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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Phorminx on 22 December 2025, 08:51:46

Title: Steering wheel swap
Post by: Phorminx on 22 December 2025, 08:51:46

Hello everyone, I want to replace the steering wheel of my pre-facelift Omega B with a steering wheel from an Omega A. Does anyone know if that’s possible?

Title: Re: Steering wheel swap
Post by: YZ250 on 22 December 2025, 10:27:22

No personal experience of this but even if the spline pattern is the same, wouldn’t you end up with an airbag light on all of the time, as the Omega A (Carlton) steering wheel was non-airbag wasn’t it?  You’d also lose the track/volume controls from the Omega B steering wheel wouldn’t you?
Others on here with personal experience of the Omega A will be better placed to answer this.

Title: Re: Steering wheel swap
Post by: Andy B on 22 December 2025, 13:18:55

Quote from: YZ250 on Yesterday at 10:27:22

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  You’d also lose the track/volume controls from the Omega B steering wheel wouldn’t you?
Others on here with personal experience of the Omega A will be better placed to answer this.

iirc the preface lift cars didn't have controls on the steering wheel, but I think you're right re the airbag

Title: Re: Steering wheel swap
Post by: TheBoy on 23 December 2025, 08:35:56

Omega-B PFL lacked steering wheel audio controls. MFL and FL did have them.

Title: Re: Steering wheel swap
Post by: YZ250 on 23 December 2025, 11:49:37

Quote from: Andy B on Yesterday at 13:18:55

Quote from: YZ250 on Yesterday at 10:27:22

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  You’d also lose the track/volume controls from the Omega B steering wheel wouldn’t you?
Others on here with personal experience of the Omega A will be better placed to answer this.

iirc the preface lift cars didn't have controls on the steering wheel, but I think you're right re the airbag

Ah, my mistake. As my ‘98’ model had the wheel controls I wrongly assumed that they were all like that.  :y