Gday 80 series experts! I'm back with another newb question as I learn my way around this vehicle. This edition is about adding airbags to a non-airbag 1996 GXL.
I'm 99% sure my 3-spoke steering wheel has no airbag. I'm also 99% sure that some models of the 80 came with the chunky 4-spoke wheel with an airbag. Can a 3-spoke wheel be replaced with a 4-spoke wheel (If I can find one?***). I assume some extra sensors and whatnot must be installed to be able to trigger the airbag, but I really have no idea about it. I'm wanting a bit of safety in this beast of a car for myself and when my wife tows her horses with it.
Related, with no airbag in the steering wheel, I presume there's no passenger-side airbag either. Can a passenger-side airbag/glovebox (?) assembly also be swapped in? It looks like there are the specific air (?) channels that run from edges of the dash which makes me think it might be possible.
I couldn't find steering wheel info in the general starter mods sticky thread.
Thanks for any help!
*** I've seen the PVS wheels but they look a bit too sporty IMO. Would like to keep it OEM, at least aesthetically, if I can.
I'm 99% sure my 3-spoke steering wheel has no airbag. I'm also 99% sure that some models of the 80 came with the chunky 4-spoke wheel with an airbag. Can a 3-spoke wheel be replaced with a 4-spoke wheel (If I can find one?***). I assume some extra sensors and whatnot must be installed to be able to trigger the airbag, but I really have no idea about it. I'm wanting a bit of safety in this beast of a car for myself and when my wife tows her horses with it.
Related, with no airbag in the steering wheel, I presume there's no passenger-side airbag either. Can a passenger-side airbag/glovebox (?) assembly also be swapped in? It looks like there are the specific air (?) channels that run from edges of the dash which makes me think it might be possible.
I couldn't find steering wheel info in the general starter mods sticky thread.
Thanks for any help!
*** I've seen the PVS wheels but they look a bit too sporty IMO. Would like to keep it OEM, at least aesthetically, if I can.