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Old 10-23-2012, 11:47 PM   #1
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Default M Tech Steering Wheel Question

I searched for an hour...
I purchased a 4 spoke M3 wheel a few months back. I removed Zippy's wheel to find that the Clock Spring and wiring is completely different. The M-Tech wheel has airbag and horn wires. The horn wires are what I am dealing with here.
I put the wheel in Zippy anyway and drove it for a day. I was able to hook up the airbag, but the horn wiring is totally different. Has anyone retrofit the wiring for the horn on their 1995 to accept a 96-99 steering wheel?
Please help! All I need are a few good ideas.
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Old 10-24-2012, 03:31 AM   #2
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Sean;

I want to say that I, too, tried the same thing, but gave up. I didn't want to do a hack job and I couldn't find a suitable How-To for assistance...

I wish you luck!

Help this man out!
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Thanks James.
Seems like I should be able to solder a wire from the horn button ring to the wires in my steering column in order for it to work. I just wanted to toss it out there before I attempt it. I have a BMW technician friend who told me to get wires out of another BMW before I hack mine to hell...so I did that. now I am at a total loss.
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Thanks James.
Seems like I should be able to solder a wire from the horn button ring to the wires in my steering column in order for it to work. I just wanted to toss it out there before I attempt it. I have a BMW technician friend who told me to get wires out of another BMW before I hack mine to hell...so I did that. now I am at a total loss.
hey man how did u get on?? and is there a link for takig the staring wheel off as my horn dont work lol
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I might get to this project this weekend. But, it's low on my list of priorities right now. My BMW Tech buddy said that we could figure it out...so I plan on taking pictures to document the job. I'll upload those pictures when complete.
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ahh amazing cant wait!
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Sean, cant wait to see the write up.
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4 spoke M3 steering wheel? Pics? I picked up a 3 spoke M3 euro steering wheel from the UK that was a direct bolt on. All seems to work great.
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yh mines a 3 spoke m tech wheel with air bag so thats why i aint takled it lol
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Here is the wheel I have. I tried to draw diagrams. we'll see if it worked. Ugh...needed bigger font. Resize and squint! lol







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I wanted to update everyone on my 4-spoke steering wheel install.
I was at the Pick-N-Pull a few weeks back and removed a steering wheel from a 1995 325ci cabrio. I noticed that the slip-ring was the same as my M3 wheel (part #32341162804). There was a copper stud sticking out of a white plastic sleeve ( CARBON PIN part #32311158475) attached to the STEERING COLUMN SWITCH BRACKET (part #32311159147). This is the part needed to make the connection to activate the horn. I knew right away that this was the part that I needed.
The steering column switch bracket in our cars have the circular slot for the carbon pin. Obviously, it is not used on our cars...but it's there. So, installing the new carbon pin is a snap...just slide it in place and you're done.
The trick is what to do for wiring. Easy enough tho. There are two (2) horn wires in my car. I disconnected the stock slip ring from the steering wheel and STEERING COLUMN SWITCH BRACKET. (The airbag connection and horn plugs are found together disconnect both) I pilfered the male end of a slip ring for the extra wires/plugs. Splicing the power from the carbon pin (which only has one wire) to the horn and running the ground wire to a ground is all it took. Horn now works.

Here is the slip ring from my car. The brown wire is power, the blue wire is the ground. I removed the grey pin from the clock spring and snipped the two wires as close to the grey pin as possible. Snapped the male end into the female end under my steering column.


Here is the carbon pin. I clipped the wire on the connection that this fits into (the female end) which had about 5" of wire, then connected this to the brown wire from the clock spring. (once again, the blue wire just gets grounded...I ran mine under the dash to the 13mm bolt that holds the dash on.)


Looks great...works great.
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