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Old 07-15-2012, 05:33 PM
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well i was at a swap meet yesterday and i found a newer dakota steering wheel with cruise control for $10.

sadly my truck doesnt have cruise control but i like the newer style and plan to eventually swap over the whole interior(or atleast the dash).

since i had all the tools already and i didnt change over the clock spring. so it only took me 10mins to swap them out(and yes the newer ones do fit)

heres my old steering wheel.

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and heres the new one installed in the truck.
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eventually i plan to combine the wiring and the new clock spring so i can use the horn because the old style that my truck had was a brass ring on the back side of the wheel and it wont work on the new wheel.
 

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Old 07-15-2012, 05:42 PM
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Looks much better. Ya I bet you can just wire up the clock spring to work.
 
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Old 07-15-2012, 06:00 PM
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just have to be careful of the air bag. for those wanting to swap out to the newer steering wheel the airbag has a separate connector for it that plugs into the airbag assembly itself so the 2 wires in coming out of the steering wheel are for the horn button.

i also think it looks better with the dodge symbol there instead of the chrysler pentagon.
 



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