standard to after market steering wheel

[jjsk]

how do i keep the horn working after i changed steering wheel from standard to after market on s15. other than installing a push button? por favor,, any ideas?

 

[DeanS15]

nismo steering boss mate, the only sure way to put the airbag light out, maintain horn and indicator cancel, but $$$......

 

[LuPix_S15]

HKB boss S15 steering wheel kit

Got mine from RHDJapan although can't remember exactly how much it cost... wasn't too bad. It comes with airbag cancellation adaptor as well as horn connector plus indicator cancellation - pretty much everything Dean has said ^^^^ lol

 

[DeanS15]

good to know, i thought it was nismo that did that....didnt want to pay nismo money lol

 

[tooley]

you just need to connect the wires, the horn wire which is the green and black one connect that to the horn positive button and then connect the negative to an earth.

 

[DeanS15]

on a side note - has anyone ever been brave enough to put a meter on the airbag connections and find out its resistance? that way any old matched resistor could be fitted to cancel the light - just a thought, i dont want to start prodding a meter on the airbag terminals in case i accidentally trigger it off (even if it is unlikely) lol

 

[tooley]

^^^ that exactly what i was thinking, also if i earth it out will it set off the passenger air bag.........

 

[DeanS15]

dunno mate - try it :rotfl:

 

[LuPix_S15]

When the airbag light started coming on the other day (now fixed with reset sequence using push button where door closes) I was thinking maybe the airbag cancellation clip that comes with the HKB boss was duff and not working after DWYB cos it was still attached but the airbag light remained flashing etc.

I was gonna put my helmet on and try using a wire to complete a 'loop' on the end of the airbag socket/harness (steering column end). Would this have been a bad idea? I wasn't sure whether the airbag cancellation clip creates a loop or earths the connection lol :wack:

 

[jjsk]

thanks to all suggestions,gonna hav to buy anuda boss kit.

 

[DeanS15]

if you have an airbag cancel connector james, does it have one or two connections on it? where do they go? if they just go on to two wires can you put a meter across the new connector and tell us the resistance value - might be useful in future.....

 

[LuPix_S15]

Dean - I've got two connections (basically prong like things!!) which sticks into the airbag harness from the steering column side.

So the two prongs plug into the OEM harness and after that it's just a small rectangular white plastic unit so I can't see inside of it. I don't have a meter to measure the resistance :wack: will try and borrow one lol... or buy one cos it's about time!!


Ooh just found someone else's pic for another car but the cancellation unit (white plastic thing with tiny black numbers on it) is identical to the one I'm using

 

[JapanS15]

You install the 2 ohm resistor to keep the SRS light from illuminating. Horn is just just a two wire connection. BOSS steering wheel adaptor kit.

 

[DeanS15]

i think japan must be right - thats blatantly just a 1p resistor in a plastic box that they add to the kit to cancel the light haha. be good to confirm it though

 

[JapanS15]

I've swapped mine. If you don't have a two ohm resistor, you can make one out of basic supplies. Google it! :thumbs:

 

[richy200]

why not just take the bulb out?

 

[DeanS15]

why not just take the bulb out?

'hell yeah, thats what i always do'

 

[JapanS15]

Just get the 2 ohm resistor...don't ghetto it!

 

[richy200]

ok will go to maplins and try and get one, btw i think it's a 2.2ohm resistor. What wattage am i getting though?? Also tried to ghetto it and it appears there is no bulb to take out lol

well not unless i wnna stat breaking stuff to get at at

 

[richy200]

ok i tried a 2.2 ohm resistor connecting both of the yellow wires and nothing happened.


When i used a live current tester, neither of the wires are live is this supposed to be the case??