removing steering wheel on an ae111 levin?

[phatman3801]

how do i go about getting the air bag steering wheel off?

[Alex B]

Pannel on the wheel at the bottem, hope you know you need a cert to put a non air bag wheel on.

[Ae92typeX]

can you even get it certed for a non airbag wheel? (I dont actually know), I thought you had to replace with an aftermarket airbag wheel?- unless thats another country I was reading that about.

[Alex B]

Come to think of it, your most probly right. Its not a cheep excersize either way.

[Di]

If it's early model AE111 ie 95' 96' and single airbag on the steering wheel then it's mechanical airbag with no wires behind the wheel. The airbag light on the dash doesn't work with or without the airbag so u can replace it with aftermarket wheel and pass WOF because nobody knows.

I saw one for sale on Trademe not long ago it's off 95' trueno, maybe you can ask him how he removed it.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 354264.htm

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

problem is you may pass wof's but the insurance inspector will know different.....

[Alycia]

If you have an airbag on the passengers side though surley they will click

[CozmoNz]

problem is you may pass wof's but the insurance inspector will know different.....

they arnt dual airbags, just single... (in responce to alycia)

and how wil they know differnt? unless you goto the same wof guy, who suddenly dosnt tick "airbag" anymore!

My trueno never had an airbag, and it was a 95... so when you change the steering wheel, how would you know that it had or didnt have an airbag? (eg. put a stock ae111 steering wheel without an airbag, to a car that had an airbag, and you seriously couldnt tell the difference)

of course, common sense comes in somewhere along this line, why remove a safety item... these things safe lives.

If i had one, i wouldnt remove it (eg, coris car has them, and no, they will never be removed), why dont you rip out the side intrusion bars too, extra weight, and hell, who needs seat belts!

[Alycia]

What do you mean they aren't dual bags???

Mine has two bags if that what you are referring to.

And if you go to get a warrant and there is one on the passengers side and not one on steering wheel don't you think that they may click ???

[Alex B]

EARLY (read not BZ-R's) only had an air bag on the drivers side, where yours has 2.

[CozmoNz]

Thumbs up to Pyro

Mechnical airbags dont have checkers either (not light on the dash)

so um, single airbag car, with no dash light. remove steering wheel..

now proove that its had an airbag?

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

problem is you may pass wof's but the insurance inspector will know different.....

and how wil they know differnt? unless you goto the same wof guy, who suddenly dosnt tick "airbag" anymore!

STFU and read my post properly

an insurance co will find any reason to deny your claim, and by making your car illegal by removing an airbag (uncerted) then they arent obliged to pay out.
in the import docs/manuals etcit will have that an airbag was originally fitted fitted

[CozmoNz]

go read my post, dont know why ud do it, and not that i would

yeh yeh, i misread insurance for wof (just say inspector) sorry my bad santa...

dont give me coal

[Alycia]

I think you guys are confused.

This is a 97 bz-g thus not an "early model" so there is every possibility that like my car his car has a passengers airbag.

Yah???

[Alycia]

You can not remove a steering wheel that has an airbag in it and replace it with a normal steering wheel.

So if you have a passengers airbag in your car then its probably an
unwise thing to do.

EDIT:

There are 2 exclusions on which they can comply.

1) if it is for a motorsport event
2) if you are disabled and it is in your own personal interests

[gurutasker]

I've got the facory wheel for my '95 AE111 Levin lyeing around and it didn't have an airbag on it

[CozmoNz]

Ok, so, if it has duals, no point in doing it, obviously noticeable, if it only has a single drivers airbag, mint, it can be replaced.

ok?

as said, read above, dont do it, its stupid.

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

sorry my bad santa...

dont give me coal

no coal for you, but i am going to crap in your stocking

[phatman3801]

riteo my question wasnt weather or not im allowed to remove the wheel its how to remove it! mine only has a single drivers airbag the light on the dash dosnt go so im not worried about not passing a wof, all i want to no is how to get it off!

[CozmoNz]

should either be able to remove horn button (pulls off some cars nissans i know do), and youll see a big bolt, undo that one.

if not, there wil be a few screws around the steering wheel, then you should be able to get the horn button off .