aibag disable and steeringwheel replacement....help

[Knailgun]

Well, I wanted to swap out the oem one off my 92 (with the airbag) and go with either a sparco or momo....depending on which hub adaptor I use. My question is how do I do this without being blasted by the bag.........I'd prefer not to have it depoly randomly. I pose this question to the NON NOOBS, as there are some members who have done this already

[Eye8Pussies]

unhook the negative from your battery

thought you'd know this one...


but just remember that if you don't have your driver's airbag hooked up, it'll disable your passenger one too

[Hajoca]

After taking the negative off the battery, you have to wait at least 2 minutes, because the capacitor in the airbag ignition circuit is still active.

Next is to undo the 2 screws (usually under plastic caps) on either side of the steering wheel that I believe are torx.

Then pop off the airbag like a piece of trim (trim tool remover or tape a wide screw driver... Air Bag is worth $$)

Undo the yellow wire at the clip and your done.

[CamryPunk]

Remove the airbag fuse as well. I just cut my damn airbag lines off.

[Tercel GTS]

You might sourse the column parts from a non airbag car to get the horn working.

[Knailgun]

ahhh, thanks guys....I wasn't sure if I disabled the bag if it would fuck with something else on the car or not. Horn....who needs one....just use a finger!!!!! actually I was going to pushbutton one in and conver the oemer to airhorns

[prnc_chrmng]

i thought you were suppose to leave the negative batt off for 10 minutes?

[Knailgun]

stop trying to make me panic dammit...I'll disconnect it and leave it overnight

[ekim55121]

the toyota manual says 90 seconds, BTW you can easily get like $150 on ebay for that bag thats what i got for my corolla bags a peice.