I have a car with leatherette..
is the Multi Function Steering Wheel covered in leatherette also or is it leather?

 

Leather on the two spoke 02 MCS I have. I don't know what they are now.

 

I have a 2005 with MSFW and it smells like leather (I hope that smell is the steering wheel). The rest of my car's interior is made of various plastic derivatives that give off a different sort of fragrance. So many sensations when driving a MINI!

 

Yes it is leather and the nice BMW kind too! The leather cover in the previous 2-spoke steering wheel was also leather but did not feel as nice/substantial as in the new 3 spoke steering wheel. The leather in the current steering wheel feels soft to the touch and generally very pleasant. BMW calibre.

 

Define "leather"...

 

I don't get it.

 

Just syaing that a lot of what is passed off as "leather" in automotive interiors these days often has minimal cow content and has been through massive amounts of industrial processing.

 

I'm pretty sure its leatherette.

 

The window sticker on my 05 MCS lists it as 3-spoke leather mfsw.

 

They are leather.

 

Sort of.

 

Yes genious, all automotive interior leathers are certainly processed and treated - they are however cow hide leather. Welcome to manufacturing, 2005.

 

The 2 -spoke MFSW leather wheel in my 03 MCS is leather like Arby's is 'roast beef'.:smile:

 

05's don't come with a 2 spoke steering wheel.. they are leather wrapped however

 

Exactly.

 

Anybody know the approximate cost to re-leather (with good stuff) a MINI steering wheel? I've seen the leather steering wheel covers, but I mean a complete reinstall. Not a lot of leather involved, but complex (labor) to do???

ps...I have a leather (Arby's) non-MFSW.

 

Fixed the typo in the original post...

 

11/04 manufacture date. Three spoke mfsw it's leather.