i managed to pick up a new (yes, brand new!!) 2002 CL-S preferated leather steering wheel, it matches perfectly to the old one! I wanna put it on soo bad, but im kinda afriad to start just riping things apart on the steering wheel with the airbag being there.

Does anyone have a Step by step, DIY guide, or some advice on anything to watch out for when puttin this on? I plan on doing it tommorow.

 

notice - i haven't taken our steering wheel apart before, but have taken off many Odyssey steering wheels, so these directions may or may not be exact.
Straighten out the steering wheel (straight up and down). remove the negative battery cable and dont touch anything for 3 minutes (to allow the airbag capacitors to dissapate their charge).
Assuming that our steering wheel is similar to an Odyssey steering wheel...On the steering wheel on the bottom is a cover. Take off that cover and there should be a yellow harness. That is your airbag harness. Disconnect this harness. Disconnect the black single pin harness (this is your horn harness)
On the sides of the steering wheel are two plastic covers. remove these and there should be two T30 torx bolts holding the airbag. remove these two bolts. The airbag should come right out.
Behind the airbag should be a large nut (probably a 32mm nut - been a while since i took a steering wheel off). remove this nut. There should also be four or five harnesses that you need to unclip (these are for the audio and cruise control).
You will need to pry on the steering wheel, but be careful as to not move the steering wheel from side to side. There is a large white/black cylinder behind the wheel. This is your cable reel. DO NOT SPIN THIS THING OR ELSE IT WILL BE DESTROYED.

Now, i have no idea if the CL-S steering wheel will actually fit. Remember, these are only guidelines, not exact directions. I hold no responsibility if you screw up your cable reel (around a $300 part if you spin it 360º)

 

 

you need to have a 98-99 CL, if ur car is a 97 ur staight outta luck.

01-02 MDX woodgrain fits.

 

ill get some before and after pics up for you guys, maybe some pictures of the install if i think about grabin my camera when i do it.

 

 

this is a fun picture from the same day.

Argh :: Argh

 

y wont those steering wheels fit on a 97?? i wanted something like that....

 

if you want something along those lines of the halfwrap woodgrain wheel, send it off to www.phoenix-image.com and they can do it for you. i'm sending mine off this summer when i go on vacation. they do alot of work for the cats on dakota-durango.com