HOW TO: Wire Horn for NRG Short Hub

[TheMuffinMan]

Why? - Obviously you've swapped out your steering wheel and need to wire up the horn which does not work just by bolting the short hub up. You'll need to wire it and then put a contact. Parts List 1) Pilot Precise V5 Extra Fine Pen (any color, we just need the metal clip) Walmart has 2 packs for $3 2) ~1 ft 20 gauge copper wire (Radioshack has it for cheap - $5 for 3 spools) 3) Electrical Tape 4) Scissors 5) Phillips head screwdriver How? 1) Start by removing the black steering column cover, 5 screws accessible from underneath (no pics, sorry) 2) IF YOU DID NOT WIRE IT YET - Remove the Quick Release portion from the short hub and connect the yellow and black wires to the QR from the short hub (they only go one way so you can't mess it up) 3) Locate a 4 socket plug near where you found the SRS connect, there should only be 3 wires in it with an empty spot. 4) Strip the end of your wire and insert it into the 3rd over (the one next to the empty slot) and then wrap with electrical tape so it will not fall out 5) Run the wire along the column (I followed the ignition cabling) from the base where the SRS holder was up to the front where the QR and hub are. 6) Pop off your Pilot's pen top and get the metal clip from it, bend it similar to the picture below 7) Loop the wire through the hole in the metal clip and then wrap the insulated portion around at least once, tape this in place as well so it will not fall out (soldering iron could work here too probably) 8) I stuck the taped up black plug in the SRS clip to keep it out of the way and hold it in place 9) Look at the lower left of the short hub, you should see a screw hole which just so happens to be the perfect size for the pen top to dig into 10) With the clip bent and wire wrapped insert the pen top into the screw hole at ~10 o'clock angle then swivel it underneath the short hub. You should be able to reach behind it and verify it's making contact - if not swing it back out and bend again until it's working. 11) Make sure the QR's other end (steering wheel side) is also connected to the button (yellow goes to the Nardi horn, black just sits there) 12) When you put the column plastics back on make sure you don't rip out the cable you just ran - also make sure you don't run it around the column itself (just do it below it) otherwise it could get caught up and get ripped out. Plug up and you're good to go! Pictures 1) Plug with wire inserted in correct slot (color is i believe gray/red or blue/red) 2) Bent pen clip with wire wrapped around it and electrical tape 3) SRS clip with plug stick in there (this is straight down the steering column) 4) View from the side of the screw hole with the clip inserted and the contact with the short hub's back

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[hon2984]

nice write up!
so the SRS plug is on the steering wheel side of the clockspring?

[TheMuffinMan]

Well if you're asking about the black plug - it's completely separate from the SRS harness - the weaksauce tutorial (civic/integra) have everything in one yellow plug.

The plug I removed from picture 3 - one half is on the chassis side (goes towards fuse box) and the other side goes to the clockspring, which you remove when you install the short hub.

I made another tutorial where I did the resistor SRS trick, and tucked the chassis side SRS plug closer to the hood release so that spot was freed up


*edit*

Trying to explain it can be confusing haha.

The left half of the SRS plug (from fuse box) was relocated to the hood latch
The right half of the SRS plug (from clockspring) was removed completely with the clockspring
The black plug (from chassis) with horn/cruise was relocated to the SRS plug's location


Modified by TheMuffinMan at 12:38 AM 10/6/2008

[jdmcd7_cali-luv]

Nice Write-up Muffin

[iakona]

nice.

[TouringAccord]

added to the FAQ

[TaDLaD]

Thank you for this, Helped me out alot.