Driving gloves for Alcantara wheel

[BigOz]

Anybody with Alcantara steering wheel use driving gloves? If so, any recommendations? This will be for dd. Just want to protect the Alcantara. Thanks in advance!

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[quitethechoi]

I at first bought leather driving gloves, but the amount of ink they leak into your hands was just annoying.

I saw someone recommend cycling gloves and I haven't looked back since! They help with grip and most are touchscreen compatible.i use a pair from Chrome:

https://www.chromeindustries.com/pr...l?dwvar_AC-151_color=GYBK&cgid=cycling-gloves

 

[AdamD19DFK8]

I need to get me some, even though I'll look like a douche nozzle wearing gloves stuck in traffic lol. The real thin kind of work gloves work really well and grips great. For now I just make sure my hands are clean before touching the wheel. If I go too long before cleaning it, the alcantara will lose that soft fiber like feel and just feel like nothing. It's hard to explain, but there's nothing like going for a drive with a freshly cleaned alcantara wheel

 

[HondaFan2017]

I have a 2019 CTR (no Alcantara wheel) and always use the gloves. I have a pair of deerskin ones(like this https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~3EAAOSwnuJcTyGk/s-l1600.jpg), tan color, thin enough, keeps my hands dry and protects the surfaces. I can even use the touch screen with them.

Before I had a Bmw 4 series GC(M steering wheel, nomal leather) and despite taking ultra care it still started to get that unpleasant shine. So I started using gloves with the CTR from day one. I just hate leaving marks, secretions all over the car.

About what others think: nobody cares... you pay the bills your choice. This is not a soccer mom's / a dime a dozen consumption car. It's something special that deserves special care.

 

[Draxaan]

Don't have alcantara, but I wear Pratt and Hart leather driving gloves every day. You can get them on Amazon for $24-30 USD.

 

[Beavis]

I’m not a big fan of having to wear gloves every time I drive so to protect my stock alcantara steering wheel I went with a simple $5 steering wheel cover I picked up at Walmart. Surprisingly it doesn’t look too bad compared to all of the steering wheel cover options out there.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Auto-Drive-Universal-Fit-Thin-Steering-Wheel-Cover-Black/175190637

 

[TheGreekFreak]

Why not just have some small hand cleaning spray and a cloth to wipe your hands after in the center console? Between that and a weekly quick clean of the wheel, I don't see the alcantara not lasting a long time. If the time comes many years down the road and it gets real nasty, a factory replacement is like 200 bucks. Half hour later and boom, you have a brand new steering wheel to start all over again for many more years.

No way in hell am I going full Gosling from Drive or Statham from Transporter every day, wearing driving gloves while rolling in traffic like I'm going to a heist ? especially in the summer. Not a fan of covers either....what are you going to do, cover every piece of alcantara from the center rest, door trim, seats, etc just so you don't wear it out? What's the point of having nice materials in the car if I can't even touch them.

 

[NomaR-06]

I use my bike gloves on longer drives. The suede from the gloves on alcantara steering wheel makes it super grippy....pretty nice. Main reason for wearing them on long drives is that my hands get sweaty after a bit of driving.

On quick drives/running errands I just sanitize my hands before driving.

 

[JohnEBlaze]

As much as I love the look of the alcantara wheel this is the primary reason I didn't swap the leather wheel out. The material will get faster than the door panel area near the handle and I didn't want to deal with the up keep. It looks beautiful tho.

 

[WhiskeyTango]

Why not just have some small hand cleaning spray and a cloth to wipe your hands after in the center console? Between that and a weekly quick clean of the wheel, I don't see the alcantara not lasting a long time. If the time comes many years down the road and it gets real nasty, a factory replacement is like 200 bucks. Half hour later and boom, you have a brand new steering wheel to start all over again for many more years.

No way in hell am I going full Gosling from Drive or Statham from Transporter every day, wearing driving gloves while rolling in traffic like I'm going to a heist ? especially in the summer. Not a fan of covers either....what are you going to do, cover every piece of alcantara from the center rest, door trim, seats, etc just so you don't wear it out? What's the point of having nice materials in the car if I can't even touch them.

This. I'd never be caught dead in daily traffic wearing drivers gloves in any Civic...

 

[gaara46]

i bought some leather gloves with the tips cut off (can use cell phone with gloves still on) from a motorcycle store. i only use them on long drives.

 

[Iilac]

LOL to all the peeps who decide on what they wear because of what people might think of them. News flash...you drive a Type R which is extremely polarizing and alot of people think it's ugly. Gloves won't make them think less of you cuz they already do on what you drive.

 

[TheGreekFreak]

LOL to all the peeps who decide on what they wear because of what people might think of them. News flash...you drive a Type R which is extremely polarizing and alot of people think it's ugly. Gloves won't make them think less of you cuz they already do on what you drive.

It's not that I don't wear serious driving gloves while driving my Civic in normal traffic because I care how other people view me.....I don't wear them because I myself think it's goofy ? but to each their own.

 

[gaara46]

some friends (mostly chicks) tell me im “extra” for having driving gloves.. and i tell them: this whole car is extra so ur goddamn right lol ?

 

[dwag0588]

some friends (mostly chicks) tell me im “extra” for having driving gloves.. and i tell them: this whole car is extra so ur goddamn right lol ?

I must be getting old. I have no clue what this means.

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