DIY Heated Steering Wheel Install

[akoza]

For those that have the heated wheel, how long does it stay on for? We got ours installed by the dealer and the wheel does work, but it only stays on for about a minute and then it shuts off. Is this how it's' supposed to work? Is there any setting or some way to elongate the time it's actually on?

Mine stays off until I turn it off or turn off the car. Not like the heated seats that stay on all winter until turned off.

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[wickedgoodheah]

I actually don't mind it. BMW puts it in the same location. I used to drive with my finger in the opening where the button goes and thought I'd miss it after installing the heating, but I don't really care.

The location of the button is much better IMO than what Toyota does, at least on the RAV4. Theirs is in the row of buttons to the left of the steering wheel. Every time I go to use it, I have to look behind the wheel to find it. With the Integra I can just feel for it without looking.

so it just dawned on me that TTD doesn't provide the button to turn the heated wheel on. Do you have that part number by chance?

 

[akoza]

so it just dawned on me that TTD doesn't provide the button to turn the heated wheel on. Do you have that part number by chance?

Correct. AFAIK Acura only sells the wheel as an assembly and you can't buy the switch separately. You'll need everything in the kit except for the wheel itself (2 wiring harnesses, a few one-time use bolts, switch, controller, clock spring, back plastic cover).

I listed just the wheel on fb marketplace and someone who needed a new wheel bought it for something like $50.

 

[wickedgoodheah]

Correct. AFAIK Acura only sells the wheel as an assembly and you can't buy the switch separately. You'll need everything in the kit except for the wheel itself (2 wiring harnesses, a few one-time use bolts, switch, controller, clock spring, back plastic cover).

I listed just the wheel on fb marketplace and someone who needed a new wheel bought it for something like $50.

So you’re saying I need to buy this?
https://www.hondaacuraonline.com/oem-parts/acura-heated-steering-wheel-8u973s5210

 

[akoza]

So you’re saying I need to buy this?
https://www.hondaacuraonline.com/oem-parts/acura-heated-steering-wheel-8u973s5210

Yes, if you have the CVT. If you have a manual, you want 210a. The CVT one has cutouts on the back panel for the paddle shifters.

 

[wickedgoodheah]

Yes, if you have the CVT. If you have a manual, you want 210a. The CVT one has cutouts on the back panel for the paddle shifters.

Okay, I see that. So everything comes off this wheel and goes onto the TTD wheel? https://www.acurapartsforless.com/o...g-wheel-heated-w-o-paddle-shifter-8u973s5210a

 

[akoza]

Okay, I see that. So everything comes off this wheel and goes onto the TTD wheel? https://www.acurapartsforless.com/o...g-wheel-heated-w-o-paddle-shifter-8u973s5210a

Yeah. And then you'd obviously transfer a few things over from your OEM wheel as well (buttons, trim, etc).

 

[wickedgoodheah]

Yeah. And then you'd obviously transfer a few things over from your OEM wheel as well (buttons, trim, etc).

Oh man. I’m a dope. I feel like if I knew I would have to buy this OEM wheel anyway, I would have just skipped the TTD wheel

 

[akoza]

Oh man. I’m a dope. I feel like if I knew I would have to buy this OEM wheel anyway, I would have just skipped the TTD wheel

Sorry haha, I thought I was pretty clear on the total cost and what all goes into it. FWIW you can get at least some of your money back by selling just the wheel from the Acura kit, as well as your original wheel (took a little while but I was able to sell both).

 

[wickedgoodheah]

Sorry haha, I thought I was pretty clear on the total cost and what all goes into it. FWIW you can get at least some of your money back by selling just the wheel from the Acura kit, as well as your original wheel (took a little while but I was able to sell both).

Yeah. I’m just a dope, but it’s done now. I’ll hopefully be able to get it going mid January

 

[wickedgoodheah]

Yeah. And then you'd obviously transfer a few things over from your OEM wheel as well (buttons, trim, etc).

You don’t by chance have a picture of which wire goes to what from the TTD to the wiring harness do you?

 

[akoza]

You don’t by chance have a picture of which wire goes to what from the TTD to the wiring harness do you?

I thought I did but I guess I only have a picture of the connection from Acura's wheel (see below) and a description of what I did. I ended up transferring that green connector to the TTDCraft wheel. I had some extra wires with similar sized pins laying around so I depinned it and soldered and heatshrinked those wires onto the TTDCraft wheel. If you don't have extra wires laying around, you can just cut the wires with the green connector still attached and transfer them over and solder/heatshrink.

Acura wheel:
- 2 red wires: heat
- 2 grey wires: temperature sensor

TTDCraft wheel:
- 1 red and 1 black: heat
- 2 blue wires: temperature sensor

The polarity shouldn't matter as long as you connect temp sensor wires to temp sensor, and heat wires to heating element. I had tested the polarity both ways with a car battery prior to installing and was still getting heat both ways.

Does the wire on the TTDCraft wheel still come out from the side, or did they update the design to come out the bottom?

 

[wickedgoodheah]

I thought I did but I guess I only have a picture of the connection from Acura's wheel (see below) and a description of what I did. I ended up transferring that green connector to the TTDCraft wheel. I had some extra wires with similar sized pins laying around so I depinned it and soldered and heatshrinked those wires onto the TTDCraft wheel. If you don't have extra wires laying around, you can just cut the wires with the green connector still attached and transfer them over and solder/heatshrink.

Acura wheel:
- 2 red wires: heat
- 2 grey wires: temperature sensor

TTDCraft wheel:
- 1 red and 1 black: heat
- 2 blue wires: temperature sensor

The polarity shouldn't matter as long as you connect temp sensor wires to temp sensor, and heat wires to heating element. I had tested the polarity both ways with a car battery prior to installing and was still getting heat both ways.

Does the wire on the TTDCraft wheel still come out from the side, or did they update the design to come out the bottom?

They did not upgrade it. It’s 4 wires. I was just going to remove the harness and solder the wires.

edit: sorry I didn’t actually fully read your question. It still comes out from the left side and not the bottom.

 

[akoza]

They did not upgrade it. It’s 4 wires. I was just going to remove the harness and solder the wires.

Cool, yeah that's what I'd do if I wasn't me lol.

To clarify I meant is the harness coming out the side of the steering wheel, not the connector.

Because my harness came out from the side, I had to pay extra attention to make sure it didn't get in the way of the plastic trim closing completely. I had to do a little bit of trimming of the inside of the plastic and add a dab of super glue to hold it closed. I emailed TTDcraft about this but wasn't sure if they relocated the harness after that.

 

[wickedgoodheah]

I thought I did but I guess I only have a picture of the connection from Acura's wheel (see below) and a description of what I did. I ended up transferring that green connector to the TTDCraft wheel. I had some extra wires with similar sized pins laying around so I depinned it and soldered and heatshrinked those wires onto the TTDCraft wheel. If you don't have extra wires laying around, you can just cut the wires with the green connector still attached and transfer them over and solder/heatshrink.

Acura wheel:
- 2 red wires: heat
- 2 grey wires: temperature sensor

TTDCraft wheel:
- 1 red and 1 black: heat
- 2 blue wires: temperature sensor

The polarity shouldn't matter as long as you connect temp sensor wires to temp sensor, and heat wires to heating element. I had tested the polarity both ways with a car battery prior to installing and was still getting heat both ways.

Does the wire on the TTDCraft wheel still come out from the side, or did they update the design to come out the bottom?

How warm would you say the wheel gets? Even the OEM heated wheel seems just above like warm. It also seem to take longer than the oem to warm up, but I supposed it’s like 2 times as thick too. But unlike the heated seats, the engine needs to be on for the heated steaming wheel to work. The OEM heated wheel works fine, but the TTD wheel keeps turning off the heated function after a minute or two. Polarity didn’t seem to matter.

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