Is an upgrade to this type of steering wheel possible? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

NewArt · 03-03-2018, 05:53 AM

If you have a roll cage and a 6 point harness, an airbag is redundant. Otherwise, removing a proven safety device for a cosmetic change would not be my first choice.

Geof3 · 03-03-2018, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NewArt

If you have a roll cage and a 6 point harness, an airbag is redundant. Otherwise, removing a proven safety device for a cosmetic change would not be my first choice.

For me it was a matter of position and size of the stock wheel. There is nothing functionally wrong with the stocker (except it weighs 2000lbs) it just didn't work well for me. I didn't disable the entire system, just deleted the drivers AB. Slowly this car will be more and more track oriented anyway. I haven't made the jump to seats yet as I don't want to give up the passenger airbag. Of course, there are legal considerations as well as insurance considerations to "altering the AB system" fortunately non of those apply.

Brian in Tucson · 03-03-2018, 03:08 PM

DCI says that they can remanufacture a steering wheel to the buyer's design standards. You might follow the link to the sellers website, but I think this is what I'm going to do with my worn steering wheel.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-996-986-993-Carrera-Boxster-4-spokes-Sport-Flat-bottom-steering-wheel-/252549478268?vxp=mtr&hash=item3acd1f377c

They can probably tell you about fitting a 996 wheel on a 986 column, too. Fitting a non bag wheel on my car? I really don't think so, even if it were a track car.

Geof3 · 03-03-2018, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian in Tucson

DCI says that they can remanufacture a steering wheel to the buyer's design standards. You might follow the link to the sellers website, but I think this is what I'm going to do with my worn steering wheel.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-996-986-993-Carrera-Boxster-4-spokes-Sport-Flat-bottom-steering-wheel-/252549478268?vxp=mtr&hash=item3acd1f377c

They can probably tell you about fitting a 996 wheel on a 986 column, too. Fitting a non bag wheel on my car? I really don't think so, even if it were a track car.

A 996 wheel and 986 wheel are a direct swap. No worries there. Going bagless requires a bit of doing for the horn and the airbag delete, but no big deal really. There are kits to do the job.