Wish i saw this method earlier. I ripped open the slit pretty bad amd also damaged the air bag pulling it out. All to swap it out for msport wheel which looks better but is thinner and im not happy with my decision to do this 😮
Hey, man.. I know this is a super old topic, but I wanted to ask how did you get the MPE to sit better within the cut outs of the diffuser? I’m looking to buy the MPE for my 435i and every pic I see, the exhaust sits low. That’s the only thing stopping me from buying it because that’ll bug the hell out of me. I think I skimmed through one of your old forum post while looking for MPE videos and read you might have a solution? Thanks!
You absolute legend. I am an Apprentice Vehicle tech and everyone anyone tried to take the airbag out, it takes ages to do it the way stated by BMW. This was far quicker. Took me less than 5 mins compared to over half and hour doing the original T20 method.
Hey, used this method, found the springs behind the wheel, pulled them down and still couldn’t get the airbag to release! Got to be the most frustrating thing I’ve ever tried. I must be doing something wrong but I’ve moved the spring in every direction, wiggled, pulled and almost smashed the airbag and it still won’t budge! You can see I’m getting frustrated by it 😂 sledgehammer next
Until i found this video i really struggled and could not do it with the classical method. But i have to say, i also could not do this with this new method also, somehow my airbag did not want to pop out with only this method . Then i combined the classical method and this method, which means, i could sea where the screwdriver go when i pop the cover of the column like this video. So i could pop the airbag out. Thanks for this video again, i really appreciate it.
After struggling with the ‘normal’ method via the holes, I found your video and gave it a shot. A couple of minutes later and the airbag is out. Nice one. Thank you.
Thanks, I haven’t had it I a couple of years. I got this actually as a replacement for the bmw, after owning 5 bmw’s in a row I went a different route and haven’t had time to post anything since I went back and finished school. Never too late 👍😃. I do miss doing DIY’s though.
Is your 1 series an F chassis car? If so the setups and electronics will be very similar. I don’t know how the Shiite looks per se but it should be similar. The steering wheels are all the same from 1 to 5 series cars.
Firee im going to do the same to my 340i since it’s technically the same. You think it’ll have a lot of drone if i weld the little tube to the second chamber to get the loudest sound possible? Or would it just add drone no loudness wot?
Dude your video is a life saver, steering colomn cover removal is a bit tricky to remove. I lowered the steering colomn and removed the top cover by pulling on the end near the leather.
Anthony Pellicani yep same, unless it’s an M sport steering wheel the back is plastic and there are already pre drilled holes you can see them in the back.
