Possible to retrofit a contact ring into a facelift E500 with airbag harness?

[bimmer2benz]

Just got a sweet Momo m38 in the mail from @duuder and have been trying to install it in my 1994 E500. After disassembling the lower dash I am now realizing that my car has the newer steering wheel/airbag harness and not the Momo hub compatible contact ring. Does anyone know if it’s possible to retrofit the contact ring into a facelift car?

 

[duuder]

check this out:

Steering wheel - early vs. late | Interior Topics

Ntrepid has been kind enough to donate a very nice steering wheel to my wagon project. I've been doing research to see if it fits but am not 100% sure. Can the experts let me know if this will fit a 1994 wagon? I can see from GSXR's site that you can tell apart 93 and earlier wheels vs. 94...

www.500eboard.co

 

[gerryvz]

 

[gsxr]

This is not a typical conversion, he's installing a 1980's vintage Momo non-airbag steering wheel (linky) into a 1994 car with contact spiral. I don't know how to do this and retain the horn function. The pre-facelift contact ring is not a simple swap into a facelift (contact spiral) steering column. Pretty much everything is different. Don't think I've ever seen a non-airbag Momo wheel on a 94-up car, at least not on this forum...

 

[duuder]

This wheel will go into another vintage car however in the meantime, he just got the new car from stickyvicky and wanted to try it on that

 

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I just wanted to leave this here.

The MoMo adapter for the Chrysler Crossfire works on both the W202 and the later W124 with the clock spring (no contact ring).

Use a 3.3 ohm flameproof resistor in place of the airbag squib (detonator).