Did our TJs ever come with a vinyl steering wheel? Mine is leather wrapped. Curious if all came in leather wrap or if leather was an option?
I like leather better when new but the vinyl on my 99 felt better at 22 years old than the leather does in my 06.
the "leather" on my 05 started breaking down and getting sticky a couple years ago. Wrapped it with a kit from Wheelskins and love it.
My impression was it was an 05-06 thing, same time they went to a leather shift boot.
I had a bone stock 06 SE 2.4 that didn't even have a center console and it had a leather wrapped steering wheel. And my 05 does as well.
Pretty sure the leather steering wheel was a package or trim level thing. I think all Saharas and Rubicons came with leather wheels, maybe some of the other trim packages (Rocky Mountain, Columbia, etc). Probably no SEs came with leather wheels, unless it was a stand-alone option.
I have a '05 Rubicon and I do not have a leather wheel. AFAIK, it was an optional upgrade and not standard on Rubicons.