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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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I got a steering wheel out of a Honda Prelude that I want to put in my 95 Integra. It doesn't have an airbag but it does have cruise and horn. I wanted to know if there would be any complications with swapping from the airbag to the one without?

Here's a pic of the new wheel:
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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People run "race" steering wheels all the time with no airbag. Almost all aftermarket wheels are bag-less so you should be fine. Just remember it was your decision to be a DA when you have a wreck and have your forehead smashed on it....
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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Ok and you're right! Before airbags everyone who got in wrecks smashed their head on the stearing wheel! No way to avoid it.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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f*** it. looks good!
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by boostedteg1203
Ok and you're right! Before airbags everyone who got in wrecks smashed their head on the stearing wheel! No way to avoid it.
While that is a valid point (expressed sarcastically), do keep in mind that the seatbelts in SRS equipped cars are different than those that came without airbags. They were designed to work together with the SRS bags, and one can never tell how safe they are or aren't once part of the system has been changed (unless one is an engineer who has worked on such things I suppose). I believe that the pre-tensioner might not fire if the SRS system is not fully functioning, for example...
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