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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: V_Arse6 on 20 July 2006, 19:46

Title: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: V_Arse6 on 20 July 2006, 19:46

Hmm.  I need a new steering Wheel for the VR6 (leather's ripped at the top...  :cry:)..  I'd quite like to stick with the stock wheel really, but it seems tricky to get hold of one in decent condition.

Seen a Few for Mk4s and Mk2s (as well as loads of non-car-specific ones of course), but I was wondering if the airbag connectors are the same on all the golfs (well, all the golfs that have an airbag of course  :laugh:)..  I'd rather stick with having one, since you never know what might happen, and my face is too beautiful to get re-arranged by a steering wheel! (err... Honest it is..  :laugh:)...  But if need be I'll just get a nice replacement from somewhere and sod the airbag.

Any recommendations?  It's a '95 VR6 if that makes any difference.

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: rubjonny on 21 July 2006, 11:52

Nope sorry, but a MK3.5 Cabrio steering wheel looks like a MK4 wheel and will fit :)

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: V_Arse6 on 21 July 2006, 14:27

Hmm..  Well, I'm going to a track day at Castle Coombe next weekend - there should be plenty of VWs parked there, I'll take my toolkit and a brick  :evil: (I am, of course, joking).

I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and get a non-mk3 one :undecided:  That rip's really starting to annoy me. :angry:

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: chris_Mk3Annivers on 21 July 2006, 15:39

a mk3.5.. so a steering wheel from a 98 R reg golf cabrio would fit my 96 P ..??
How easy is it to fit..?
The mk4 style looks so better on a mk3 dash

http://www.compucars.co.uk/carpics/Lg112843-03.jpg

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: rubjonny on 21 July 2006, 18:31

aye it will, since the MK3-3.5 cabrio uses the same stering column as a MK3, as it is essentially a MK3 underneath.

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: cupra20v.t on 27 July 2006, 18:23

dont mean to hijack the thread but how do i go about removing the steering wheel, i have a 96 gti 8v with airbag and i have never removed an air bag wheel before and i know its not as simple as my old car which was remove the centre wheel badge and a 22mm socket onto the nut and voilla. any pointers fgreatfully recieved.  cheers in advance

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: rubjonny on 27 July 2006, 18:45

the airbag is held on with 2 allen screws round the back, undo these then carefully disconnect the wiring to it.  Then its just a 24mm nut as per the older VWs.

The airbag light will now come on, so you need to buy a resistor which plugs into the loom and switches the light off.  I don't know the exact details of what you need to get though!

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: cupra20v.t on 27 July 2006, 19:04

so i have to remove the steering colum plastics to get at the allen key bolts on the rear of the wheel?

Title: Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
Post by: rubjonny on 27 July 2006, 19:41

no they're sticking out the back of the wheel, I just used an allen key :)