eb110americana

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What kind of seats do you have? I spy some Alcantara.

breze84

A Base Pontiac G6 Steering wheel without the radio functions on the wheel...

maxplusten

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There recovered 6LEs, unfortunatly its not alcantara. Just suede. heres a lil better pic of them


Heres the best pic of them (she said she loved them because they were fuzzy) lol


Good to know, ill make sure I put that in the final write up. Thank ya sir

Sail Hatan

i cant seem to find any good deals on ones that dont havethe radio controls. can you buy different covers with no controls?

maxplusten

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I know there out there its just a matter of locating them. The caps come right off with one screw. Interchangable through all the wheels. may be a good piece to find in the junk yard on like a g6 or cobalt. Id tell you how he did mine but the honest truth is im not sure. He never showed me, just did it. Im assuming he backfilled it with some sort of plastic or epoxy then used filler to make it flush. I know on ebay you can find some expensive ones that are real carbon fiber that dont have button holes but there stupid prices.

maxplusten

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that being said i wouldnt buy a wheel based on that cause usually only the cheap wheels had no controls. Id buy the wheel you want then find the caps. I believe the correct name for them as far as gm is concerned are the spoke covers

maxplusten

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i really gotta start researching before I type replys... http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...shes-sale.html

phenox

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great work OP just a question tho how much did the shaft cost you? and where is the best place to buy it?

Sail Hatan

My buddy at GM said I could get it for 155$ at the dealership, but that might be his price.

maxplusten

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i managed to scoop one up for 80 on ebay, ive seen em for around 166 from gm parts direct... not sure who else carries em, id check with your local dealer

mcdonald77

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great write up! I am working on one for a 2000 gmc jimmy with an ls swap. The airbag will not match up. I aquired a 2009 vette column with wheel and blown airbag for $40, wont happen again. I also bought another 2000 s10 airbag off ebay and going to attempt to pack the bag and igniter from the s10 unit in to the vette unit. I might have to have the retaining piece machined to fit the igniter. I know its not legit to tamper with an airbag but id rather have it then not. I used some of your infor here in my thread but gave you credit!

Ill keep you updated to the airbag. Here is my link.

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f26/co...2/#post8147486

maxplusten

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Sounds good man! glad to see someone else is attempting it too, ill tune in for results

Wicked 94TA

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The wheel in my '99 has gotten awful looking and is really ruining the look of my interior. I'm gonna go to a couple local yards around here tomorrow and look for one of these wheels. My high beams have been acting up so I guess I'll try to fix them too. Is the white unit on top the the column in this pic the high beam switch?

Wicked 94TA

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I just took the GM part # for the upper steering shaft and came up with a lot of different models its listed for. One of the most common I'm seeing is the Express and Savana work vans. Do you think these would have the correct shaft? If so I know where quite a few of those are.

mcdonald77

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as long as there tilt wheel they should work, need someone who works for LKQ check them out for us.

maxplusten

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The white thing is actually the ignition module

Yep as stated above as long as its a tilt column it should be the right part. Stay away from cobalts and stuff like that because they utilize a straght shaft and a drop column.

mcdonald77

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I took apart an 2000 s10 airbag to see if could be retro fitted to the vette wheel and its too big. Here is some more information I posted this morning on my thread. The 2500hd unit is smaller and might actually work.

more info, more info

the s10 bag, WAY too big. I did learn this morning that the 2500hd trucks kept the single stage bag units even now. Also looked up the diagrams and it sure is. I have a post over a performancetrucks.net to see if someone will takes some measurements before I spend more money to take something apart.

Below are pics of the 2500hd airbag diagrams showing only one stage (marked as HVY) and random shots of the s10 and vette parts side by side.

last pic is a 2500HD unit from the back, 2006.

Wicked 94TA

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I picked this up from the junkyard yesterday out of a G6 for $25.



I've been researching the part # for the upper steering shaft and I think I'm going to go to the pick and pull yard near me and get a whole column out of a Grand Prix, should only set me back $40 for the whole column. The yard I got the steering wheel from has a bowtie airbag I can get for $100.

LetsRide

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I've seen everyone talking about the airbag issue. Has anyone looked into radio/steering wheel controls? I know it's a small issue but I enjoy my steering wheel controls. In want to do this mod.

Thanks for all the info and pictures guys!

eb110americana

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I've thought about this. I think what you'd want to do is harvest the button modules from the old steering wheel and keep the circuit board. Then you'd have to wire the new switches in place of the old switches one-by-one. This way the correct signal will be sent and you can pair any switch with any function (seeing as many of the newer wheels have buttons for phone, cruise control, and others not supported by our 8 radio switches). While the wiring might be a bit tedious, I think the hardest part would be finding a place to house the switch circuit boards within the new wheel.