Hey sorry if this subject has already been discussed. I tried searching to no avail. I just picked up a 2002 Gs300 Sport design and while checking out the car my mechanic and I tested everything except to see if the horn worked; which of course it doesn't. We checked the fuses and they were fine, when I pressed the horn there wasn't a signal. My Gs is black on black with the black wood and I was thinking about upgrading to a 3rd generation steering wheel to match the black wood.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience doing this and could help lead me in the right direction and warn me about anything to look out for.

Thanks in advance


Picture for refrence
06 gs430 steering wheel
http://image.automotive.com/f/2006_l...ring-wheel.jpg

 

I'm pretty sure the 3GS doesn't fit because the splines don't match up

 

Have you tried it before? I wanted to try it before but I sold my GS.

 

I just picked up a black wood steering wheel from a 2006 gs and my plan is to get it on my sport design 2002 gs300.

 

Well, i have this picture saved. It's not mine, nor i did it to my gs. But i remember reading regarding this conversion. I remember the owner of this pic said you need to swap airbag detonation "block" from your gs2 steering wheel airbag to a new airbag. He wrote it's easy as unbolting it and bolting it to a new airbag. How safe it is.. i have no idea, but hey, it's still a grain of information for you

 

I appreciate the info. I’ll let you know how it goes.

 

I covered this in my build with an IS wheel. Not sure if the GS is any different. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...reboot-11.html

 

I finally got around to installing it. The wood matches pretty good.

 

That looks good! What was the process? That'd help being some relevancy to the thread 😉

 

It was covered quite well on Kyle’s build, and many others on the web. However the only thing I haven’t came across yet on any other modern steering wheel install is I kept the weight that’s on the inside of the wheel where the spiral cable or clock spring is. What I did to keep it is i used a file and filed away where it needed to be filed to let the clock spring through and I’m now working on the wiring for illumination and swc.

 

So this is for looks only right? I assume you can’t make any of the controls on the steering wheel work. Would be cool if that was possible

 

That looks way better than I expected. If I come across one of these steering wheels, I’ll have to grab it.

 

No it’s not just for looks. The steering wheel controls will work with diodes or an interface.

 

Today I broke out the soldering iron and dove head first on wiring the steering wheel controls. Since my head unit is an aftermarket Eonon Android 10.1 inch double DIN head unit it made wiring the steering wheel control a breeze. Lol, well it’s a breeze if you spend hours of researching wiring diagrams and schematics. I found that you really only need two wires one for each side of the wheel controls, and grounds to make the controls work.

 

Hi everybody
I seen some post about steering wheels being switched..
Is one year better than another?

I have 02 SG 300
Original steering wheel with wood trim..

Thanks