Leather wheel in earlier car?

[fattail95]

Hi there guys,

I have a 2001 half-mux 406, with the non leather steering wheel, as pictured:



Can I fit this later type steering wheel into the car? Will there be any airbag/fitment issues?



Many thanks!

Benjamin

[pug406nz]

The steering wheel will fit but you have to use your same airbag. When you take off the steering wheel, the complete horn/airbag unit will come out.

[fattail95]

The steering wheel will fit but you have to use your same airbag. When you take off the steering wheel, the complete horn/airbag unit will come out.

Does the earlier airbag fit properly? It looks different to the one on the leather wheel?

Thanks!

[fattail95]

Actually, upon further inspection looks like my airbag will fit into the wheel just fine.

[dirtydirtydiesel]

I don't see why you can't use the new air bag, but you might need to use pp2000 to 'allow' it in your car

[gumby6371]

A friend of mine recently did a 'straightening' job on a C4 and replaced the deployed side air bags with ones from a breaker and it didn't throw up any errors.
He had the battery off for a good couple of days during the strip down and refit so the car probably forgot then relearned everything afterwards avoiding the need for any reprogramming.

In a nutshell I think if you replace like for like there shouldn't be a problem and make sure you leave the battery off for a good hour before unplugging anything, just don't sit in the drivers seat when you start the engine for the first time

[fattail95]

Back again! Recieved the wheel today, and there are some differences between the two. The new leather wheel has a central hole at the bottom of the wheel, whereas my current wheel has two holes at "ten to two". Will it still fit ok? I only have my standard airbag, not the new one.