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Offline V_Arse6

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Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« 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.
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #1 on: 21 July 2006, 11:52 »
Nope sorry, but a MK3.5 Cabrio steering wheel looks like a MK4 wheel and will fit :)
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #2 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:
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #3 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
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #5 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
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #6 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!
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #7 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?
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Re: Are Mk3/Mk4 Steering wheels interchangeable?
« Reply #8 on: 27 July 2006, 19:41 »
no they're sticking out the back of the wheel, I just used an allen key :)
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