Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

and what for? thieves usually bring their own steering wheels anyhow

That is a ridiculous generalised statement... Unless you're a thief and you can tell me that YES you do in fact take your own steering wheel - in which case I'd call you a low-life piece of shit :P

  • Replies 41
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

they're stupid, you can't use your airbag with those shitty illegal hubs attached..

and what for? thieves usually bring their own steering wheels anyhow

Airbag? What airbag? ohhh I forgot, my airbag sits in the passenger seat, he's name is Mark :P

but removing an airbag steering wheel off a GT-T and installing a hub release + an aftermarket steering is stupid.

And yes, theives do come equiped, why else do you see cars go missing all the time? Quick release steering wheels do nothing if the car is on a tilt tray.

but removing an airbag steering wheel off a GT-T and installing a hub release + an aftermarket steering is stupid.

And yes, theives do come equiped, why else do you see cars go missing all the time? Quick release steering wheels do nothing if the car is on a tilt tray.

Why do cars go missing all the time? Because people dont have immobilisers and decent security. Seriously, 9 out of 10 threads posted up here of stolen cars are simply due to the fact that people that didnt have a decent alarm on their car, which could mean that a majority of thieves are joyriders and amateurs - otherwise there would be a lot more high-end cars equipped with decent security stolen!!

I've never heard of a car which has been stolen when there was no steering wheel on the car. Sure, it could possibly happen if a car was parked in a location where a tow truck could access it and it was towed away - in that case only GPS/GSM tracking will help!! Not having a steering wheel on the car means that you instantly rule out 9 out of 10 possible thieves: the amateurs and joyriders - that's pretty damn good for under $100 in my opinion! Sure, thats an estimated statistic but I'm certain that the large majority of thieves arent pro's!

As for taking the air bag wheel off - thats a personal preference. Safety vs security!

My airbag steering wheel is f**ked, it sets the horn off at random times... So either I live without a horn, run the risk of a small in-cabin fire and live with that rattleing noise and due to a near crash the other day in the wet, f**k THAT, or I change the steering wheel...

I've had that car for over 3 years, and the steering wheel was the last thing I wanted to change...

Even though the only experience I have ever had with and air bag was being in a crash, my head stopping before it hit anything, then the airbag exploding onto my face...

heaps o' fun...

Sadly I know this... But mine is physically broken, and I can't exactly afford another one right now, not to mention I don't think you can buy them new from anywhere... only 2nd hand...

Don't spose you would know where I can get an aftermarket airbag one, or even a new factory replacement for only 1 leg?

you can buy them new from nissan, not cheap though.

not sure of any aftermarket options. anyway, I'm not necissarily saying don't do it. just be aware it has potential for some fairly decent legal (and possibly physical) grief down the track.

:(

At least Blitz is on my side. I see so many morons fit these stupid quick release hubs, and delete their life saving airbag steering wheel.

What you also don't see is that, once that airbag is remove, the entire airbag system will go into diagnostics/limp mode and neither the pyrotechnic seatbelt pretensioners nor the passenger airbag (if equiped) will explode/activate, i.e. you and your mates out the window on the ground in an event of an accident.

If you think I'm a complete moron, so be it.

OR you could be like me and have a car that never had an airbag. thats y series one's have the fatass reo bar

ive often thought about getting a new wheel but the offsets of the boss and wheel confuse me, when this one snaps in half i will start looking.

as for rattles, in sI the plastic clips helping hold the horn on snap, and while not effecting the horn-hold-in-ness they do rattle around when you turn the wheel etc. check for something similar dr doof its easy enough. maybe its not as shagged as you think

Good thing these thieves brought their own steering wheel... Yet another car stolen which had no alarm/immobiliser :stupid:

my belief is, if a crook or some asswipe wants your car they will get it. That is steal it, jack it, or whatever. Remember that incident that happened not long ago where those 2 pathetic low lives jacked a man's XR6 at knife point?

Exactly...

So by your rationality no-one should take any preventative measures to protect their car whatsoever, because the thieves are just going to jack you at knife point anyway!? Puhlease! :laughing-smiley-014:

So by your rationality no-one should take any preventative measures to protect their car whatsoever, because the thieves are just going to jack you at knife point anyway!? Puhlease! :laughing-smiley-014:

Its true Jon, they come fully prepared - They even bring their own engine just in case you removed yours as a 'theft prevention measure'

LOL @ Blitz :stupid:

OR you could be like me and have a car that never had an airbag. thats y series one's have the fatass reo bar

ive often thought about getting a new wheel but the offsets of the boss and wheel confuse me, when this one snaps in half i will start looking.

as for rattles, in sI the plastic clips helping hold the horn on snap, and while not effecting the horn-hold-in-ness they do rattle around when you turn the wheel etc. check for something similar dr doof its easy enough. maybe its not as shagged as you think

Yeah I'm going to take it apart tonight if I can... It may just be a matter of screwing stuff back in... but not having a horn is starting to shit me, I never realised how often I use it... I have gone to wave at other skylines and stupidly punched my window cause it's up...

Plus, the stock steering wheel isn't centre balanced any way, it's unevenly weighted... which does annoy me...

Plus, the stock steering wheel isn't centre balanced any way, it's unevenly weighted... which does annoy me...

say what? how could you figure that out? steering wheel is out of balance? that's a new one!

i been using a QR kit for about 1yr now and it has never come off on its own, nor has it affected my steering alignment, works perfect, and the wheel sitting closer is nice, more control and i dont look like a fully sik hoon sitting in the backseat not able to view the front of the car loll

its good, cus the usual thief will look at the car, oh no steering wheel phuc it too much hassle to steal this one move onto the next import car...

if they want to take the car it'l take em at least 20min to get a tow truck and jack it up, too much effort and hassle..

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • For once a good news  It needed to be adjusted by that one nut and it is ok  At least something was easy But thank you very much for help. But a small issue is now(gearbox) that when the car is stationary you can hear "clinking" from gearbox so some of the bearing is 100% not that happy... It goes away once you push clutch so it is 100% gearbox. Just if you know...what that bearing could be? It sounding like "spun bearing" but it is louder.
    • Yeah, that's fine**. But the numbers you came up with are just wrong. Try it for yourself. Put in any voltage from the possible range and see what result you get. You get nonsense. ** When I say "fine", I mean, it's still shit. The very simple linear formula (slope & intercept) is shit for a sensor with a non-linear response. This is the curve, from your data above. Look at the CURVE! It's only really linear between about 30 and 90 °C. And if you used only that range to define a curve, it would be great. But you would go more and more wrong as you went to higher temps. And that is why the slope & intercept found when you use 50 and 150 as the end points is so bad halfway between those points. The real curve is a long way below the linear curve which just zips straight between the end points, like this one. You could probably use the same slope and a lower intercept, to move that straight line down, and spread the error out. But you would 5-10°C off in a lot of places. You'd need to say what temperature range you really wanted to be most right - say, 100 to 130, and plop the line closest to teh real curve in that region, which would make it quite wrong down at the lower temperatures. Let me just say that HPTuners are not being realistic in only allowing for a simple linear curve. 
    • I feel I should re-iterate. The above picture is the only option available in the software and the blurb from HP Tuners I quoted earlier is the only way to add data to it and that's the description they offer as to how to figure it out. The only fields available is the blank box after (Input/ ) and the box right before = Output. Those are the only numbers that can be entered.
    • No, your formula is arse backwards. Mine is totally different to yours, and is the one I said was bang on at 50 and 150. I'll put your data into Excel (actually it already is, chart it and fit a linear fit to it, aiming to make it evenly wrong across the whole span. But not now. Other things to do first.
    • God damnit. The only option I actually have in the software is the one that is screenshotted. I am glad that I at least got it right... for those two points. Would it actually change anything if I chose/used 80C and 120C as the two points instead? My brain wants to imagine the formula put into HPtuners would be the same equation, otherwise none of this makes sense to me, unless: 1) The formula you put into VCM Scanner/HPTuners is always linear 2) The two points/input pairs are only arbitrary to choose (as the documentation implies) IF the actual scaling of the sensor is linear. then 3) If the scaling is not linear, the two points you choose matter a great deal, because the formula will draw a line between those two points only.
×
×
  • Create New...