nice diy, i have a carbon fiber steering wheel i got from a friend but i dont want to put it on yet cause i like the safety of a air bag smile.gif

i'm thinking maybe later on the road i'll get racing seats with seat harnesses and then i'll put the steering wheel on laugh.gif

 

this DIY should be a sticky!!! hail.gif it helped me alot in doing this:



thanks alot man! fing02.gif

 

Thanks man, i try to do a good DIY when the task isn't intuitive. If i always had batteries i'd have a DIY for everything I've done so far, as i enjoy doing them...

 

Thanks!!

Going to try it soon...

2 q's :

1. Did the airbag phantom step worked since you wrote it?
2. What size of steering wheel did you use (aftermarket...), do you like that size?

Thanks!!

 

I never even tried the resistor, been too busy with other things and just accepted the Airbag light lol.

My steering wheel is smaller, not sure how much, but a good amount. I like it better this way.

 

i have done this DIY as well...and i just took the fuse out...i have not been in accident (knock on wood) and i dont know if the fuse affects the passenger...if someone comments and says it does...i will put it back in and just deal with the light

 

^^ that is what interests me...
I want to cancel the driver one, and keep the pass bag. So I guess that Fuses are not the solution..

 

Just an FYI to get the airbag assembly off and RD1 there are 4 10mm nuts that you can unscrew from the back of the wheel, no plastic pieces to remove either.

Also when I was in school they always said to leave the battery disconnected for at LEAST 15 minutes to let the charge in the capacitors for the airbag circuit completely drain. Also be VERY careful of static electricity around the two terminals of the airbag, I would recommend taping over the connection area just to make sure no sparks can jump across them, it only takes about 5 volts to set one off. (we did it with a few AAA batteries in college, lol).

A steering wheel puller is VERY simple. There are a couple of threaded holes in the aluminum around the center bolt hole in the steering wheel, there is a piece of metal with multiple holes in it and the center hole is threaded. You put small bolts through the outer edges of the metal piece into the threads around the center of the steering wheel, then you thread a large bolt through the center hole and it contacts the splined steering shaft. As you turn the large center bolt it slowly pulls of the wheel because the metal bracket it is threaded through is bolted to the steering wheel. I think you can rent them from auto zone and the like.

Just and FYI but if your airbag lights come on you may need to get the airbag ecm cleared with a scanner, and unless you are lucky like me and have a friend with a $1500 snap on scanner the dealer charges like $100!!!

I don't see why the resistor wouldn't work though.

 

^^ That's something I've wondered about. If you use and ohmmeter to see how much resistance it has, would the ohmmeter be enough to set off the airbag?

 

I don't know, good question, lol.

I would be extremely cautious when attempting to check resistance across the airbag terminals.

Hell, I've got both the driver and passenger airbags out of my last tib, I'll check real quick, haha.

Looks like both the drivers and passengers side airbags have .5 ohms of resistance across the terminals.

Keep in mind however these are out of a 97 tiburon so they may have changed up the cartrige design between now and then. I know your airbag securing system is different in the RD2's so.. I would think however that they are still the same airbags.