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is there a way to take off the steering wheel 'neck' cover (for lack of a better word), the plastic cover that has the signal and wiper controls sticking out of it, w/o having to remove the steering wheel?

 
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look for the momo s-wheel diy

 
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edit: ok i found the momo diy.... http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=155284, but here is the thing... in pic 19, where you can see where the 'sticks' are coming out of the neck, does that piece slide up, or does the whole steering wheel assembly have to come off to access it? I just wanna get my Honda alarm light changed

 
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turbo timer diy has it too. just remove bottom 3 screws and pull off the plastics. there is a top and bottom piece but they are clipped on hard to each other. I broke some of mine but it came off and went back together.

 
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when your clips broke it didn't present any issues for fitment afterwards? I'd assume the screws would suffice?

 
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ya there are a bunch of spots where it clips together. when putting it back, you snap the covers back together and then do the screws.

 
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we now need one of those diy's for a custom steering that uses the stock airbag... anyone know of one? I tried the search already.

 
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To release the clips correctly push in on the sides where the two sections come together.

 
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ok I got the cover off mine just lifted off....no pulling required...sweet....anyways now here is the dilemma i'm facing....I have two wires running to the light if you guys need pics just ask...one wire is yellow and one is red...looks about awg 10 or 8 not sure if that even matters or not
what is either wire?

for those who don't read all posts, I'm trying to replace the little red light on the steering wheel neck for the Honda Alarm....

<<<i'm no master of electrical wiring obviously...

 
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are you replacing it with another LED?

 
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i would take a multimeter and just check, if u get it backwards, depending on the meter, it'll either say -(whatever volts) or zero....

 
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yeah thats the hope...i'd figured I'd swing by pepboys or something and just get a 5 dollar or such l.e.d or a strip of them like my boy has that looks like the K.I.T. lights...I dunno....does it have to be direct replacement?

booba.....me=poor hehe redneck multimeter is a lightbulb and 2 wires right?

 
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uh yea, but the problem is you need to knwo what voltage the lightbulb currently takes, otherwaise, it'll be really dim or blow...

 
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the alarm LED is like a 500mA, very low voltage output because it is resistored at the alarm brain. You won't be able to just cut the old LED out and replace it with a scanner. You'll have to give the scanner 12v+, ground and a ground when armed output. You can, however, replace the LED with another LED without any problems.

 
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I guess this means just a simple dice and splice of the two wires?

 
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yes, and red would be positive.

 
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cool...I'll add pics when i get this very simple and 'brighter' hehe install done

 
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just be sure you get a bare LED, most LED's you find at like pepboys or whatever have inline resistors, they wont work with your factory wires.

 
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cliff notes: best luck and easiest place to find it is radioshack.

 
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thats exactly where I was gonna go, what with it's being right outside (literally) my store, its coincidental plus as soon as I get cilvia back I'm gonna do it that Tuesday...


sidenote, did anyone else notice there s a spell checker in the thread maker/editor?