this is going to be my how-to on installing a nrg quick release onto an 96-00 civic. its pretty my an easy job but getting the worn to work takes some know how. so with out further adue lets go.
first things first. kiss your old steering wheels good bye. also your going to have to unplug the battery just so the air bag will be powerless (it wont blow up on you when you unpluging it). and since your removing the steering wheel make sure that your wheels are straight.....so its easier to line every thing up later
next step is to remove the main screw that hold the airbag onto the steering wheel. your going to need a phillips and a star. (i dont remember the size...sorry)
step three is to go ahead and unplug the main plug of the sts unit...your going to have to remove it from the plastic and pull it down, the collor on the out side sides up like so.
step four is a lil fun. you going to unplug some of the ground wire for the horn and whatnot.
step five. take out the air bag and put it into a safe location
you now have the hub showing.....take the wrench and a breaker bar and just go to town, will making sure that your steering wheel stays straight. also it helps if a friend is there to help/hold.
once you get the nut off just pull toward you......moving it a lil left to rigth helped me.....and i really mean a lil. now that you have it off go ahead and remove the srs unit....again this is going to have to be unpluged.
once the old steering wheel is off your going to find another srs unit....remove that also
now that all the old stuff is off lets start putting new stuff. woot!!! start with the short hub. on the nrg hub there is a dot that points the the up postion. make sure thats up. screw the bolt back onto the hub, make sure its tight.now wire the quick release to the hub.
next step is to connect the other side of the quick release to the steering wheel...connect the yellow (power) to the buton and make sure the ground is also grouned on the buttoned......it will help later. i used the little metal clip that is poking out of the horn. we just took some spare wire and rapped one end to the clip and on to the other connection...so far it works fine.
now force the button onto the center of the steering wheel.....and your really going to force it on there.
now onto the horn...under the steering colum (were you unpluged the srs) your going to see a grey connector that looks like so.
take a small speaker wire and stick it into the middle hole.
run that wire threw the colum and connect it onto the back of the white platic....
^^^ its the red wire that is running all weird....lol
if its all done right drive down the road honking because your done.