Touge

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Hey guys I'm trying to switch to the 3 spoke steering wheel and noticed that the stock airbag has 2 red wires coming out and the stock 3 spoke airbag from the gs has 2 yellow wires coming out.

Now the connectors are different as you can see in the picture, but my question is if I cut off the 4 spoke connector how to do I know which of the red wires connects to the yellow wires on the gs wheel ?. Isn't there a + and - wire ?.

romeo291

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Good question, I have to do the same thing too. Except I am wiring a IS300 airbag. I'll let you know if I could figure it out before anybody tells you.

RikTT

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This is what i did and worked for me. Others can chime in...
-I cut the old 4 spoke connector with about 1.5-2 inches wire length.
-Before you cut the 3spoke clip, match the 2 yellow clips as you would plug it into you airbag - steering harness.Sorta one on top each other, same direction,wires running parallel.(obviously the 3spoke wont fit on harness)
-take a sharpie/magic marker and then color one of each connector(same side) then clip the 3 spoke connector
-match the sharpie colored wires,solder/crimp & install.
I used an rx3 bag and a gs3 before. No problems.Cake

lexforlife

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do not cut the wires


i just installed my 3 spoke wheel last month


just unplug the entire harness from the back of the airbag carefully prying it out with 2 flathead screwdrivers and swap them . i used duct tape to make sure the plug would not pop back out

Touge

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RikTT, thanks for the reply. Let me try that now. I'm dying to get this today so I can drive the car. Thanks.

Touge

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lexforlife, thanks for the info. Based on the above picture I think the GS terminal can be removed, but I'm not sure the plug from the sc can be removed ??

Dx3

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Ed - did you not get my PM?

Jonny

RikTT

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^^ No problem. Again thats what i did and it works.Did it 2x's. I know about the prying method but did not want to. Everyone has a method but do what suits you.!

Touge

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Well I ended up just cutting the wires and soldered them back w/ electrical tape, I tried prying the sc plug and one of the tabs cracked, so I stopped there as I thought it was risky to go further. I cut the wires as RikTT suggested and everything looks good. Thanks!

mr2man07

now test out the airbag and see if it works. lol jk

i might have to do a 3 spoke swap, dont like 4 spokes.

Touge

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Do it, the 3 spoke GS wheel looks much nicer than the 4 spoke. From a visual standpoint it looks more sporty and smaller.