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Old 04-15-10, 06:16 PM
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Default rx300 wood steering wheel airbag COVER

I just swapped out my steering wheel and put in a rx wood one which I love a lot...!! But the stock airbag cover from my original wheel looks really ugly..could I just buy a airbag cover from a rx with out a airbag? Or what can I do. I kno that I could use any cover and just unbolt the airbag and bolt to the new one.
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Just buy a cover. Forget the airbag. I had one go off and it scratched my eyeballs. Took forever to heal. I didn't even get hit that hard. Did more harm than good. I disconnect all of my airbags. Cars are safer today than they were in the old days and they didn't have them back then.
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Can I just buy a cover?? That's my question lol..
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Originally Posted by LudeNsoL
Can I just buy a cover?? That's my question lol..
I'm sure you can buy anything you want as long as you pay for it.

Go find a wrecked one with the airbag already deployed. Probably get it for free.
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nice could i use one off a gs430 or a 01+gs300. like would it fit perfect or should i just look for a rx300 one?
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Contact KiPod -- he knows his stuff. I think the RX and 2GS (2001+) will fit.

And airbag covers are usually destroyed when the bag goes off...
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You'll need a single stage bag unless you want to mod the dual stage like the SC guys. It's cheaper but I don't know if it's going to work. I went with single stage myself.
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I'm pretty certain you cannot buy the air bag cover separately, but even if you could they would not be interchangeable with the 98-00. I would suggest looking for a used RX airbag as it is just plug and play and is single stage. Thats what I did with mine. If you get the 01-05 the plugs do not match up.
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okay thanks.. i saw in another thread that you could just unbolt the explosive and swap it to the new cover then viola you have a new airbag cover with your old airbag.. IDK but how much did you pay for the used airbag? cuz im not really looking forward to wasting a whole lot of money on a airbag. and i seen them go for 200 if thats the case ill just keep it how it is.
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