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Hi guys,

I bought myself a deep corn Nardi wheel a while ago and was talking to my mechanic as I never had a chance to install it (was waiting for a boss kit that never arrived). He told me that because my car is fitted with an airbag it would render the car defectable to replace the OEM wheel with the aftermarket one.

My question to anybody who may have gone through this is, is there a legal way that I can use my Nardi wheel??

Thanks in advance!

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An idea I was running through my mind was to buy the boss kit with 2 quick switch adapter kits, I could switch to my Nardi wheel when going on cruise days ect and switch back to the OEM wheel when using my car for daily use. I understand the rules and such but would this idea be able to bend the rules a little?

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An idea I was running through my mind was to buy the boss kit with 2 quick switch adapter kits, I could switch to my Nardi wheel when going on cruise days ect and switch back to the OEM wheel when using my car for daily use. I understand the rules and such but would this idea be able to bend the rules a little?

As above, doesn't matter if you can switch it back to the stock wheel or not, if you're driving with the nardi on it's illegal. And as far as I'm aware, no such quick release hub exists. Either stick with stock steering wheel with airbag and have it legal, or swap to a nardi with an after market boss kit and the first time you get pulled over, expect to be pulled up on it. No way around swapping out a stock wheel with airbag.

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yep, all been said. it's illegal to run a non airbag wheel in your car. there are other possible legality issues with running the nardi wheel as well. not sure what the rules are in other states, but in QLD the minimum legal diameter of a steering wheel is 350mm. but there is a secondary rule that must be met. the diameter of a replacement steering wheel cannot be more than 25mm smaller than the standard wheel. so this means that if your car originally had a steering wheel that was 400mm in diameter, you can only legally put one in that is 375mm (25mm smaller). but if you car had a standard wheel that was 360mm, you could only go 10mm smaller down to 350mm.

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