<p>The steering wheel's decorative cover (12) has a printed coating applied as a wet transfer, and a transparent protective cover coating over the printed layer. The decorative coating is installed on a section of the steering wheel ring (2) separated by the spoke sections (3). A skin coating is located on the remainder of the surface not covered by the decorative coating. An Independent claim is included for a manufacturing process to produce the aforesaid steering wheel cover arrangement.</p>