Steering Wheel Trim Writeup

To go from this...


To this!!!


Tools:

Torc 30 and Torc 15 sockets
Needle nose pilars
Long skinny allen wrench

Stick the allen key in a small hole to release the airbag, there is one on each side, its recommended to disconnect the battery before doing any of this but it's not necessary and can be completed fine without it.



The airbag will then release and the mounts will make much more sense once you get a feel for where the clips are with the allen key. At this point disconnect the airbag with the two clips, you can't mess it up they are color coded. Use the needle nose for the airbag wires, but dont press hard.




Remove the four large nuts with the torc 30 bit, they will not come apart from the main bracket.



Then disconnect this wire.



Here is what it looks like removed.
Remove the four ground contacts for the horn.





Then remove the radio and cruise control controls if you have them. Then reattach them to the new trim pieces.



Should look like this.



Reattach the trim pieces.



Reattach the bracket that holds the airbag and wires.

And finally press the airbag back into the clips until they lock, if you didn't disconnect the horn it will go off.



Hope this helps!

Good Writeup. Thanks for the info.

Nice! Wish I would've had this when I did it!

Where can you get these? Would LOVE to get a hold of a couple of these pieces in woodgrain!

Nice write up indeed!

Found the wood ones on eBay! Def my next upgrade!

Great writeup, just changed mine out yesterday took maybe 30 minutes. Thanks for detailing this step by step

Thanks! I didn't need to unhook the airbag - just set her on top of the column.

Okay...where can I find me a set of these? I checked Ebay, and could only find Steering Wheels. Thanks for the help

I could use a little help on step 1. I've been using a long allen key, as instructed, but can't seem to figure out how to get the front cover and airbag off the steering wheel. Is there a specific item I'm suppose to feel for, or do I need to push or pull a certain way? Is there a trick I don't know about that I should be using? Any help would be appreciated.

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