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Does having to push waht seems to me really hard to activate the horn mean by wiring is not properly seated/looped correctly?
I swapped to flappy paddles a couple months ago, did it at night in a dark garage in a rather hastily manner. I was careful to line up the wheel and all etc...
I don't mind re-doing it, as it is simple, but knowing that I'll put a new hole on the bottom of the steering wheel where no one will ever notice kind of bothers me....lol...**** retentive. I just don't use the horn enough for it to bother me. The horn works, it just seems like it need extra pressure.
If you have a round airbag, then it's not seated correctly, and odds are it has to do with the position of the retainer spring wire in the wheel hub. PM me if you want, and I will talk you through my experience.
Just want to add that I fully agree with previous posts. 20 mins max and an extremely simple DIY.
If you look at the mechanism in your new wheel before installing, you can quickly see how the release mechanism works and determine the correct level of force needed.
OK Friends, I am off and running. Ran into one hitch...can't figure out how to release the two airbag connections. See the picture, there is obviously a release, and it might be as easy as prying up. Just want confirmation.
Got it... just gently pried it up with a edge of the screwdriver. I recorded ... we will see how the video turned out over the weekend. Here is the after pic.
Last edited by secondshot; 06-07-2015 at 04:29 PM.
OK Friends, I am off and running. Ran into one hitch...can't figure out how to release the two airbag connections. See the picture, there is obviously a release, and it might be as easy as prying up. Just want confirmation.
Thanks,
I remember running into the same issue. Best I can recall I used a small screwdriver to pry the orange clip up and out of the yellow housing.
Got it... just gently pried it up with a edge of the screwdriver. I recorded ... we will see how the video turned out over the weekend. Here is the after pic.
Looks great! I did my own steering wheel swap as well.
What color is your wheel? It's probably just the lighting or the flash, but to my eyes it has light purple-ish hue to it.
It's sea blue-same as the car. It is how my flash caught the light. It's a perfect color match and as others have said is slightly smaller than what I took off. Also has a slighty grippier feel.
I'd like to swap into the updated 997.2 wheel myself, but it's hard to find a non-PDK wheel. Used market is flooded with PDK wheels since so many people swap to the paddleshifted Sport Design wheel.
Swapping the spokes out to a non-PDK wheel would make sense, since the shift buttons aren't needed, but this is Porsche - the non-PDK spokes cost like $600 or so, if memory serves. For a plastic panel?
Ok I have put together a very poor DIY video on my experience. It is because of suggestions by Sandwedge, Sooner, Pavster, workhurts and Domer911 that I went for it. Their guidance made this a pretty easy project. I will create a separate DIY thread with the video in case some else is interested. Link to video.
I'd like to swap into the updated 997.2 wheel myself, but it's hard to find a non-PDK wheel. Used market is flooded with PDK wheels since so many people swap to the paddleshifted Sport Design wheel.
Swapping the spokes out to a non-PDK wheel would make sense, since the shift buttons aren't needed, but this is Porsche - the non-PDK spokes cost like $600 or so, if memory serves. For a plastic panel?
Then there's the cost of an airbag ...
You've got to pay to play! That's Porsche for ya.
I paid like $1k for my 997.2 flappy paddle wheel. I paid $399 installed for my wife's steering wheel swap on her MDX for the heated version when it was brand new, dealer only option. I thought it was steal.... Porsche prices warp your thinking.
Ok I have put together a very poor DIY video on my experience. It is because of suggestions by Sandwedge, Sooner, Pavster, workhurts and Domer911 that I went for it. Their guidance made this a pretty easy project. I will create a separate DIY thread with the video in case some else is interested.
Very cool - YouTube has become an indispensable resource for me for any kind of projects; thanks for contributing!!
05-29-2015 | 06:12 PM
