I'm looking at modding my EL Fairmont to have the AU steering wheel radio controls. So far I know I'll need the AU radio/cruise buttons, clock spring, stalks and airbag.

One thing I haven't confirmed is if the horn pads are different between EL/AU. Are they? If so, how hard is it to swap the pads on my EL wheel?


Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I mean the actual horn buttons/pads+wiring, not the airbag/front pad.

Last edited by lameboyadvance on Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:11 pm, edited 2 times in total.

yeah bolts straight on, the airbags parts of the horpad, just as you've alreadfy figured requires loom changes etc. I might have an airbag/ hornpad floating about in black if you want.

Sorry, I didn't mean the actual airbag/horn. I meant the horn buttons pads.... I guess you'd call them buttons.

Picked up an AU airbag earlier today and noticed the horn seems to be in a slightly different location, but didn't double check while I had my current EL airbag out of the wheel for colour comparison.

If they are in fact different is it possible to put AU horn buttons into an EL wheel (should be, everything else seems to be the same/slightly modified).

The AU airbag I bought today only has a 2 wire plug (like the EL, but a different plug). Just checked - wrecker tag on it says its from an AU3. Will that still work, or do I need to be looking for an AU1 airbag?

The cruise on the EL uses the horn wires plus a third wire for on/off commands, connecting the third wire to either horn wire for on/off. Wouldn't applying the horn/cruise voltage to the airbag set it off, or am I missing something?

EDIT: Nevermind. I talked to a guy I'm buying some stuff from and he told me about the airbag plug in the centre which I didn't even see.