I am not responsible for any problems you experience as a result of trying to do anything described here. The hack documented here worked fine for me but may not work for you far any number of reasons.

This is not really a hack, just a little documentation for a product called the Horn Crest from Performance Products. I have the basic plain black steering wheel which looks pretty boring. My 911 has the AJ USA 930S Steering Wheel and I really like the crest in the middle. I thought I'd give this one a try.

In the complexity department this one is about as easy as it gets. If you can pump your own gas you can easily do this hack. It comes with basic instructions, the crest and an acohol pad. You basically just clean the crest area with the alcohol, let it dry, then apply the crest, sit back and enjoy.

After doing it I started to think what would happen to it if the airbag should go off. I tried pulling at it pretty hard and it didn't come off. I'm going to have to find some pictures of the airbag deployed in a Boxster to see how it opens up. Who knows, I might just yank it off just to be safe.

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Comments From People Like You! Horn Crest : Greg's Boxster - Hacks	add a comment
John Doe 09-Dec-2005 18:21
Dude, you could have spent like $10 more and got the genuine 1...
Anonymous 05-Dec-2004 09:20
they make them in plastic for airbag use
Andy V 22-Sep-2004 20:25
Greg, If the airbag goes off you will have a Porsche crest indented on your forehead and then you can really show you are a Porsche nut!!!!!!     No actually, I believe if you look at the steering wheel there is a small line below the crest and this is where the steering wheel cover is designed to split for the airbag to come out.   So you should be OK.   Andy V Response: I know what you mean.  I removed the crest a couple weeks after putting it on.  I didn't want to find out the hard way where it ended up after the airbag went off

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