mckenzie

hello, will a 4th gen steering wheel and airbag fit on a 91 z28 steering column? would like to know if anybody has ever done this. thanks, tom

Bandit5

I saw some pics of 4th gen dash and console swaps, I am pretty sure at least one of them put on the steering wheel also. So I would say they probably fit. One way to find out.

Zepher

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Spdfrk1990

I thought about doin the same thing alot of members think it cant be done. I think its a possibility specially if the wires are the same comin off the air bags.

OutLaw305

IMO the wheel that came on my 92 rs looks much better than those 4th gens. Ill try for pics this weekend.

Spdfrk1990

The 92 wheel is alot more bulkier and its hard to see the guages sometimes.

Bandit5

I have a '90, same wheel as '92. I think it is a PITA to use the horn. I have ot push at the very corner very hard when I feel i need to express my anger, or on the infrequent opportunity I use it to signal somone. That 4th gen wheel looks much nicer and easier to use the horn than my current wheel. Plus, on my wheel, the padding is coming off, and parts of the leather are cracking.

mckenzie

so, is that a yes, about 4th gen steering wheel and airbag on a 91 z28?

Spdfrk1990

no1 knows about the airbag

Zepher

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Steering wheels interchange, but I am not sure about the airbag wires being compatable.

mckenzie

i don't want to buy a steering wheel and airbag if the airbag doesn't work properly. well, maybe somebody knows, and has done it. thanks, tom

Dante93GTZ

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I want yer 91-92 Z28 steering wheel!

91zconvt

Rip it all off! No, seriously, the leather pading on my 91's wheel was faded and cracking, so I took a risk of not knowing what it would look like, and ripped all the padding off. Let me tell you, it doesn't look bad at all. Nice and shiny black. My g/f thought I bought a brand new stearing wheel.

Bandit5

Lets think about this for a minute...

When one of the airbag/crash snesors is activated, it will send current to the steeringwheel which will cause the airbag to deploy. Now, since the 90-92 cars came with airbags, they alrady have the proper equipment hooked up. So, in theory it sould work.

owever, I believe I read something over a year ago about different generations of airbags or whatnot. What the generational changes are, I don't know. But as long as the trigering mechanism is the same, I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work.

Bandit5

I think we are goign to need pics before we start ripping off our padding. Sorry, but your word is not quite enough.

Spdfrk1990

I was thinkin the same bandit specially if they had the same plugs.

Bandit5

double post

mckenzie

ok, will the male connector out of my 91 fit in the female connector on the 4th gen airbag? anybody got any pic's of the 4th gen female connector?

Bandit5

By the look of that interior, I am going to say that that car was not originally equipped with an air bag, so I it wouldn't have any provisions for it... in other words, they wouldn't know.

But, assuming you liek the 4th gen steering wheel anyway and will install it even if you can't get the airbag to work, i would just go ahead and get the 4th Gen steering wheel, then check the wiring out for yourself. Only one way to find out, and it is to actually try it.

Spdfrk1990

Im goin to try it when i get my hands on 1 ive seen them at the junk yard undeployed.

91zconvt

Sorry...this pic doesn't do it justice at all, but it's all I got right now.