Hello fellow DSM folks. I wanted to post this thread to show how to wire the horn with an aftermarket steering wheel without getting the wires all tangled up inside the hub. Hope this helps other people out with the photos and video I took!
Tools needed :
-18 AWG stranded Wire
-Heat Shrink (optional)
-Heat Gun (optional)
-Wire strippers & crimpers or solder gun (whatever you prefer)
-Butt Connectors
-Ring Terminals
-Female pin terminal (get the ones with a rubber protection on it, so if it touches anything the horn won’t go off)
-Hose clamp
1. Remove the steering wheel (optional) (find it easier with it off since it’s not in the way)
2. Remove the steering column. (2 or 3 screws underneath the column.)
3. Find your horn connector. (Mine was green and red) (Extend it to reach if you need to)
4. Cut one of the hose clamps and make a little hole in it for a small screw to fit through and put your ring terminal in. I screwed it into one of the open holes in the white plastic piece.
5. Bend the clamp to ensure it stays touching the bronze piece on the hub.
6. My hub had a black wire already soldered to that bronze piece on the inside. So that will be your positive on the horn.
7. The ground wire is just grounded to this steering wheel ring. This piece goes behind the steering wheel and it grounds by making contact with the metal hub as soon as you put your steering wheel on.
8. Go ahead and put the steering column and steering wheel back together and connect everything.
9. Press horn to test if it works. Rotate steering wheel all the way to the left and right while pressing the button to ensure it works while rotating.
10. You’re done. Be happy that your horn works now so that you can honk at someone who cuts you off or tries to back into you. Protect the Eclipse!!
Tools needed :
-18 AWG stranded Wire
-Heat Shrink (optional)
-Heat Gun (optional)
-Wire strippers & crimpers or solder gun (whatever you prefer)
-Butt Connectors
-Ring Terminals
-Female pin terminal (get the ones with a rubber protection on it, so if it touches anything the horn won’t go off)
-Hose clamp
1. Remove the steering wheel (optional) (find it easier with it off since it’s not in the way)
2. Remove the steering column. (2 or 3 screws underneath the column.)
3. Find your horn connector. (Mine was green and red) (Extend it to reach if you need to)
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4. Cut one of the hose clamps and make a little hole in it for a small screw to fit through and put your ring terminal in. I screwed it into one of the open holes in the white plastic piece.
5. Bend the clamp to ensure it stays touching the bronze piece on the hub.
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6. My hub had a black wire already soldered to that bronze piece on the inside. So that will be your positive on the horn.
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7. The ground wire is just grounded to this steering wheel ring. This piece goes behind the steering wheel and it grounds by making contact with the metal hub as soon as you put your steering wheel on.
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8. Go ahead and put the steering column and steering wheel back together and connect everything.
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9. Press horn to test if it works. Rotate steering wheel all the way to the left and right while pressing the button to ensure it works while rotating.
10. You’re done. Be happy that your horn works now so that you can honk at someone who cuts you off or tries to back into you. Protect the Eclipse!!
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