jake92

so i got a grant gt mahogany wheel for my bird. i took the steering wheel off but, the little knowledge i have about swapping steering wheels, i dont know what else to do to get it on. i did away with the airbag and all that i just dont know whats next. maybe its a no brainer, bolt right on kinda thing and im just not noticing it like an idiot.
help is much appreciated, thanks

jake92

obviusly cant work when having not slept in 2 days. my dumb *** for got a installation kit......

the grant kit calls for the whole dont work for airbagged cars yada yada yada. im sure itll work anyway right? i mean before all the 'inspection' and 'not safe' people hop on.. older cars dont have em, they pass inspection. and i dont drive like a kid and i keep my alerts high. i wanna protect what i have several dedicated hours, blood, sweat, and tears in.

thanks again, jake

stealtht/a

iTrader: (1)

well, just to make sure you understand what your doing, im an "inspection" person i guess, it WONT pass inspection. any car with air bags installed at the factory has to have the airbags functioning to pass an actual inspection. The earlier cars pass because they dont have airbags from the factory. that being said, many of us live in areas where inspections are very lax on such things, so not a problem. as far as safety, i have always thought early GM and Chrysler airbags systems werent very good anyway and if you wear a seat belt, a steering wheel airbag is redundant anyway. I have no problems removing airbags from my early 90's jeep, but I pull the bulbs out of the dash too so i dont have the annoying light.
as far as the steering wheel, If you think the wheel looks good, get the install kit and go, but personally, I think most of the aftermarket wheels look like crap on f-bodies. Ive always liked the earlier Firebird wheels. I would just get one of those and it bolts right on! Good luck! And im always interested in being proved wrong, so If you go with the mahogany wheel, lets see it!!

MNformula350

iTrader: (2)

The best thing I eve rdid to the Interior was get rid of the big, clunky ugly air bag steering wheel.

I used one out of an 87 Firebird instead.

quickkris2006

iTrader: (2)

get a steering wheel puller pop the old one off and install the new installation kit and put the new wheel on and ur done

minnvike1

When you say earlier Firebird wheels, are you talking 2nd gen? I have wondered if the steering wheels from the 77, 78 T/A's could be adapted to a third gen column?

transamch

is it possible to just swap the ugly against a 87 steering wheel or do i have to modifie some parts on steering column or covers.. ?

Thanks