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Is r33 gtr steering wheel the same as the gtst?

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The steering wheel on my 97 s3 gtr is a little bit worn out, so im on the hunt for something mint. I notice that this type of steering wheel is on several other nissan's of the era. 

Does anyone know if their all identical, or are there slight differences? I feel like gtr tax applies to anyone selling one, but if it comes from any other car the price is much less, even though its the same design. 

Chat gpt says the material for the gtr is slightly different and it says gtr on the wheel, but every pic ive seen it just says nissan. 

art-mg-nissanr33gtr14.jpg

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2 hours ago, PotatoCake said:

The steering wheel on my 97 s3 gtr is a little bit worn out, so im on the hunt for something mint. I notice that this type of steering wheel is on several other nissan's of the era. 

Does anyone know if their all identical, or are there slight differences? I feel like gtr tax applies to anyone selling one, but if it comes from any other car the price is much less, even though its the same design. 

Chat gpt says the material for the gtr is slightly different and it says gtr on the wheel, but every pic ive seen it just says nissan. 

art-mg-nissanr33gtr14.jpg

ChatGPT is trash and lies about things I would not expect it to lie about considering many things it's wrong about are very easily verified with google. The S3 R33 GTR shares its steering wheel with R33 GTSTs of the same production year. Part number is 48430-26U17. I'm guessing you have to get it from a car that came with HICAS though, the ER33 is 48430-26U18, but the HR33 diagrams note that part number is still leather vs 48430-26U13 which is not leather-wrapped.

They all use the same airbags, so if you need another one you can get it off basically any same year R33 or Stagea.

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29 minutes ago, joshuaho96 said:

They all use the same airbags, so if you need another one you can get it off basically any same year R33 or Stagea.

Dumb question, but why would it matter if the wheel came off a car with hicas or not?

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S2/3 GT-R is the same as S2 GTS-t

The SRS airbags module in under the centre console.

The S1/S1.5 GTS-t and S1 GT-R had the module built into the steering wheel.

FWIW, I have a S3 GT-R wheel in my S2 GTS-t shit box. Same airbag plug, airbag light goes on then off, meaning all systems are go.

S3 GT-R has red stitching, that's about it.

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2 hours ago, PotatoCake said:

Dumb question, but why would it matter if the wheel came off a car with hicas or not?

Because the drive dog for the steeering angle sensor is present on wheels that came in HICAS cars and not present on wheels that came on non-HICAS cars.

Not that I would let that bother me, because HICAS is trash and any excuse to get rid of it is a good excuse.

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Ive got a hicas lock bar, so thats effectivley disables it. 

I found this wheel on market place, looks to be in pretty good condition, would it just bolt straight in?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1218520015890587

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I don't know. The main problem is that link is clearly at FB marketplace, and I have never willingly clicked a link that will take me to any Meta owned website. Even if it wasn't clear, I would hover over it to find out before clicking on it anyway, same as I do for all links everywhere.

Just good internet hygiene + refusal to participate in the lizard man's empire.

But, you will need to deal with the inevitable HICAS light that will come up if you stop the steering angle sensor from working. On an R32, this is as simple as unplugging the smaller of the two loom plugs in the back of the HICAS CU. I don't know if this works on later HICASs.

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1 hour ago, PotatoCake said:

Ive got a hicas lock bar, so thats effectivley disables it. 

I found this wheel on market place, looks to be in pretty good condition, would it just bolt straight in?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1218520015890587

Should work if it came out of a GTST.

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Old thread, but you get the idea.

 

S2/S3 GTS-t shit boxes or GT-R require the steering wheel without the additional module as the airbag control module is under the centre console. Where as the S1/S1.5 shit boxes have it built into the wheel.

 

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11 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Old thread, but you get the idea.

 

S2/S3 GTS-t shit boxes or GT-R require the steering wheel without the additional module as the airbag control module is under the centre console. Where as the S1/S1.5 shit boxes have it built into the wheel.

 

Most of the R33 GTST S1 are all like "airbag? What airbag?!"

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8 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

S2/S3 GTS-t shit boxes or GT-R require the steering wheel without the additional module as the airbag control module is under the centre console. Where as the S1/S1.5 shit boxes have it built into the wheel.

I sense much love for the gtst

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3 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

No. All these dirty old Datsuns are shitboxes. Including the GTR.

Correct, I didn't put GT-R in the same category in this thread, incase I offend anyone.

But @GTSBoy  knows my true thoughts on all Nissans.

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Absolutely. R34 Sedans with V8's in them are the peak of the platform and should be priced accordingly. Get with the times, people.

It's Brian O'Connor + Dom Torreto + FAMILY all in one.

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42 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

They need to get a grip. R32 GTRs got as low as AU$8-10K at one point here.

Dont disrespect family, otherwise swat will you know...

Yeh i still cant wrap my head around 180's going for $50k plus, i still only see them as $3,000 beaters that only broke uni students used to drive

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On 05/04/2025 at 9:10 AM, GTSBoy said:

No. All these dirty old Datsuns are shitboxes. Including the GTR.

 

On 05/04/2025 at 12:13 PM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Correct, I didn't put GT-R in the same category in this thread, incase I offend anyone.

But @GTSBoy  knows my true thoughts on all Nissans.

oi
(you're right though)

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