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Scooter
02-10-03, 20:59
does anyone know if you can straight swap from a standard 4 spoke steering wheel to a later three spoke wheel. If both have airbags, does this matter? can you just disconnect and reconnect the airbag somehow?

Or is this a non starter?

Cheers
Wipeout
02-10-03, 21:53
BANG!!! (Air bag going off)

Sorry Scott to stoop to this level but some one was going to crack a joke.

Personally I would never fancy touching air bag bits, but they must be reasonably safe.
Scooter
02-10-03, 22:24
Not thinking of doing it myself!
Just wondered if its a relatively simple job for someone who knows what they are doing. I can't see why the column mounting would be any different and i think the airbag can be replaced / renewed, so it can't be too difficult can it?
livvy
03-10-03, 09:24
You might find that the plug on the late airbag is different to that on the earlier model and so it won't be a simple matter of just plugging it in :(
Scooter
03-10-03, 09:52
I see.

I've found a max power type guide to replacing a airbag'd wheel, and it seems like it would be relatively straight forward to get to the unplugging of the airbag stage so i spose i could have a look at both.

Does anyone with a parts CD have a picture of this plug on it?

BTW the car i'm looking at is a 96 Facelift (4 spoke wheel) and my current car (three spoke wheel) is a 98 facelift. Does anyone know when the change happened or were they an option etc?
Terry S
03-10-03, 10:23
The really late Corrolla sports have a very nice air bag wheel.
Scooter
03-10-03, 10:56
thing is i like the factory option carbon fibre one in my current sup and wouldn't mind fitting that to my potential new one.

I'm not bothered about having the airbag myself, but i'd want it all ok in the one i'd be selling on.
Timwildman
03-10-03, 16:40
The steering wheel on my 98 supra, and the one on my girlfriends Yaris are almost excatly the same shape, The steering wheel is exactly the same.

It would be nice to put a new looking air bag/centre cover on the supra.
Timwildman
03-10-03, 18:19
Yaris Wheel / air bag:

I guess most modern toyota hava simular theme
Timwildman
03-10-03, 18:20
Sure you've seen this before:

will the yaris bag fit on this?
Timwildman
03-10-03, 18:22
just a last close up shot: