mrboost Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Hi Guys I have managed to get another freebie!!! Its a Top Secret Steering wheel, the quality of the wheel it self looks quite bad, Its came from a Import MR2, I have managed to repaint the wheel (colour coded) and had the replacement sticker made up. I am off to buy a BOSS kit this dinner for it. I am wanting to know the correct procedure of removal of standard wheel and any other points I should know off. Can anyone help ? I was going to disconnect the battery and then just remove the standard wheel hopefully without the air bag going off in my face!. Boost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 The airbag shouldn't go off that easy . There's two little plastic covers , one on either side of the wheel that come off to reveal a lug nut . Loosen these & the bag/pad should become loose (eventually) . You'll find some yellow wiring loom that connects to the airbag & needs to be disconnected . As far as I remember there's a bracket that may need to be removed also . The safety aspect is entirely down to you (obviously), but I've done it & I reckon that it should be safe enough on a car that had not seen any accidents without being properly repaired (replaced sensors , control unit etc.) . I'm sure some would say that it's a risky business (& there is obviously some risk) but if they were that tempramental , they shouldn't be in a car in the 1st place . I am open to criticism about this . ps. I might be interested in your old steering wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrboost Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 one other thing....How do you get rid of the air bag light ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nick Harris Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Disconnect the battery and tie the leads away from it first or you can take your head off! Watch out for static during removal. What are you going to do with the Explosive charges etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 BANG! That scared ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Isn't it an MOT failure to have disabled the driver's airbag on a car that had one as standard? Not that they would know if the airbag light was disabled. James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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