Bluebird

Hey guys.. I stopped @ my local shop yesterday with the
question of interest in putting a grant steering wheel on
my bird.. and they said no prob till I said what year the car
was and then they said.. hold on.. the dude comes out looks
at my car.. and says.. "nope we cant do it.. we wont remove the airbag unit, it would make us liable if you tore your face off in an accident. The only way is if they made a sportier aftermarket steering wheel with air bag, and they dont.. sorry."

so I guess Im screwed eh?
the stock steering wheel isnt bad or nothing.. just sucks if I dont have nay options..

'89 IROC Vert

Do it yourself; no liability problems. It's an easy job.

Bluebird

the reason I wasnt going to do it myself is cuz of the airbag.
I dont want to get killed trying to remove that thing..

nndestiny

did my own..if you are interested in details e-mail me.it was an easy job.

vjo90RS8

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air bag probably doesnt work anyways my "INF RES" light has been on for 3 years now.

nndestiny

take the screws out of the back ot the steering wheel(like 4 screws)unplug the airbag and then take off the rest of the wheel.BUT BEFORE you do any of this disconnect the battery!!

omnipotentgoku

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They are too damn expensive. I'd like one of those with the red wrap around it.. but for 250+ I'd rather get some engine mods or something relevant. Guess I'll have to settle for cheaper GT wheel ( the one that everyone has )

Fbird88

Check ebay. I just got a brand new Grant 1064 wheel for $59.99, there's a guy there that sells them. Also, I saw a wheel just like you described (corsa, red leather) a few weeks ago go for around $65. Ebay is the place to go!!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

Morley

Forget Grant, go Billit. This is what graces my steering column.



~M~

Bluebird

no offense but that steering wheel
looks "ghetto" .. to each their own..
but.. hey Nikki.. send me an email
with the details on that.. theres bound to be more to it??

Morley

Ghetto? And Grant is...? Everyone and their buddy has one and has since the early '70's.

~M~

Bluebird

and for good reason

Mark

P.S. I'm not dissing it.. well I guess I sorta am.. but I didn't mean bad by it, but it just reminds me of a steering wheel that might go in a car with tiny gold spoked rims.

I could be wrong.. I might see a picture of it actually in the car and think.. crap.. that looks pretty kewl.. but the design of it looks similar to a set of wheels that would almost match it that I saw on a Chevy S-10 that was lowered and two mexicans were driving it, and the entire inside of their cab was carpeted with orange **** carpet.

haha

omnipotentgoku

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Those evolution wheels were 79 bux when the first came out and I waited like a dumb *** and now their like $250. Wish I could get one of those red ones if anyone see's the hookup on those, lemme know please

David Culpepper

I want to take my airbag off too, but I heard that they can go off just sitting on the shelf. Is this true? I want to still keep the airbag in case I decide to sell the car later, but if the thing deploys it will be useless. Not to mention it could do some serious damage.

Mark A Shields

That Billit seems like it belongs in a Street Rod rather than a 3rd Gen. I think the GT steering wheels look a lot better in our cars.

SpeedCat86

Here we go............

Airbags. Air bags are electrically fired, and unless it gets a really big static electric charge, it won't go off on it's own. I wrecked a large number of Honda Accords and Geo Metros when I was with Federal Highway, and for many of our tests, we disarmed the airbags by pulling the wiring harness out of the airbag control module. Some of the crashes were pretty massive hits, and none of the disconected airbags fired. Yours won't fire sitting on a shelf by itself.

Billet (not billit!) steering wheels are cool, but I am not really planning on getting a Billet Specialties unit, even though they have some I really like. Last I heard, the B-S wheels were what they called a 'half wrap' where only the front of the rim is covered with leather, and the back side is bare, polished aluminum. I have a car with a glass roof, and a black leather steering wheel that gets pretty hot. I also have an aluminum T-handle on my Megashifter, and on a hot, sunny afternoon, I jumped in to my car and promply burned a B&M logo in to the palm of my hand. (Remember the bad guy in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark?')

'Sides, the leather T/A wheel I have is a pretty nice piece, and I think it's nice than the Grant models. I'm holding out for something really nifty like a MOMO..

Morley

For those who doubt the billet wheel.

~M~

Sauron91

That GT wheel would look good with a stock firebird interior..orange highlights..oh..

omnipotentgoku

iTrader: (1)

And what of those of us who still doubt the billet wheel ?

Morley

Pppppffffffftttttttt!!


~M~

Jim85IROC

iTrader: (2)

Me too. Momo Champion with the suede leather wrap.

I grabbed a Formula 1 suede steering wheel at a museum and fell in love. Such a firm, fantastic grip. Durable as hell too (These wheels happened to be the door handles to the museum doors).

I just don't want to get one until I get a new interior, because I want everything new at once.

Blue502

Yeah, anyone who would put a billet steering wheel into a thirdgen has really got to be an idiot

ES87iroc

I really like the grant wheel, perhaps I am just biased...

On another note, I would love it if they made one in leather... :hail:

camaroluv

I would have to go with the grant also. I have one and love it. I wish I could just find a center cap for it and that would make it much better looking. But yea gran all the way

dpav

I just bought a 2nd gen steering wheel for my camaro on ebay for 40 dollars, it has a Z28 horn button and everything, and believe it or not, its in very near mint condition. it isn't installed yet, but once I do have it installed, I'll get pics, I really like the way it looks, definetly better than the 3rd gen wheels, they're so uneven *gags*