wood steering wheel swap questions
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The pedals I have been meaning to change them but I have not found anything that I like yet . I have seen some in Aluminum but Aluminum will scratch easily and wear fast , so it will become ugly very quickly . I am keeping it in mind .
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Update:
JDM 98-00 steering wheel has been purchased .
Here are a couple of pics of the actual purchased JDM steering wheel itself .
As far as I can detect by the pics , it is a perfect match or almost , on the wood .
The leather is perforated and it looks like it will match , too .
This thing is gorgeous !!!
Now to wait until it gets here .
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JDM 98-00 steering wheel has been purchased .
Here are a couple of pics of the actual purchased JDM steering wheel itself .
As far as I can detect by the pics , it is a perfect match or almost , on the wood .
The leather is perforated and it looks like it will match , too .
This thing is gorgeous !!!
Now to wait until it gets here .
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Update:
JDM 98-00 steering wheel has been purchased .
Here are a couple of pics of the actual purchased JDM steering wheel itself .
As far as I can detect by the pics , it is a perfect match or almost , on the wood .
The leather is perforated and it looks like it will match , too .
This thing is gorgeous !!!
Now to wait until it gets here .
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JDM 98-00 steering wheel has been purchased .
Here are a couple of pics of the actual purchased JDM steering wheel itself .
As far as I can detect by the pics , it is a perfect match or almost , on the wood .
The leather is perforated and it looks like it will match , too .
This thing is gorgeous !!!
Now to wait until it gets here .
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Yes, you did and you were right .
And to sum things up , I also found my old steering wheel extractor , that I assumed I lost years ago .
So, now I am ready
And to sum things up , I also found my old steering wheel extractor , that I assumed I lost years ago .
So, now I am ready
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I am the kind of guy that likes to plan things ahead and so far I have been trying to realize in my mind how to transfer the E-shift buttons from my steering wheel to the new one which comes skeletal , so I need to transfer everything but the buttons are my concern .
Is there a plastic connector (one of those inside that appear when you take off the airbag) where I can disconnect the cables and pop the buttons out and insert them thru the new steering and reconnect the whole thing ? it seems the logical thing to me . There must be a conduct on the back of the wheel to pass the cables thru to the connector ... can someone share some light on this ? I am not going to disassemble anything until the steering wheel arrives , but I would like to clear this particular step .
I will be disconnecting the battery half hour before , to be in the safe side . Thanks
Is there a plastic connector (one of those inside that appear when you take off the airbag) where I can disconnect the cables and pop the buttons out and insert them thru the new steering and reconnect the whole thing ? it seems the logical thing to me . There must be a conduct on the back of the wheel to pass the cables thru to the connector ... can someone share some light on this ? I am not going to disassemble anything until the steering wheel arrives , but I would like to clear this particular step .
I will be disconnecting the battery half hour before , to be in the safe side . Thanks
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I have the same steering wheel for a 01-05, bought from the same people. It is damn near a perfect match and I am 100% satisfied. For the e-shift transfer, I had to cut and soder the wires back together, that was the only way to get the wires out. It is working perfectly. Goodluck with the swap!
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You have to remember, our gen has been out since 1998...16 yrs to try out things. There is almost NO mod on our car that's new. It has either been done or at least discussed.
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I have the same steering wheel for a 01-05, bought from the same people. It is damn near a perfect match and I am 100% satisfied. For the e-shift transfer, I had to cut and soder the wires back together, that was the only way to get the wires out. It is working perfectly. Goodluck with the swap!
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It would be a great help if I cut find that tread , It has to be another way to transfer the e-shift than to cut the cables ... how were they put in on the first place ? Its got to be some connector that allows the harness to be routed and connected .
Well, I`ll see what to do when the new wheel gets here . In the mean time I am not touching anything in my car . If anybody would like to explain or post how to do it here and some pics , it would make it a lot easier .
Well, I`ll see what to do when the new wheel gets here . In the mean time I am not touching anything in my car . If anybody would like to explain or post how to do it here and some pics , it would make it a lot easier .
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