Method for coating a steering wheel and corresponding steering wheel

A method for coating a steering wheel with a cover layer made of leather or plastic, wherein the steering wheel comprises a steering wheel rim comprising a steering wheel skeleton with a foam layer applied thereon, the method comprising:

• positioning the cover layer as a strip on the steering wheel rim, wherein the strip has lateral edges, and fixing the cover layer to the foam layer on one end, subsequently gluing the cover layer strip onto the foam layer and sewing the lateral edges of the cover layer strip together, wherein the cover layer strip is not assembled into a ring before being positioned onto the foam layer, wherein before gluing the cover layer strip onto the foam layer, the cover layer strip is inserted into a slide configured to be linearly moved, the steering wheel rim is pivot-mounted, and the slide and the steering wheel rim are relatively moved to each other for connecting the steering wheel rim with the cover layer strip, whereby the steering wheel is simultaneously rotated as the slide is linearly moved.