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rx/gs steering wheel fit ?

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Old 01-28-12, 03:50 PM
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Default rx/gs steering wheel fit ?

would a steering wheel off a RX300 fit my gs300 ? and could i use my old gs airbag.. ?
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Yes a wheel off a rx300 will fit on your gs. Depends what year your car is if the airbag will fit.
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the steering wheels look very much alike and so does the area which the bag sits... my gs is 98 and the rx is 01
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The airbag cover from a 98-00 GS will fit on a RX wheel but it doesn't line up right and looks goofy. You need to get the air bag cover from the RX wheel too.

This is how it will look with a 98-00 air bag cover.



And this is what it looks like with the the correct cover on.

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Is the RX wheel the same as the GS430 wheel?? and are they the same size??
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Originally Posted by ErickGS300
Is the RX wheel the same as the GS430 wheel?? and are they the same size??
They are exactly the same. Well the wood may be a different shade on each one but thats it.
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yep. good thing my pics come in handy
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Originally Posted by justjosh
The airbag cover from a 98-00 GS will fit on a RX wheel but it doesn't line up right and looks goofy. You need to get the air bag cover from the RX wheel too.

This is how it will look with a 98-00 air bag cover.



And this is what it looks like with the the correct cover on.

sorry to bump an old thread but is that second picture an airbag of a 01-05 gs?
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I believe its the whole RX setup. Steering wheel and airbag straight from the RX.

Just curious what single stage and double stage means. If I were do the complete swap, the airbag would still function normally, correct? I wouldn't even need to keep my 98 GS airbag?

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Old 01-31-14, 05:51 PM
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I'm interested to know about this too.
Old 01-31-14, 10:23 PM
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What do u guys need to know? It has already been covered in other threads. Single stage has one connector and dual stage has two. So if u have a 98-00 and get a 01-05 wheel, get a newer air bag.
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