ANYTIME the airbags are removed or safety systems are disturbed, a work around will be required. The more modern the car, the more difficult. i.e. the Redline in 2004 is easy, an air bag light stays on. A 2010 cobalt 6 years on has side airbags, and passenger seat sensors and a more rigorous integration into the Body Control Module so it becomes not so easy.

 

What about when its starts beeping through the cluster saying service airbag soon cause you removed it? Can I turn that off? Or do I have to deal with that whn I get a sparco steering wheel

 

work arounds are possible.

 

Wish I knew what the work around is?

 

i dont. I can find out but it takes time and money for Tim the Electron Guru to do it. Maybe you can find someone locally who is a thomas edison type can study the schematics and figure it out.

 

Isn't anyone in my town worth a damn lol. I'm willing to pay to find out. If he's willing to do it. I don't know if that's possible?

 

send me details of the car and vin i look into it

 

2007 Chevy Cobalt LS VIN# 1G1AK55F177279784

 

Its not so bad with my LS cluster just warns me on startup. But my 06 ss cluster in my 07 just keeps beeping. How annoying lol

 

John what's your setup cost for a 2007 SS

 

what set up are you talking of? the hub adaptor? 275 for the race version 375 for the sexy version.



there is a big block of alloy to be machined, and there are internal splines to be machined as well. Very few machine shops can do internal splines. My good buddy Ron has the equipment and the skill, but it takes a lot of time. and you cant screw this up; when it comes to steering there are no short cuts.

Just like brakes, safety is paramount. But to tell the truth there are some scary things that happen in the modding world.

Hammering an NRG hub designed for an old style chevrolet steering shaft spline that has no master spline is a horrible thought. The spline teeth are correct, but the master spline is not there, and the taper for the shaft is wrong as well.

 

racing one is the skinny one with the bellows cover. The fancy one is larger




The adaptor is much longer than stock. I have always found that the relationship of the steering wheel and pedals was flawed on the Cobalt and for the track the steering wheel needs to be about two inches closer to the driver than it is.

The reason the wheel is placed the way it is, in my view, is probably because of air bag deployment physics and the risk of injury from air bag deployment if the driver is "out of position" or too close. Gen 2 airbags deploy at 275 k/hr, with an explosive device ( sodium azide or similar) and are tuned to deploy after the collision has occurred, that is to say, after the occupant has moved forward in the shoulder/lap belt ( in milliseconds).

 

Oh and one more thing. While it would be relatively easy to put a Q-D hub on the assembly I would frankly not think it would be needed, to aid getting in and out of the car. As for removing the wheel and hanging it out the window, as you drive down the road, thats just a childish and dangerous game.

 

I like the fancy one. How long does it take to receive one?

 

crap I dunno. Ron has so many gears to cut, his best man has seperated his shoulder for the xteenth time and needs surgery, so hes down a man, and I got ZZP parts to make for them first. say three weeks. and then i gotta do a run of these things as its not economic to do the set up for one part. And they dont sell at all, maybe i have sold a dozen since 2004...I will talk to Ron and get back to you, chase me if i dont reply by thursday thanks

 

No rush here. I still have to get my sparco seats, then want to get sparco wheel

 

If he is going to get one John put me down for a fancy version please. I'll take one.please and thank you.

 

Ok email gloria@powellraceparts dot com abd I get the alloy ordered in etc

 

So I talked to trifecta today about tuning out airbag warning on cluster. They said it would require reprogramming airbag module that it can be done but they don't offer that

 

All these electrical things work off specific values resistance and voltage signals.ybidea would be to send it the signal it wants to see without reprogramming anything.

 

That would be a good idea

 

Willing to put money up for this idea

 

Email sent to Gloria. Thanks!

 

John how much farther does the steering wheel come closer to the drive now on the balts with this installed? also is it possible to get it powdercoated wrinkle black?

 

2 inches. And yes they are all pc textured black I think the pictures show that.