hi ive got a 97 civic coupe and i bought an aftermarket steering wheel. jw, how do you get the stock airbag off??

 

here

http://www.rbgrn.net/content/23-how-...steering-wheel

 

Those Torx screws on both sides are a pain to get out. They're not the tamper-resistant type, but they're really tight. I tried to remove my airbag, and even with the proper size, I think it was a T-25, I stripped them out. I had to use my Dremel with a little cutting wheel and cut a notch across the head of it, and used a flat-head screwdriver to turn them out. After that it was easy.

 

the torx bolts are red loctited in, get a mini torch if you NEED to and heat them up

 

the torx bolts were easy, btw thanks sfar that was very helpful. one prob i ran into tho, my new steering wheel is aftermarket and i couldnt get the hub on with that reel thing in the way, so i took that off and i removed all the sensors n such and i cut 2 of the wires because there was no way i could remove them. found out that was a bad idea. and now the turn signal relay in the fuse box clicks. any idea how to fix what i did?

 

which wire? Never just cut a wire unless you're 100% positive you can do without it.

 

wow nevermind. my battery is dead and my 4-way swotch was on my bad. all is well thanks a lot

 

switch... not swotch lol

 

good, just don't cut wires in the future lol

 

i dont usually but im positive it was part of the srs system and the new steering wheel has no airbag so i dont need it. all the more power to the seat belt. lol

 

Air bags scare the bejeesus out of me. I had one go off in my face one time and I did not like it. My '67 Camaro has a metal dashboard and no seat belts. Now that's a car! I think if I were to wreck it, I would wanna die anyway, so it would work out for the best.

 

well then... lol hey does anyone kno for sure, i wanna presume that taking out the srs fuse means the passenger airbag wont work either, correct?

 

You say this now. Wait until you are actually in an accident and you will be singing a different tune.

 

correct size is T30. I just swapped out my steering wheels less than an hour ago.

 

great idea. using flame near an explosive.

 

Honda-Tech FTW

 

im just gonna go ahead and guess that means yes.

 

hm, guess i didn't think that one through enough....good catch