Kentucky Steering Wheel Cover - Black [Leather]

Black hides everything a work vehicle throws at a steering wheel — diesel on the fingers, sunscreen, red dust, the dark polish that builds up where your palms sit. The Kentucky cover is the black leather one in this range, and it goes on a wheel that has stopped feeling pleasant long before the rest of the car has.

Sizing it to a 15-inch rim

Fit is the first thing to settle, because everything else about a wheel cover follows from it. The one sizing figure published is that it suits most 15-inch wheels — around 38 cm across the rim. No minimum, maximum or rim-thickness range comes with that, so the number is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Measure across your own wheel from outer edge to outer edge before ordering, and if yours sits at the small or large end of common sizes, take that seriously.

Black leather on a working cabin

The cover is cut from genuine leather, which the supplier states is one hundred per cent leather rather than a synthetic imitation. Its stated benefit is a comfortable gripping surface, and that is worth taking at face value: leather sits warmer than bare plastic in winter and does not turn tacky the way vinyl can. Nothing is published on grip in wet hands, abrasion life or how the dye holds up under a windscreen in February, so none of that is claimed here.

Key features

• Black leather: the colour that shows dirt and hand wear least in a working cabin.
• Supplier-stated grip surface: a textured natural hide in place of worn moulding.
• One item, one colour: the storefront lists a single variant, so no choice to make.
• Kentucky pattern: the plainer of the two styles in this leather range.

Specifications

• Colour: black
• Material: genuine leather
• Style name: Kentucky
• Stated fit: most 15-inch wheels (about 38 cm diameter)
• Rim thickness and tolerance: not published by the supplier
• Installation method: not published by the supplier

Safety check once it is fitted

• Work the cover fully home so no section sits proud of the rim.
• Grip the wheel and push the cover clockwise, then anticlockwise. Any rotation at all means it is oversized for your rim.
• Steering is a primary control. Driving with a cover that creeps under your hands introduces slack where you cannot afford it — remove it instead.

Worth doing if your wheel has gone shiny and slippery. Confirm your rim diameter, then order the black.