Changing My steering wheel

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peddy

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 London
Hi,

I have just received the m steering wheel i won on ebay and plan to swap it over at some point this weekend... have a few questions before i jump in...

1. Do i need to disconnect the whole battery or is the earth enough (i've been getting different answers to this...)
2. have a rough idea of what to do thanks to a couple of forum members, but would be nice to have a guide of some sort. anyone got one?

Thanks!
 
1: If you disconnect ALL the earths, then there is no circuit. This will be fine.

2: Search is your friend: http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79735
 
Good guide, i'll be needing that next week. Hopefully the multifunction side goes well to :roll: I havent got the wheel yet but I assume there is a plug that just fits into that black socket you can see behind the airbag?
 
Dreamer said:
Good guide, i'll be needing that next week. Hopefully the multifunction side goes well to :roll: I havent got the wheel yet but I assume there is a plug that just fits into that black socket you can see behind the airbag?
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if you've got a pre-facelift I believe that is definately the case.
If you haven't, I think you also need to route a cable.. but I'm not sure.
CJ is the man in the know :P
 
MFSW is just plug and play. Paddles need smore work.

Remember to give the airbag time to discharge before removing it...15 mins to be safe.
 
sk93 said:
1: If you disconnect ALL the earths, then there is no circuit. This will be fine.

2: Search is your friend: http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79735
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Thanks - so where are the earths? sorry for the stupid question, but there's a first time for everything. :)

I also spoke to BMW and they said that the airbag light will come on after you've fitted it. is this true?

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peddy said:
I also spoke to BMW and they said that the airbag light will come on after you've fitted it. is this true?
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Mine did. I have yet to have it reset because the Z is in winter storage.
 
Guys I have taken the air bag off but having difficulty taking the centre bolt off. it just wont budge!! to confirm... i'm turing it anti-clockwise! any ideas??
 
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