So I searched and searched for a 99-00 steering wheel install and decided to take pics and do my own write up.

Part needed for SRS:



2.2ohm 5v resistor found here:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...ords=SQMW52R2J

Tools Needed:
T30 Torx bit
19mm or 3/4 socket
rachet w/ extension
Phillips screwdriver
Electric spade set
Heat shrink
Heat gun
Soldering iron
Zip Tie




IMPORTANT: Disconnect battery for 30 mins before starting this project. Disabling a SRS airbag might be illegal in your state and I assume no responsibility for you or your car from using this write up to dismantle your SRS system or anything that might occur now or down the road.


1- Pop off the side panels and find the torx screws (1 on each side)





2. youll see the cruise wires, SRS and horn wiring. Unplug everything. Youll notice the horn wire is brown. SRS yellow/green.





3. Next is to remove the wheel. Mark the top of post to mark where the column is pointing.




4. Slide out clock spring assembly



5. The SRS wires are attached to clock spring.. this is where you clip it to attach the resistor.


6. Clip Brown horn wire and pull out of sleeving leaving the cruise wires to be tucked away later.



7. Now how did mine was using a spade with some heatshrink (this will drag on the hub as your positive connection. More on that in a bit.



8. What i did was cut the SRS wires to only have a little bit of wire showing. The Resistor has stiff prongs where i slid it in the wiring jacket and the soldered the wiring to the prong. (dont forget your heatshrink tubing) Heat everything so nothing is touching and its a solid solder.



9. Now that your resistor is set and done, Time to work your horn. I used a spade connector and heatshrunk it to a ziptie to keep constant pressure on the back of the hub. Now i have zipties with holes in them which made it easier to just screw down on the hole from clockspring. (see pics)











** Double check to make sure the only thing dragging is the spade connector on the backside of the hub** Sorry for the blurry pics, my cam is a POS!





10. When everything is good and you know its touching with some pressure, Time to put on hub. Tighten good of course, and double check horn wire. re-adjust if needed. Now is a good time to smear some die-electric grease on the back of the hub. (i didnt like the grease that was on it, so i used my own after cleaning the old stuff off.)



11. Attach your QR (note: dot on hub and QR is showing TOP) and make sure you note which is positive when assembling)



I had to cut off the spade and use the female side for my ground. heat shrunk of course.

12. Attach your wheel and hook up the positive and negative to the horn button.




13. Now if you did everything correctly, and your sure about your soldering skills. Re-attach NEG battery terminal, then turn the key to on.

My SRS light went off as usual and my horn works.

Pics:

 

Nice write up..gonna have to do this

 

Perfect I was just gonna order a new steering wheel today too.

 

Nice looking steering wheel. is this about the same for a 92-95?

 

thank you so much for this. Excellent write up. Now just need to go actually purchase one.

 

thank you so helpful

 

ur welcome guys.. i did this cuz there wasnt any good writeups that i found. just bits and pieces here and there.



theres many writeups already for those years.

 

not to be off topic but which wire is for the horn? Is it the Blue with red wire near the bottom in this pic?
http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/9223/sdc10079e.jpg

 

Its in that strand.. its the brown line that also is included in the blue/red


6. Clip Brown horn wire and pull out of sleeving leaving the cruise wires to be tucked away later.

 

Do you know another location to get this Digikey? im trying to do this asap so i can use my horn and remove my srs light. I seen other resistor's but i assume that this squared one will work better for what you did here compare to just having it hang with just the small wires holding it. I called digikey its a 2 month wait for that resistor. Im looking for a similar one but having a hard time finding one.

 

You can also buy that one he has at fry's. I saw those at fry's but instead I went for these resistors. ( I didn't see this thread when I made the purchase) But anyway, between these two, which one am I suppose to use? This is for a 92-95 civic so I don't know if the Wattage will be the same. I heard from various posts it was one or the other but I never got a straight answer. If anyone claims the other one is the correct one, please post a picture or video of your setup.

 

i knew as soon as this thread went up that the resistor was gonna be sold out fast so i bought a few same day. glad I did

 

yeah they are sold out for a month, i like the way this resistor is built because of the way its installed. compared to the fry's resister. Does anyone know of a location where they sale a resister like the digikey?

 

So with this resistor, the SRS light will not pop up right?

 

Great how to! most people don't even hook up the horn because they don't know how. Thanks to you more people will have their horn with their after market steering wheel. You explain it very simple. Nice Job!

Happy Tuning!

 

Pretty much like it was when you had an airbag on your car. It lights up for a few seconds and disappears.

 

I was thinking why not just remove the bulb for the srs light??? or will this cause some sort of malfunction of something???????

 

Removing the srs bulb or not will prevent the passenger side airbag from deploying since the srs unit knows that the driver side airbag isn't there. With the resistor installed, it fools the system so light turns off, and whoever sits in your passenger seat will be safe because it will deploy when you get into a serious accident.

 

Is there any way that i can use wire crimps instead of soldering? I have never done soldering and i dont plan on practicing with this project.

 

hey all, I shouldve updated this thread..


I switched out my rigged horn set up for this OEM horn Shoe. It will keep pressure on the back of the hub. I just screwed it down to the plastic.



for the horn the way it should be done for longevity reasons is to install it like the pre srs cars do it with a shoe horn connector here is what it looks like
here is the part number 35259-SH3-A02 its $4 from honda

 

Thanks a lot for a great write up!

 

great write up. but i have a problem. i hooked up the resistor just like you should and the srs light was out for a week or two. and now its back. idk wat could have happened. any ideas?

 

Will this work on a 2001 civic ex cpe

 

Probably not.

 

Is there a thread on here for the 2001 civic