco's will do.

 

here they are.

 

^^ tried out the gloves today during my morning weekend drive.

the glove needs to be broken in a little before it feels natural, but
otherwise, it's got a suede grip so nice variable grip instead of the
rubber grips which are either on or off. it feels good.

 

I used my home-depot all-purpose work gloves (basically resgined to life modding Pearl these days) and found them to be quite comfortable and functional, almost as good as my winter gloves, but when I had to slip one glove off for a few seconds in 20 degree and windy weather my hand just never got warm again, feels very natural, think I'll keep using them in this application for a little while after the winter gloves go away for the season. Also they are small enough to fit under my winter gloves for the extremely cold days.

 

^^ cool. thanks for sharing should work too.

i recommend the work gloves that do not have the rubber finger
pads. those make shifting sometimes cumbersome as it grips the
shifter too much on occasion. the Sparco's i use are work gloves
with only suede. the craftsman work gloves i use in the garage
has those rubber pads. those were difficult to drive with.

 

I have a pair of OMP nomex driving gloves, in red of course. I think they probably look silly but I enjoy myself. I bought them at a racing supply house on-line somewhere.

 

Actually I've read that bright colored gloves (such as red) are preferred in track situations where hand signals are defined in advance to signal to corner workers and for signaling other cars to pass you.

 

^^ that's probably true.


for me though, driving around with bright color racing gloves might look
too "rice" (?) kinda like wearing a helmet in a 3pc suit to work?

 

Well if you are going to wear red driving gloves on the street, then I guess I see your point

 

Almost all signals are out the window, while I do see the virtue, I don't think it would make that much of a difference, personally.
Keeps the rocks from hitting my face, and its DOT approved (though I everytime I eat a rock I do ask why I left my helmet at home)

Oh and I was in the engine when I remembered there was a meet tonight so I dorve in the gloves again, I ike it

 

^^ cool. i agree that driving with gloves in the winter time makes it
very enjoyable.

 

An update after more internet searching (almost a year and a half later).
I was ordering those plastic inserts for wallets that hold cards, etc, and was
asked to consider some isotoner driving gloves at a special price, and it prompted
me to resume my original search.

I'm between a medium and a large for most gloves, (or between an 8 and
a 9 when they're sized by number). Could only find half size gloves on
Canadian Ebay and U.K. sites until I saw these USA made kangaroo leather
driving gloves here: http://www.davidmorgan.com/product_i...roducts_id=424
and ordered a pair in chocolate yesterday.

There's also a deerskin driving glove that's more traditional and a little bit heavier:
http://www.davidmorgan.com/product_i...roducts_id=417
and a nice elkskin drivingglove if you want something even heavier:
http://www.davidmorgan.com/product_i...roducts_id=425

Now today, I found a company that makes custom fit gloves to your
exact palm circumference and hand outline here: www.fulldaytouring.com/gloves.html
also made in the USA.
I might check these out as well if the Geier ones don't suit me, although they cost about
twice what the others cost and take about 4-6 weeks to get.

 

I received my new pair of driving gloves from England a few weeks ago. A pair from Dent's that were branded for Bentley. Beautiful leather and fit like, well... like a glove. :D

So far they are very nice on a cold day. I like driving with the windows open when I go for a spirited drive, so it's gonna be handy, I think, to keep me a bit warmer on a cool morning drive.

 

agranger- do you have any picts of your gloves?

 

http://www.bentleycollection.com/ (look under "Clothing/Accessories" & "Luxury Accessories")

They are a little darker, but I like the black and tan leather thing (w/ my black/tan leather interior). The stitching is beautiful and the leather is very soft. I've only worn them 4-5 times but they are already moulding themselves to my hands.

My only fit issue is that the thumbs (and very slightly the pinkie finger) have a bit too much length on 'em. I remember hearing something about this years ago on NPR, that manufacturers have different ratios of finger length to hand width for different countries. Dents manufacturers for the UK. Perhaps Brits are long thumbed/pinkied? I'm considering inverting the glove and sewing/trimming down the thumb a bit. The pinkie has a much more complex seam that I don't want to tackle (and isn't that far off anyway), but I think I can deal with the simple stiching of the thumb (that I notice a lot more).

 

wow, they look nice!

 

When my parents lived in Wales I visited over the holidays. While there I popped into a shop to look around and they had a beautiful pair of string backs that I still kick myself for not getting them, haven't seen them anywhere else. They were simlar to ones Moss has but nicer.

 

Like these?

 

Yah, the winter gets pretty brutal up here too. The shift *** is like grabbing a chunk of ice. I picked up a pair of insulated velcro driving gloves from Wilsons. I prefer the velcro- as the leather streches, the gloves might not fit as well with the fixed position of snaps.

 

Received a set of 8 1/2 Kangaroo skin gloves, and they're a little too snug
on me, but they fit my wife perfectly, so instead of exchanging them, she
gets this pair, and I'm ordering a set of 9 size for me.

 

A late update.
Got the size 9 kanga skin gloves a while back, and I like them very much.
My wife likes the 8 1/2 ones too.