Hey everyone!
First legit post so I sure hope the photos link
A few weekends ago I installed an aftermarket steering wheel and quick release hub. Thought I might as well share what I found out.
TLDR
Green and red wire is the power to cruise control and the horn, they are spliced together on the factory steering wheel.
Blue Wire yellow tape: pretty sure this a grounding wire.
Green (or maybe it's grey?) wire: I put a resistor between this one and the orange wire. I think its a live wire for the airbag.
Orange wire: I put a resistor between this one and the green (or maybe its grey?) wire. I think its a live wire for the airbag.
Black and white wire: Connected this with a resistor to the tan wire, it's one of the wires for cruise control.
Orange wire: Connected this with a resistor to the Black and white wire, it's one of the wires for cruise control.
For what fits: Per this post
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/arch...p/t-56100.html I can say that 08-14 Impreza hubs/steering wheels will fit. In fact you can keep your clockspring as well since the (the hub I purchased) has the holes for the clockspring connector in the right spot. See photo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1953070...posted-public/
Then you can line it up and slap it on!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195307...posted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195307...posted-public/
As far as the wiring goes, on the airbair portion (yellow tape and connector) the blue wire is the ground (I think) so I put a resistor between the green and orange wires and capped off the blue.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195307...posted-public/
The horn was a bit weird. The live wire for the Horn is spliced from the live cruise control wire (Green and red) So I connected that wire (green and red) to the adapter wire that was supplied. I then put a resistor through the remaining two wires (Black and tanish orange wire).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195307...posted-public/
After I I had connected the resistors and capped off that spare ground wire I connected the green and red wire (that I had previously connected to the adapter that was supplied) to the quick release steering wheel and connected the ground to a metal bracket that was supplied (but you can ground it anywhere you see fit where it wont get too twisted)
I plan on going back and properly soldering and everything if my landlord ever runs electricity to my garage. Right now everything is crimped and it looks like a rats nest
I also plan on reinstalling cruise control once I figure out a decent mounting place.
For anyone wondering I installed the NRG 08-14 impreza short hub (SRK-105H) the NRG heart shaped quick release and the deep dish steering wheel.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195307...posted-public/
Anyway I hope this helps someone out there!