Wood steering wheel question (I have been searching :) )
05-19-10, 11:39 AM
#18
what? the buttons SAY accel and resume. those are cruise control buttons.... (dont they say this...? maybe i need to go to the eye doctor).....but yes we both agree they wont workEdit: although looking at it again there is a **** for the cruise on the right...i concede. i maybe wrong but i swear those say accel (accelerate) and resume. (really not sure what the bottom button says)
Last edited by sakataj; 05-19-10 at 11:43 AM.
05-19-10, 11:40 AM
#19
those are radio controls... ive driven that body ES before.. it just changes the mode (fm/am etc) and the other button is for the little screen display on the odometer for mpg etc.... and the cruise control will work.... i bought a black wood es steering wheel...
05-19-10, 11:53 AM
#21
what? the buttons SAY accel and resume. those are cruise control buttons.... (dont they say this...? maybe i need to go to the eye doctor).....but yes we both agree they wont workEdit: although looking at it again there is a **** for the cruise on the right...i concede. i maybe wrong but i swear those say accel (accelerate) and resume. (really not sure what the bottom button says)
top button says "MODE"
bottom button says "RESET"
i think. i have astigmatism
yeah i realized i was wrong. i just had started editting that post before u posted, but didnt finish it till u did post.
05-21-10, 12:52 AM
#23
Hey there!
Well my friend has just came back from Lithuania and god himself an LS400 UCF20!
And he brought me a steering wheel
yeeeeei 
It has been taken off a Lexus ES 2004 if I'm not mistaken.
It has those extra buttons that I will take off, and yes these are MODE and RESET buttons
Well, as all of you have stated before, the color doesn't match at all.
But I knew it wouldn't so it didn't come as surprise to me
I made up my mind to refinish the wheel and try to color-match to the oem GS wood.
There is a little scratch on the leather and wood but in general it's in great condition!
Basically I have two questions, how to correctly take off the airbag off of GS, first the yellow connector then the black or the other way around?
And the second question would be in regard to the color. Is it just the dye-thing you use that creates that color or is it the wood itself and no matter what I do with it I wouldn't be able to color match it, we at least make it a little brighter in color.
I'm currently googling this info but if you know any good link other than BananaGS that would help a lot!
PICS:
Thanks for watching
Well my friend has just came back from Lithuania and god himself an LS400 UCF20!
And he brought me a steering wheel
yeeeeei It has been taken off a Lexus ES 2004 if I'm not mistaken.
It has those extra buttons that I will take off, and yes these are MODE and RESET buttons
Well, as all of you have stated before, the color doesn't match at all.
But I knew it wouldn't so it didn't come as surprise to me
I made up my mind to refinish the wheel and try to color-match to the oem GS wood.
There is a little scratch on the leather and wood but in general it's in great condition!
Basically I have two questions, how to correctly take off the airbag off of GS, first the yellow connector then the black or the other way around?
And the second question would be in regard to the color. Is it just the dye-thing you use that creates that color or is it the wood itself and no matter what I do with it I wouldn't be able to color match it, we at least make it a little brighter in color.
I'm currently googling this info but if you know any good link other than BananaGS that would help a lot!
PICS:
Thanks for watching
05-21-10, 07:56 AM
#25
I plan on doing the bananags DIY, when you just buy a wood wheel, Split the wood where the seams are, and then sand it, dye it and install it, seems to be the best option for people with e-shift. and it makes it much easier to dye the wood and fit it.
Only question is
How did he fit it on his stock wheel??? cause im assuming wood wheels dont have a leather wrap wheel under the wood, so how did he expand the wood to fit around the wheel, as clean as he did.
link is
http://bananags.grantham-internation.../woodsteering/
Only question is
How did he fit it on his stock wheel??? cause im assuming wood wheels dont have a leather wrap wheel under the wood, so how did he expand the wood to fit around the wheel, as clean as he did.
link is
http://bananags.grantham-internation.../woodsteering/
Last edited by ac921ol; 05-21-10 at 08:21 AM.
05-21-10, 08:01 AM
#26
I plan on doing the bananags DIY, when you just buy a wood wheel, Split the wood where the seams are, and then sand it, dye it and install it.
Only question is
How did he fit it on his stock wheel??? cause im assuming wood wheels dont have a leather wrap wheel under the wood, so how did he expand the wood to fit around the wheel, as clean as he did.
link is
http://bananags.grantham-internation.../woodsteering/
Only question is
How did he fit it on his stock wheel??? cause im assuming wood wheels dont have a leather wrap wheel under the wood, so how did he expand the wood to fit around the wheel, as clean as he did.
link is
http://bananags.grantham-internation.../woodsteering/
But maybe creating a separate thread would help?
05-21-10, 05:49 PM
#29
removing the airbag is pretty ez.
disconnect battery and let it sit for 30 mins. there is residual voltage leftover so u gotta let it sit for a bit.
take off the 2 side pieces on the airbag, they should be 2 torx bits on the sides
T4 i believe, but im not too sure. its been a while
disconnect battery and let it sit for 30 mins. there is residual voltage leftover so u gotta let it sit for a bit.
take off the 2 side pieces on the airbag, they should be 2 torx bits on the sides
T4 i believe, but im not too sure. its been a while
