Steering Wheel Press-Type Buttons Now Available from GRP!

[GRP]

In their website, GRP direct's you to their new Steering Wheels' removal/installation for the instructions, but you only need to follow 3 of the initial steps for the button module removal. It's a fairly easy DIY job. The only step that I found to be missing in that pictured instruction is the one of the removal of the piano black plastic crown after the removal of the airbag module, which essentially involves lifting the 3 plastic tabs on that plastic crown with a thin screwdriver (1top/2 bottom) and pulling it out. Should take only 20 minutes at first try. Hope this helps somewhat.

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And yeah, the piano black trim removal is missing from those steps but easy enough to pop out so the job remains nice and easy to do.
Thanks!

 

[crestima]

In their website, GRP directs you to their new Steering Wheels' removal/installation for the instructions, but you only need to follow 3 of the initial steps for the button module removal. It's a fairly easy DIY job. The only step that I found to be missing in that pictured instruction is the one of the removal of the piano black plastic crown after the removal of the airbag module, which essentially involves lifting the 3 plastic tabs on that plastic crown with a thin screwdriver (1top/2 bottom) and pulling it out. Should take only 20 minutes at first try. Hope this helps somewhat.

Forgot to mention that the oem haptic modules have 2 tiny torx screws you need to remove and are not needed on the new button modules. You may want to refer to the earlier post of Aug 30th on this thread for further detail on that.

 

[Finbarqs]

Been trying to get the airbag out for the last hour or so. No success. Maybe my screw driver is too short??? I have no idea, but I sure as heck don’t feel a spring at all…

Maybe I’m one of those un-handy people

 

[Aero]

Been trying to get the airbag out for the last hour or so. No success. Maybe my screw driver is too short??? I have no idea, but I sure as heck don’t feel a spring at all…

Maybe I’m one of those un-handy people

make sure you're keeping the flat end at 90 deg (to the dash/fwd) as you push into the hole. See GRPs instructions for pics of the little release rods. If you dont the screwdriver will slip past that rod and not do anything. Youll feel a bit of resistance if that happens.

 

[GRP]

Been trying to get the airbag out for the last hour or so. No success. Maybe my screw driver is too short??? I have no idea, but I sure as heck don’t feel a spring at all…

Maybe I’m one of those un-handy people

Sorry to hear about the trouble!
Have you looked at the pictures on our instructions?
The screwdriver only needs to be about 4" long at most to make contact with the spring clip.
Here is the link for those if you havent seen them already - GRP Steering wheel Instructions

 

[Finbarqs]

I’ve seen those, and I even went at different angles with the flat completely flat (widest at the bottom - 180 degrees) and even when that didn’t work, I did it the other way just to make sure…. Am I suppose to hear an audible pop? Or feel an audible pop?

 

[GRP]

I’ve seen those, and I even went at different angles with the flat completely flat (widest at the bottom - 180 degrees) and even when that didn’t work, I did it the other way just to make sure…. Am I suppose to hear an audible pop? Or feel an audible pop?

The opening is tiny but you may be able to peek in there with a flashlight to help align the screwdriver

 

[Finbarqs]

The opening is tiny but you may be able to peek in there with a flashlight to help align the screwdriver

I think it's because the longest screw driver I have is 50mm (about 2") for a flat head. The longer shaft ones are quite a big bigger being 1/4"+ so I'm going to get a 3mm/ 1/8th" screw driver with a 4" shaft from home depot/lowe's to see if that helps! Thanks guys!