SW20 SRS Airbag Steering Wheels

I'm interested in finding a better steering wheel for my '96 SW20R. It has the optional SRS airbag and I'd like to keep one fitted. So that probably means finding either a TRD steering wheel with an airbag, or possibly fitting a newer steering wheel from a ZZW30 - which is very similar to the TRD wheel anyway.

Has anybody else done a swap like this? I've noticed there are three different fittings in the TRD steering wheels (A/B/C) and think mine's a C, but I'm not certain. Any tips or pointers would be appreciated!

Hey Darius. That's the kind of wheel I'm thinking about putting in, if I can find a nice clean one for a good price!

P.S. Have you still got that wheel?

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Originally posted by darius

Dunno if the local Toyota dealership would sell you one for your left testicle, but its always good to ask just for a laugh.

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I'd like to keep my left one for now! I've given up on TRD parts in Australia too. I enquired about getting the front & rear TRD strut braces a few weeks ago and almost had to call an ambulance when they told me the price.

In the end, I ordered them from MVP Motorsports in Texas and still managed to save a few hundred dollars despite the fact they had to order them from Japan, ship them to the US and then on to me in Australia!

MVP have quite a list of SW20 goodies and the sales guy Robert is really helpful.
http://www.mvpmotorsports.com/merchant/mr2.shtml

Thanks for the offer dylmrt, but at that price, I think I'll have to wait and see if I can find a second-hand one from a wreck or forget it altogether :-)

You can get a Gen V SRS airbag wheel which is the red stitch one? looks very similar to that MR-S one.

Hey dylmrt. I've considered the putting in a Gen 5 SRS wheel, just prefer the shape of the centre SRS pad, bit, thing on MR-s/TRD ones, that's all. They're cheaper too, which is pretty good incentive for me at the moment! Might end up going with the Gen V though...

mr_mi6, my cars's a 1996 SW20R (Gen4). I assumed it to be an electric trigger for the bag, but I could be wrong on that? The four-spoke wheel's a bit ug isn't it! The three is the goods.

Let me know if you find out anything useful and I'll do the same.

I have a bathurst too... but with an SRS air bag? Is it a straight swap?

The answer is yes and no.

I had an airbag in my 4-spoke steering wheel, but none of the sensors or SRS activation relays... so it seems that even non-SRS equipped Bathurst's have an airbag and an SRS logo on the steering wheel, but that doesn't mean your car actually has SRS (which was only an option on Bathurst models up to '98 I think).

The important question is whether you have a steering wheel with a brass ring to pick up the current for the horn, or a 'clockspring' spiral cable unit which feeds power to the horn via a plug-in connector.

Here's a pic of the back of my old wheel with the brass ring so you can see the bit I'm talking about.



If your wheel has got that brass ring, then the swap will take all the bits I mentioned. If you've got the clockspring/connector, it won't have that ring and should be a straight swap.