Technical Steering Wheel

[norbert]

Hi Folks
My b (1996) has one of the early style plasticky steering wheels, it's pretty nasty.
What I want to do is replace it with a black leather one, preferably a proper barchetta item so that I don't mess with airbag lights etc.

a. How easy is it to remove/re-fit.
b. Has anyone got one for sale?

Ta

norb.

 

[doolahrock]

not sure about where to get a new steering wheel and the implications but, you could have the current leathered up.

 

[LittleRedB]

Hmmm, not sure about that - I have not attempted such a job!! I am always nervous about doing anything related to airbags, drop DTR an eMail, they are usually happy to hand out advice............

 

[docorangepeel]

Its easy to change A few screws on the back of the wheel let you remove the airbag. Once the airbag is off you can remove the wheel without any problems. Make sure you remove the + cable from your car battery first.
You can get a replacment leather wheel from ebay. A fiat coupe wheel is the same as the B.

 

[Robot]

:yeahthat:
2 or 3 screws on the back, the hub nut, unplug 1 cable et voila.
New wheel should be available from eBay or www.barchettaparts.com.

 

[Robot]

Actually, it looks like two plugs - horn and airbag (yellow).

 

[norbert]

So the actual airbag is separate from the wheel?

Great advice, cheers. If anyone sees a wheel for sale, give me a shout.

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Ta

norb.

 

[R30GUE]

Actually, it looks like two plugs - horn and airbag (yellow).

When pulling off the steering when be careful, make sure you have fed the wiring for the horn and airbag through the wheel as when you pull it off can pull/pop open the Spider/Spule (as shown in Robots pic). this has a very long length of wire wound up in it and it can shoot out easily, it is very hard to put back together...... a replacement can cost you £60 on ebay and around £200 from Fiat UK

 

[Robot]

So the actual airbag is separate from the wheel?

Yup - a few screws from the back.

 

[LittleRedB]

ROBOT - why did you post a picture of your Codpiece

 

[Robot]

Found both the wheel and airbag at www.barchettaparts.com

Airbag €200
Wheel €75

 

[Robot]

ROBOT - why did you post a picture of your Codpiece

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It isn't large enough to be my codpiece...

 

[norbert]

Found both the wheel and airbag at www.barchettaparts.com

Airbag €200
Wheel €75

Nice one, cheers for that!

 

[docorangepeel]

I paid £20 for a replacement airbag so shop around!

 

[LittleRedB]

Why did you replace the airbag Doc?

 

[Robot]

He used the other one as a codpiece, obviously

 

[LittleRedB]

He used the other one as a codpiece, obviously

:doh: So obvious when you think about it...........!

 

[docorangepeel]

I removed the Fiat badge from the airbag and could not find anything to replace it with that looked good.

I still have the old airbag in my parts bin. I will keep it until someone needs a quick fix replacement.

 

[OZ Seicento]

Just found this, wee bit cheaper than them seperately

http://cgi.ebay.de/fiat-barchetta-l...ryZ99118QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Mark

 

[OZ Seicento]

or one with some red leather on it

http://cgi.ebay.de/fiat-barchetta-l...ryZ99118QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Mark