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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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will this make ur air bag come on? if so damn, lol i just got my damn airbag light off my sparco seats, anyway to clear the light with resistors
Old Jul 3, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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if youre already overwriting/bypassing the dash light for the seats you shouldnt need to do anything else for the wheel. you airbag system either works or doesnt, i dont think there are zones (may be wrong) but i would think if you bypass for one area all areas would be bypassed?
Old Jul 3, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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well what i did was installed my airbags and did a little work on the bags so if they deploy i wont launch out my sunroof. but as of now all my airbags are working and have no light, i do know that if ur airbag light is on then all ur airbags are disabled and that what i dont want. so really i didnt bypass aything i just installed the airbags.
Old Jul 9, 2009 | 01:36 AM
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Did you ever relocate the cruise control main switch? Does it come out as an assembly that you could screw onto, say, a homemade aluminum bracket?

I do want change to an aftermarket wheel so that I can locate the wheel closer to me, but I'm not sure what to do about the cruise control.
Old Jul 9, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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i want your fisheye
Old Jul 9, 2009 | 03:35 AM
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even if you fix the seat airbag problem you'll still get the airbag light on with the wheel, the only way to fix it is a similar way to the seat fix but its probably gonna be a different resistance. same method tho.
Old Aug 10, 2009 | 12:31 AM
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thanks for the write up

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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 02:00 AM
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i just installed an NRG quick release and steering wheel with the help of the sweet write up and the airbag light is on. does anyone know how to turn it off? im currently zooming around town hornless. im gonna work on my horn when i get some free time.
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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Very nice DIY. I really wanna switch my 08' wheel for the RS5 wheel, I like the red stiching :D
Old Dec 9, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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pssst. this thread was on life support and we were about to pull the plug....
Old Dec 10, 2009 | 06:10 AM
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Cruise control DIY? Easy air bag solution please! Haha.
Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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Cruise control and horn have been fixed but I haven't seen anything on the sirbag
Old Feb 26, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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Is there a specific size hub that fits the tC? I bought a "universal" hub adapter and it did not fit.
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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how do you get the airbag clips off? which direction do they go? i'm looking at mine right now and can't tell and dont think i'm able to disconnect it at the wheel
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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take a flathead screwdriver and stick it under the black center part of the clip, once that pops up then you can take the whole clip out.
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
take a flathead screwdriver and stick it under the black center part of the clip, once that pops up then you can take the whole clip out.
is this on the airbag piece or the piece that's still connected to the wheel?
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by D1G1T4L

should be those 2 ^
Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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finally got mine done after some help from corey (thanks again!!!) will put pics up in the other thread tonite
Old Mar 5, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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Pics! I want to see the cruise control. I think I'll take care of the horn today. The air bag light is a 3 ohm resistor. You can do that at the bottom or the top.

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