ITR '96 Steering Wheel into EG/DC2

[riruiz_88]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Wanting to add that sleeper but appealing steering wheel. You dont have too look far, its straight Honda. This steering wheel only came out in the JDM Integra Type R '96 spec. I was lucky to find one, thanks to CIV97.

Aim:
To make you car look bling pretty much. And still make your ride legal with this mod (only applies to cars without SRS).

Required:
1) Flat head screw driver
2) Rattle Gun
3) Allen Keys (3mm used)
4) Deep impact socket (19mm)
5) OEM Steering wheel nut (part#: 90380-SB2-003)
6) DC2R '96 steering wheel
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00203.jpg


Steps:
First we gotta remove the Negative (-) terminal from the battery to save your self from a possible shock. And make sure that your steering wheel is straight as possible.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00208.jpg

Jump in the driver seat and look at what you got. Boring old EGG wheel.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00209.jpg

Now this step is only for EG's without SRS. Get the flat head screw driver and carefully pry into the plastic cover as shown here. Being careful not to damage the wheel or plastic cover.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00210.jpg

Now you get el impacto (rattle gun) along with your deep impact socket (19mm) and get that sucka of a nut out. Without el impacto you will have trouble keeping the wheel static while trying to turn with a ratchet. Although it is possible.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00211.jpg

Once loose, leave the nut still on. I have heard many stories including on OH, people remove the nut and pull the wheel off only to smack them selves in yo face. Here is what it looks like with the wheel off, i just put the nut back on for no reason:).
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00212.jpg

Now get your sweet ITR wheel and begin removing hex nuts from it like shown below. I used a 3mm Allen key. Remember: lefty loosey, righty tighty.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00213.jpg

Here is what it looks like with cover plate off. Remove plate first, then to remove horn button you must compress the little tabs holding onto the base. There are 3 tabs, one of mine were broken so be careful. Look before you remove so you know where they are. Also do not lose the spring and contact plate under horn button.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00214.jpg

To remove base you will need the flat head screw driver again. Carefully pry it in and bring it up slowly. Going around if you can so you dont damage the leather.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00215.jpg

If you must clean the inside of the wheel now, because you will not want to remove it a later date. I know i sure as hell dont. Here it is on, remember why you need the wheel straight before?
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00218.jpg

Now get the replacement nut and put it in a extension ratchet socket. Other wise you will have trouble gettin the nut in without falling inside the wheel. Thats what happened to me.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00221.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00222.jpg

Now get el impacto set it to RIGHT. and go for gold, get that nut on TIGHT. Cause you dont want your wheel comming off when your driving.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00223.jpg

Get the plastic base back in, slowly and carefully again. Do that, and clip in the horn button along with the spring and contact plate. Get it to align straight as you can.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00224.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00225.jpg

Put the plastic plate back on and begin tightening the hex nuts back in. Not too tight because its only plastic.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00226.jpg

Now go ahead and admire what you just did in less than 30 minutes. But before you get excited, get yourself in the bay and connect back the Negative (-) terminal to the battery. Make sure the horn is working properly/normal.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/riruiz_88/DIY/DSC00228.jpg


Other comments:
Now go for a test drive, try and do difficult turns for e.g: 3 point turn, U-Turn, tight corners. If it feels perfect for you then all is good and go show your mates to see their jelous faces:cool:.
After i had finished this i could feel the steering become more responsive. Could be for the smaller wheel or just too damn excited i had to make an excuse. Hope this is easy to understand, and enjoy:thumbsup:... Chico

[90LAN]

haha u dont need to open the horn up just connect it and put back on
as to using a rattle gun your ratchet is good enough
nice write up thou

[Chuckz]

cool.

[riruiz_88]

i never thought of that ey Lan. oh well, same results haha. cheers for the words non the less guys

[tiksie]

Good write up, good detail in photos! +rep for you.

[Jdm.]

Would really like to do this, could you please fix the pictures?

[riruiz_88]

here you go dude, sorry for the lateness.

[Jdm.]

here you go dude, sorry for the lateness.

Thanks that's fine, but I'm having a problem with the alarm, want to see if anyone's experiencing/ed it.
When I take out the negative terminal my alarm sound goes and and won't stop til I plug the battery back in, even if I take both positive and negative out it still sounds?
Anyone experienced this before?

[riruiz_88]

where is your siren located? well when you find it it should have a key hole so you can "silent" it when/if your doing maintenance to the system.
were you provided with a key with your alarm system? do this and it will stop.

[Jdm.]

where is your siren located? well when you find it it should have a key hole so you can "silent" it when/if your doing maintenance to the system.
were you provided with a key with your alarm system? do this and it will stop.

Na that's the problem, I bought the car but he didn't give me a key for it and I never asked...

[90LAN]

middle part comes apart from the wheel, it is only stuck on with velco at the back
if you dont want to pull the horn out

[Jdm.]

middle part comes apart from the wheel, it is only stuck on with velco at the back
if you dont want to pull the horn out

But I need to remove the battery don't I? If I don't want the airbag deploying?

[dCn]

But I need to remove the battery don't I? If I don't want the airbag deploying?

What airbag?

[riruiz_88]

But I need to remove the battery don't I? If I don't want the airbag deploying?
i have removed the negative terminal from the battery post, thats all you need. just make sure the terminal doesn't touch anything while you are working, just manouvre it out of the way facing up.

if you have an air bag from factory, your best to get the air bagged version of this steering wheel. the australian market DC2R got the air bagged version, should be easier to find than this one.
the one below is from a DC2R, but be careful as they look the same as the EK9 and this dose not fit the EG/DC platfrom.
http://www.hkc-speed.com/images/uploads/ek9-steering_wheel_srs.jpg

its illegal to replace an air bagged wheel with a non-air bagged wheel.

[Jdm.]

Hey guys, I've recently installed this into my dc2, I've plugged both cables into the specified spots but my horn doesnt work, any ideas? Thanks

[riruiz_88]

there is a golden/copper button that sits behind the red "H", did you install that correctly?
it has an indentation/nipple to, the highest point much be facing the engine bay.

[Jdm.]

there is a golden/copper button that sits behind the red "H", did you install that correctly?
it has an indentation/nipple to, the highest point much be facing the engine bay.

thanks for the reply, i didnt really line the red "H" up, just put it back on so its straight and didnt work..
ill try lining it up again properly and let you know, thanks.

[riruiz_88]

im not quite sure you understood what i meant.
-remove the allen keys bolts off from the horn button surrounding
-remove the cover the allen keys bolts were holding in place
-carefully remove the "H" horn button (its only being held in place by 3 plastic clips)
-you will find a spring and a copper button in here.
-the order of this should be... spring first then the copper button with the "nipple" of the button facing the engine bay

[Jdm.]

im not quite sure you understood what i meant.
-remove the allen keys bolts off from the horn button surrounding
-remove the cover the allen keys bolts were holding in place
-carefully remove the "H" horn button (its only being held in place by 3 plastic clips)
-you will find a spring and a copper button in here.
-the order of this should be... spring first then the copper button with the "nipple" of the button facing the engine bay

That's exactly what I've done. But still nothing? There's only 2 cables right? I've got those 2 plugged into the plate like your picture but are there anymore? How does the horn connect to the car without an extra cable? I think I'm missing that 1

[riruiz_88]

have you connected the battery back up?
have you removed the horn at anytime?
check to make sure you have voltage at one of the 2 wires, check from one cable to a good ground (this should have 12V) and check the other for continuity (basically ground to ground)

[Jdm.]

have you connected the battery back up?
have you removed the horn at anytime?
check to make sure you have voltage at one of the 2 wires, check from one cable to a good ground (this should have 12V) and check the other for continuity (basically ground to ground)

Battery's connected.
I used to have an srs wheel which had cables connecting to the horn, but had to take that out to fit in this wheel.. Could that be the problem?

[riruiz_88]

im not sure about the srs models, you should have just gotten the AUDM type r steering wheel. it comes with an airbag

[dc292177917]

there's no need to remove the horn button lol
just pry out the whole middle cover thing
its just held by valeo thing around the spokes lol

[BG-33P]

you need the copper shoe horn. It connects to the car and touched the metal part on the back of the steering wheel. As you used to have an srs wheel you're goingt o have to get it from honda, or from the wreckers or just make it with some metal laying around. Its easy.

Heres a picture of the part:

http://www.diymyhonda.com/integra/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/5f7cdab56323e624535aa11e21d02a77.jpg

and a diy to go with:

http://www.diymyhonda.com/integra/how-to-wire-jdm-horn/

don't thank me. Thank google.

I suggest the audm dc2r wheel. its got the airbag and is only a little bigger then then the one you've got now. I've run both, and they're both good.

[jonneh212]

hi, i just did this and my steering is no longer straight (tilts to the left), it was straight with stock steering wheel as i got a wheel alignment with new tyres a couple of months ago.