LCD in steering wheel?

**n1ce_hat** · 11-24-2006, 03:29 AM

Has anyone done this? I would rather hack apart a steering wheel from a junker than attempting to fabricate anything for my car, and it would make the screen a little easier to take out if need be. The touchscreen would be nice and your hands are already on the wheel..

Anyone know of any conflicts?

you get the idea..

Sorry if there is an existing thread somewhere but I searched!

**DarquePervert** · 11-24-2006, 06:31 AM

I can't see this being safe at all, although it might be a cool bit of "bling" for a show car.

**2k1Toaster** · 11-24-2006, 06:35 AM

airbag is supposed to be there. newer cars will probably complain about no airbag, so you will have to fool them that there is one there or else it will think it has deployed.

**n1ce_hat** · 11-24-2006, 01:55 PM

Nah my car is a 1991, has no airbag in it.. i'd be buying a steering wheel from a newer GM car that HAS an airbag, then hacking it out. I was thinking about one like this one :

http://cgi.ebay.ca/88-PONTIAC-FIREBI...QQcmdZViewItem

**garto** · 11-24-2006, 03:28 PM

Unless you relocated the controller board and usb board so it was just a screen and then mold it into the leather thats wrapped there anyways so the airbag would deploy and push the screen aside. I'm under the impression that most airbags tear away the leather of the steering wheel at a certain spot in the middle, well why not precut the leather around the screen on 3 sides so that becomes the new tearing point. Then you could keep your airbag and your screen, you would just need to make the steering wheel about a centimeter thicker to accomadate the touch screen.

**shotgunefx** · 11-24-2006, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by garto

Unless you relocated the controller board and usb board so it was just a screen and then mold it into the leather thats wrapped there anyways so the airbag would deploy and push the screen aside. I'm under the impression that most airbags tear away the leather of the steering wheel at a certain spot in the middle, well why not precut the leather around the screen on 3 sides so that becomes the new tearing point. Then you could keep your airbag and your screen, you would just need to make the steering wheel about a centimeter thicker to accomadate the touch screen.

The screen would explode into your face. They can crack dashes and windshields. You can't count on the lcd going anywhere in a predictable manner.

As an aside, the garage for "Pimp my Ride" got fine for 10,000 for disabling airbags and replacing them with LCDs.

Though he doesn't have an airbag, so go nuts.

**BarryWoods** · 11-24-2006, 03:56 PM

Even without an airbag, do you really want to smash your face into a lcd if you get into an accident? Just sounds like a bad idea.

**Gladier** · 11-24-2006, 04:29 PM

although it does have a tempting hole to fit a screen

**Kalt** · 11-24-2006, 04:45 PM

The hardest part will be running the wires through the clock spring.

**n1ce_hat** · 11-24-2006, 05:24 PM

Well, if the wheel did have a bag in it I would be hollowing it completely out and obviously not connecting the exploding aspect of it.. In an accident, it's not like my face is going to plant right dead center in the middle of the wheel, and who mods something so that it works well in an accident?

My car has no air bag, and no air bag sensors, and no air bags lights or anything. I'm bagless all around.

What would be so hard about running the wires through the clock spring.. would that be like, really really hard or just medium hard?