(^6) NEW STEERING WHEEL FITTING
Right, you’ve got your boss on, now you can fit the
steering wheel to it with the six little hex screws.
Put them on nice and tight, but remember, you
don’t need to hang off ‘em - you don’t want to round
them off!
While you’re doing that, you’ll need to check how
your horn works. Most standard wheels nowadays
have push horns, so you’ll have to wire up the push
button supplied with your wheel. Once again, failure
to do so means no horn and no MOT.
Most boss kits and steering wheels will come
with the facility to do this (that’s what the extra
rings, plugs and wires are for), some may work
via a sandwich ring between the wheel and the
boss, others may have to be earthed to the boss
or centre shaft; there are many different methods.
With that in mind, some cars won’t let you do this at
all, so you’ll need to install a separate horn button on
the dash, or a ‘Fast and Furious-style NOS button’ on
the wheel. Again, a little research on your particular
car can go a long way here.
That’s about all there is to it though. So, take it out
for a test drive, make sure the wheel is straight
and check that the wheel-to-hub screws haven’t
loosened off after 50 miles or so. Sorted.
(^5) AIRBAG OVERRIDE
Now before you think about reconnecting the
battery and putting the key in the ignition, you
need to override the airbag to stop the car
triggering the warning light. This is for two
reasons: first it’s an MOT failure to have the light
on, and second, the light being on disables any
other airbags like the ones in the dash or the
seats. You’ll want to keep those working.
The only way to override the airbag is to trick
the car into thinking that it’s still there. This is
done with a matching resistor.
Some posh boss kits come with plug-in airbag
resistors, for others you’ll have to look up the
resistance of the airbag and match it with a
resistor from an electrical store. There are
many forums that will tell you what you need to
know. Pop your resistor into the plug and tape
it up. Only then can you reconnect the battery
and stick the key in without the dreaded light.
There is one other method that can be used,
particularly if you’re building a track project and
want to remove all the airbags. On some cars
you can whip the bulb out of the dash, but we
wouldn’t recommend that for road cars.
064 http://www.fastcar.co.uk
barré
(Barré)
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