tilt steering column?

Bam Bam Bigelow · January 13th, 2010, 05:06 PM

how hard is it swap out a non-tilt column with a tilt column in a 90 gt?
with the air bag and cruise?

thanks.
Kelley ( bam bam )

sickfox · January 13th, 2010, 05:08 PM

I have one of those too!

how hard tho never done it.

Bam Bam Bigelow · January 13th, 2010, 05:12 PM

lol im working on raising some cash. you have alot of parts im after lol

Drick · January 13th, 2010, 05:13 PM

There was never a car made with Airbag and cruise with tilt steering. So your out of luck on keeping your airbag lol.

Thats why some say 89 is the best year because they still had tilt and no airbag but they also had mass air

Bam Bam Bigelow · January 13th, 2010, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Drick

There was never a car made with Airbag and cruise with tilt steering. So your out of luck on keeping your airbag lol.

Thats why some say 89 is the best year because they still had tilt and no airbag but they also had mass air

so no 90 stangs with cruise had tilt? or where ther some that didnt have air bags?
did the 89 tilt columns have cruise?
and what does MAF have to do with the column? or was that just a side note?
at any rate, how hard is it to swap out the column to a tilt one, and what is the best "donor" column, the 89?

thanks for the tips.
Bam Bam

ahduckit · January 13th, 2010, 09:51 PM

90 to 93 tilt steering wasn't available at all. 87 to 89 had tilt steering.

Bam Bam Bigelow · January 13th, 2010, 11:37 PM

damn, that sucks

Drick · January 13th, 2010, 11:38 PM

Yep no stang 90-93 had tilt

baine21225 · January 13th, 2010, 11:49 PM

the non tilts are shorter than the tilt, the only way to make one fit is to weld in an extension

Drick · January 13th, 2010, 11:50 PM

Not worth it for a little bit of a tilt

Hawaiian5.0 · January 14th, 2010, 11:48 AM

The swap is simple no welding like stated above. Did it in my 92 and doing it again in my 90 here soon.

baine21225 · January 14th, 2010, 01:52 PM

no, i've had two seperate occasions where it did not work

sickfox · January 14th, 2010, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by baine21225

the non tilts are shorter than the tilt, the only way to make one fit is to weld in an extension

If the tilt is longer why would you have to weld something on when swapping from non tilt to tilt?

Bam Bam Bigelow · January 14th, 2010, 04:52 PM

does anyone make an aftermarket tilt column for the 90-93 ( i understand that id loose my air bag, but i really dont want it 2" closer to me either)

ReplayMan · January 19th, 2010, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by baine21225

no, i've had two seperate occasions where it did not work

Curious...why didn't it work? I heard it is easy.

ReplayMan · January 19th, 2010, 05:19 PM

Here's a link

1990 Mustang Tilt Wheel Conversion

baine21225 · January 20th, 2010, 11:27 AM

then do it, im telling you from my personal experience

ReplayMan · January 20th, 2010, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by baine21225

then do it, im telling you from my personal experience

But, what exactly did work? I am planning the swap too...and want to know what didn't.

Sacrilegious · April 19th, 2010, 10:09 PM

I know I’m resurrecting an older thread here but I wanted to put my .02 in. I just completed the swap a couple of weeks ago and there is absolutely NO welding necessary. The tilt column is a couple inches longer but only at the tilt mechanism itself, everything else is the same and bolts right up to factory mounts. I have some info on my www.fquick.com/mykeyss page and hope to have some pictures added soon.

This was a very simple swap and would probably only take about two hours or so if you've messed around with pulling steering wheels and rewiring before, if your new to that it might take a little longer.

ReplayMan · April 21st, 2010, 09:24 AM

+1 Did the swap as well. Easy swap, no welding...everything fit correctly.

January 13th, 2010, 05:06 PM	#1
Bam Bam Bigelow Regular 1990 Mustang GT Conv. no idea...yet Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: F-Burg, Va. Posts: 88 iTrader: 0 reviews	tilt steering column? how hard is it swap out a non-tilt column with a tilt column in a 90 gt? with the air bag and cruise? thanks. Kelley ( bam bam )

January 13th, 2010, 05:13 PM	#4
Drick Big timin' in a small town 2004 FX4 F150, 86 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Gods country. Nordern Michigan eh Posts: 14,336 iTrader: 1 reviews	There was never a car made with Airbag and cruise with tilt steering. So your out of luck on keeping your airbag lol. Thats why some say 89 is the best year because they still had tilt and no airbag but they also had mass air __________________ FX4 Crew Crew member #1 Don't take anything I say to heart, I don't try to come off as an asshole. It just happens

January 13th, 2010, 11:38 PM	#8
Drick Big timin' in a small town 2004 FX4 F150, 86 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Gods country. Nordern Michigan eh Posts: 14,336 iTrader: 1 reviews	Yep no stang 90-93 had tilt __________________ FX4 Crew Crew member #1 Don't take anything I say to heart, I don't try to come off as an asshole. It just happens

January 13th, 2010, 11:49 PM	#9
baine21225 MM Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 4,349 iTrader: 1 reviews	the non tilts are shorter than the tilt, the only way to make one fit is to weld in an extension __________________ "That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it's worked out pretty well so far..."

January 13th, 2010, 11:50 PM	#10
Drick Big timin' in a small town 2004 FX4 F150, 86 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Gods country. Nordern Michigan eh Posts: 14,336 iTrader: 1 reviews	Not worth it for a little bit of a tilt __________________ FX4 Crew Crew member #1 Don't take anything I say to heart, I don't try to come off as an asshole. It just happens

January 13th, 2010, 05:12 PM	#3
Bam Bam Bigelow Regular 1990 Mustang GT Conv. no idea...yet Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: F-Burg, Va. Posts: 88 iTrader: 0 reviews	lol im working on raising some cash. you have alot of parts im after lol

January 13th, 2010, 09:51 PM	#6
ahduckit Regular 1990 gt 2006 gt .99@14mph Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: clovis Posts: 60 iTrader: 0 reviews	90 to 93 tilt steering wasn't available at all. 87 to 89 had tilt steering.

January 13th, 2010, 11:37 PM	#7
Bam Bam Bigelow Regular 1990 Mustang GT Conv. no idea...yet Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: F-Burg, Va. Posts: 88 iTrader: 0 reviews	damn, that sucks

January 14th, 2010, 11:48 AM	#11
Hawaiian5.0 Look Ma! My First Post! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	The swap is simple no welding like stated above. Did it in my 92 and doing it again in my 90 here soon.

January 14th, 2010, 01:52 PM	#12
baine21225 MM Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 4,349 iTrader: 1 reviews	no, i've had two seperate occasions where it did not work __________________ "That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it's worked out pretty well so far..."

January 14th, 2010, 04:52 PM	#14
Bam Bam Bigelow Regular 1990 Mustang GT Conv. no idea...yet Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: F-Burg, Va. Posts: 88 iTrader: 0 reviews	does anyone make an aftermarket tilt column for the 90-93 ( i understand that id loose my air bag, but i really dont want it 2" closer to me either)

January 19th, 2010, 05:19 PM	#16
ReplayMan Newbie 1991 Mustang LX Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	Here's a link 1990 Mustang Tilt Wheel Conversion __________________ 1991 Triple Black LX Vert My Webpage

January 20th, 2010, 11:27 AM	#17
baine21225 MM Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 4,349 iTrader: 1 reviews	then do it, im telling you from my personal experience __________________ "That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it's worked out pretty well so far..."

April 19th, 2010, 10:09 PM	#19
Sacrilegious Look Ma! My First Post! Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	I know I’m resurrecting an older thread here but I wanted to put my .02 in. I just completed the swap a couple of weeks ago and there is absolutely NO welding necessary. The tilt column is a couple inches longer but only at the tilt mechanism itself, everything else is the same and bolts right up to factory mounts. I have some info on my www.fquick.com/mykeyss page and hope to have some pictures added soon. This was a very simple swap and would probably only take about two hours or so if you've messed around with pulling steering wheels and rewiring before, if your new to that it might take a little longer. Last edited by Sacrilegious; April 19th, 2010 at 10:20 PM.

April 21st, 2010, 09:24 AM	#20
ReplayMan Newbie 1991 Mustang LX Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	+1 Did the swap as well. Easy swap, no welding...everything fit correctly. __________________ 1991 Triple Black LX Vert My Webpage

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