didnt have time to search for this but just curious if anyones tryed it, I just got myself a full tan interior from my 2nd job at the salvage yard, mint leather, im going saturday to strip pretty much everything out of it, its a 97, i was wondering if anyones tryed taking a 97-99 steering wheel and air bag and puting it on a 96, are the conectors for the bag and cruise the same? or has anyone done this...woul def. love to have the 97+ steering wheel...

thanx for the help
--Dan

 

97 steering wheels are different than the 98-99 ones, just so you know.

 

whats the diference?

 

Hmm, maybe I gave you some wrong info. I have a GLE, so my steering wheel is different, but it seems as if the 97-99 SE steering wheels are the nicest ones. Not sure if the 95-96 SE ones are the same, but these look really nice:

 

yeah their def. nicer, the 95-96 ones are ugly, i guess it'll be trial and error for me if no one else has tryed swapping them before, from what i've been told its just a couple security torx and a center nut that holds it all together, maybe when i pull it off i'll find a 96 bag on the shelf to see if the conections are the same, maybe even match up the control modules to be on the safe side, i dont see why they would be that diferent other then styling

--Dan

 

Yeah, I can almost guarantee you there is no difference, other than cosmetic. Definitely let us know how that works out!

 

Please keep us up to date. My 96 leather wrap is a bit chewed up and would love to put a new wheel that's in better condition in there provided it isn't that involved. Someone told me on here that it isn't that hard, but I want you to do it first. Good luck!

 

i'll be going sat. to pull everything out of the doner car, i've got about 4 hours to pull everything which should be enough time, ill match ones off the shelf tomorrow to see what things look like then once i get my car back from the shop with its fresh 17k mile motor i'll be doin the interior, i may wait till after our englishtown trip at the end of april, im not smokin in it after the interior swap but on the 2 hour ride down there im probably gonna wanna smoke....anyway...i'll let you guys know how it works out

--Dan

 

I am pretty sure 95-97 have same Air bag stuff.

 

Im sure the swap is possible as long as you have both the wheel and the airbag. On a side note...check out this swap (03 Altima wheel in a 4th gen):
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....steering+wheel