Evo 7 Airbag/wheel Swap over

[Technikhaus]

I think I've mentioned this here before, but I can't remember where.
I have been looking around and I really like the wheel in the Evo 7.
If you don't know of the wheel I'm talking of



My current wheel:



Now what I'm wanting is to figure out if they are able to be swapped.....

My main concern would be the airbag, from images that I have seen they seem reasonably alike. but I would like to try and confirm this.

This is my current airbag unit:



This is the airbag unit for the EVO:




Does anybody have any information that may help me figure out if it would fit?

[Technikhaus]

No ideas?

[Taz]

Best be talking to someone who knows all about this rather than gather ideas of the internet before you go buy a $500+ wheel mate
Might also want to check legalities of fiddling with airbags too.

[Technikhaus]

That's why I've posted here and an evo forum, i want to know if I will fit first
From my research in NZ, I can replace the wheel, as long as the new one has an airbag as well.
If I want to remove the airbag all together I have to get the car certified.

[silverGPX]

Haha, f**k screwing with airbags.

Imagine if it deployed wrong! You could have a serious injury!

[Technikhaus]

That's the reason I want to see if they are the same/similar enough to be safe.

[mattman]

i know the stock fto steering wheel is the same as the evo 6 and legnum have a look around if they have swapped there ones over to the newer evo style you should be able to do it

[Taz]

It will be the same if it wad deployed in a crash. Must be talking about it accidently going off when changing it over... Which you shoukdnt be in front of it anyway. You'll bwright if ir will fit.

[Technikhaus]

Thanks for that, after a quick google, the evo wheels up to evo 6.5 fit, but for the 7/8...

the evo7 and newer, require you get the spline from the evo7 steering column

[bass_twitch]

Thanks for that, after a quick google, the evo wheels up to evo 6.5 fit, but for the 7/8...

the evo7 and newer, require you get the spline from the evo7 steering column

Columns aren't that hard to fit...
BUT then the question is, Will the evo 7/8 column fit onto the FTO steering rack?

[Technikhaus]

From more googling, those columns fit in the Legnums of our ages etc.
Another option, mentioned here:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/article ... l-dsm.html
Is to cut and weld the two wheels together, to give the evo 7/8/9 wheels our mounts from the current wheel.
I still have not found and confirmation if the airbag would still work though...

just read the rest of the thread, and there is a lot of info, one of the guys wired in his airbag, but of course no confirmation if it will work...

[Akys]

here's a guide. But i think need to be a member
http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread ... o+steering

[Technikhaus]

Cheers for that, just confirms what I have read before, but at least it includes some pics