hey peeps saw some nice steering wheels at super cheap today and was thinking maybe to get one.
will probably get a monza wheel with a BOSS kit.
i can get both for something like $180 so thats not to bad.

now seeing as ive tried to install a CD player (1st time, took a while but i got there) and my LED interior lights project just seems to be going no where, i was wondering if it was easy to install one of these wheels or should i take it into my auto class @ school and get the teacher to help me out with it.

seeing as i know the horn is connected (wiring), i just know im going to stuff the whole car up somehow.

has oneone done it?
if so rough time estimate?
do i need any more tools if im going to do it myself?
can you refer me to a link on this website that can show me how?
because if this (after responses) is going to be to much hassle ill take the car into school and we'll fit it there

its a TR no airbags - anywhere.

some help would be greatly appreciated

cheers guys and gals


Paul

You have auto school? What the.?.... How come I never had any of this at school?

Burnout class anyone? Hah

Im jealous

nah nah automotive technology Certifcate 2, takes 2 years, its intergrated with my VCE, its a cool course i love it, we get 4 hours every tuesday to tinker with cars, and well if fitting a wheel is hard, meh ill do it there, but yeh was wondering how hard it was, so i can prepare myself

If I beat you to the new wheel i'll let ya know how i did it ( should be done soon i hope ).

Its really easy, all you'll need in the way of tools is a socket set, allen key, although the boss kit may come with the right one. You might also want a steering wheel puller but isn't really necessary.

Make sure the wheels are straight, and not just the steering wheel.

The front of the steering wheel should just pull off, exposing a single nut that holds on the steering wheel on.
If you don't use a steering wheel puller then you'll need to do this-
Undo the nut, but not all the way, then pull the steering on the steering wheel until it comes loss. You need to leave the nut on so you don't break you nose when the steering wheel suddenly comes lose.

Its fairly straight forward from here on, there should be a dot on the top in the middle of the boss kit to show you where the top is.

There will be instructions with the boss kit that tell you how to wire up the horn.

hope this helps.

beware of airbags :o

hehe.. i'd pay to see that.

dont have any dood.


thanks alot cjohnno, ill keep that saved as word document so i can rerfrence back to it.
i might get one now, well, it seems half easy besides the nose breaking bit.

thanks alot guys :D i gotta go now talk to yas later

Its piss man. Just use the workshop manual and it's got a way on how to remove it.

Easy as champ... Did it on my missus car having never done one before and found it quite easy. Only thing that stuffed me was the little mechanism that turns the blinkers off automatically when you turn a corner... I didn't have the little knobs in their slot properly so it didn't work. Also had to connect another earth wire to the steering wheel for the horn to work, but it wasn't any major trouble. Anyways, gluck!

OK. SOMEONE PLEASE FINALLY HELP MEEEE!!!!

I have installed an aftermarket wheel. but cannot get the horn to work, at all. Someone please help me out.

Sorry to hijack your thread TUFF TR, but this is the hardest part, and if i can get an explination on how to do it it may not catch you aswell

Cheers

Lee

OK. SOMEONE PLEASE FINALLY HELP MEEEE!!!!

I have installed an aftermarket wheel. but cannot get the horn to work, at all. Someone please help me out.

Sorry to hijack your thread TUFF TR, but this is the hardest part, and if i can get an explination on how to do it it may not catch you aswell

Cheers

Lee

I'll try... On the back of the little badge thing that sits in the middle of the steering wheel you should have 2 positions for wires to be connected. One from the bosskit and another one which will be your earth wire to the steering colum. Basically when I did it, I put the other wire under the nut in the middle of the steering colum. Basically loosened the nut off, put the wire under there and held it, then tightened the nut up. Bingo, earthed wire, horn works.

I'll try... On the back of the little badge thing that sits in the middle of the steering wheel you should have 2 positions for wires to be connected. One from the bosskit and another one which will be your earth wire to the steering colum. Basically when I did it, I put the other wire under the nut in the middle of the steering colum. Basically loosened the nut off, put the wire under there and held it, then tightened the nut up. Bingo, earthed wire, horn works.

Cheers for that.

Does it matter which one his boss and whish is earth??

Cheers
Lee

Cheers for that.

Does it matter which one his boss and whish is earth??

Cheers
Lee

Nope.

Make sure the wheels are straight, and not just the steering wheel.


its also a good idea to mark the spline vertical too it helps to align the wheel.

hmm well ill be ordering my BOSS kit friday (as we have none left) and getting the wheel friday too, seeing as its a daily driver between my parents of and on (my dad uses it more now becuase the EL chews through so much fuel) ill have to either get it done at school or dedicate one night where i try and get it done.

thanks for the help guys!

it shouldnt take more than 30 mins to do properly dude, do it at lunch time!

well dood since you've made it seem so easy, i might just take it to school and do it just then :)

+ ill have all the equipment at my disposal so it shouldnt take long.

i hope this goes well.

btw when i get it installed ill post pics:)

It's extremely straight forward. Once you've taken the OEM off you'll know where everything bolts in. If you have the correct BOSS kit you should not have a problem with the horn, only one wire connecting it anyway.

As was mentioned previously, shouldn't take you over 30 minutes.

thanks alot for the responses guys i really appreciate it, unfortunatly since this is still my mums car, i wont be doing much to it until early next year.

she thinks for some stupid reason ill do a bodgy job and the steering wheel will cease to work. :nuts: :gtfo:

so thanks for the help but wont be needing it for 5 months al least.

stupid friggen women

thought id use this again instead of starting a new one.

my manager has a TE/TF/TH magna, i really dont know which one my forte isnt the 3rd gens...and he wants to take the steering wheel off, he didnt say why, just asked me cause im into magnas :)

can anyone point me to some diagrams or basic dotpoints on how to remove the steering wheel from a TE/TH/TF?

cheers to anyone who can help:)

anyone? even at 2am?

no idea.

But.

Does anyone have an idea on how i can keep my cruise control (wheel mounted) and have a nice wheel?

same as taking it of anything. Remove the cover (horn) undo nut but not all the way, pull steering wheel till it hits the nut, remove nut, remove steering wheel, disconnect horn. takes all of about 5 mins. as said previously, make sure the wheels are straight before hand. i did my TE in about 20 mins from go to wo including boss. got me a nice illegal wheel on there now :cool:

Yea I have put on an after maket steering wheel it took around 20 minutes to do but you do need a star key to take the airbag out.
You will lose your horn abd the srs light stays on so take the globe out ant that fixes that little thing as for the horn I put in a set of air horns with a serperate switch to fix that.

As for being illegal well according to my insurance when I told them that I was putting it on they said that it was ok to do so.