Steering wheel - early vs. late

[Melville]

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 and later by the number of holes in the back:

1992: http://124performance.com/images/W124_steering/steering_wheels/1992_wheel_mount.jpg
1994: http://124performance.com/images/W124_steering/steering_wheels/1994_wheel_mount.jpg

The pictured wheel has a spiral so I don't know how many holes there are. But GSXR's site mentions a contact spiral only for the 1994 wheel. So does that mean that this wheel will fit a 1994?

 

[captruff]

That steering wheel has the old style horn contact ring. I believe if you remove it you should be able to use that wheel with your 94/95 car.

Jeff

 

[gsxr]

Melville, the only way to confirm 100% would be to remove the airbag and get a photo of the "front" side. It's pretty likely that it will have the new style, but you can't tell from the back side.

 

[Ntrepid]

Ok. Here is a shot of the wheel from behind the airbag.Robert

 

[gsxr]

Ok. Here is a shot of the wheel from behind the airbag.Robert

Yup, that appears to be a late-style wheel. Swap out the squibb (contact ring) and it should be plug+play on any 1994-up 124 chassis.

 

[2phast]

Yup, that appears to be a late-style wheel. Swap out the squibb (contact ring) and it should be plug+play on any 1994-up 124 chassis.

Lets clarify that to say. Remove the contact ring from the new wheel (set aside), remove your existing wheel and then remove the plastic inner ring (on the back), install plastic inner ring onto the new wheel, then install wheel into car. If you look at the enclosed picture, you can see the plastic ring around the aluminum section.

 

[gsxr]

Lets clarify that to say. Remove the contact ring from the new wheel (set aside), remove your existing wheel and then remove the plastic inner ring (on the back), install plastic inner ring onto the new wheel, then install wheel into car. If you look at the enclosed picture, you can see the plastic ring around the aluminum section.

Yes - what Rik said.

You REMOVE the contact ring, and will replace it with a plastic ring from your existing 1994-95 wheel. The contact ring is not needed, and will not work, with a 94-95 steering column.