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The clock spring is held on by small Phillips screws. The wiring to the car is tied in several places and ends in the driver's footwell. There are 3 connectors regardless of your car having cruise or not.
Once the clock spring mechanism is removed you will have to remove the connectors and wiring from it. PIC1 There are lugs to lock the connectors in but once you find them the connectors come off easily.
The excess plastic has to be cut away from around the contacts on the connectors on the clock spring module. PIC2 This has to be done without damaging the contacts if at all possible as you need a few of these to solder to.
Once the excess has been removed you will be left with 2 contacts in 1 connector that are for the airbag system and 4 in the other these do the horn and cruise control.
This part now takes for granted you will not be remounting any cruise switches on the new wheel but relocating them.
Looking from the front at the unit you need the 2 separate contacts on the left and the one directly next to it. The others can be cut away. PIC3 The 3 that are left need to be bent upwards over any plastic left after cutting. Thus reducing the clearance needed between the boss and unit.
Now some soldering. PIC4 You now solder a 1.2 ohm resistor between the 2 contacts on the right in their own connector and then the wire to the 3rd contact. It is then advisable to push these onto the unit and araldite them to relieve any stress that may affect them. The wire can be glued along the base of the connector and the resistor straight to the moving part of the unit.
Once this is done and dry it can be refitted to the car and the boss kit put on. Check the clearance is adequate and feed the horn wire through the purpose made hole in the boss. It is a good idea to wrap the wire with tape where it goes through the boss kit as prevention for chafing.
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