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      10-21-2017, 04:38 PM   #1
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Any up to date Steering Wheel installs?

I know I know, search first, but all the install threads I find have dead picture links.
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      10-22-2017, 09:51 PM   #2
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It's easy, you don't need pics. Just unplug battery and make sure airbag is discharged (I do anyway). Removing the airbag is done by finding the two holes on the back of the wheel, like below the stalks on each side. Just feel around, they're nearly invisible, but they're there. Push a small screwdriver in the holes to push in a clip. You're doing this blind so it may take 5 seconds if you're lucky or 5 min if you're fishing for it. Either way, you'll get them and the bag just pops out. Unplug wires, unscrew the nut, put on new wheel and reverse the steps. Good luck.
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It's easy, you don't need pics. Just unplug battery and make sure airbag is discharged (I do anyway). Removing the airbag is done by finding the two holes on the back of the wheel, like below the stalks on each side. Just feel around, they're nearly invisible, but they're there. Push a small screwdriver in the holes to push in a clip. You're doing this blind so it may take 5 seconds if you're lucky or 5 min if you're fishing for it. Either way, you'll get them and the bag just pops out. Unplug wires, unscrew the nut, put on new wheel and reverse the steps. Good luck.
Other than the holes, any pain points?
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Not at all. Once the bag is popped it's literally like 3 steps and pretty much impossible to get wrong. Now, if you're swapping DCT paddles you'll want to YouTube that part, but it's easy too. If it's just the wheel it's not tricky, there's even a spline so the wheel will be straight.
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