Alpina B6 Steering Wheel Airbag Removal

pargolf · 04-20-2019, 08:14 PM

Does anyone know how to remove the steering wheel airbag of a 2016 Alpina B6? I previously owned a 2014 650i Gran Coupe with paddle shifters and easily removed the steering wheel airbag. The B6 has button shifters which seem to cover the slots to remove the airbags.
Thanks

Havy · 04-21-2019, 04:02 PM

I am not sure if there is one hole at 18:00h or there are two holes at 16:00h and 20:00h. Push with a flat screwdriver the spring and the airbag will pop out.

Qsilver7 · 04-21-2019, 07:32 PM

Here's my reply to the same question asked over on BimFest:

Okay...after going out to do a search on google to see what the steering wheel looked like...is this what you have?

If the above is correct, then the TIS gives these instructions for this steering wheel/air bag set-up...see if the hole to insert a tool is the same...there should be a "concealed opening on the reverse side" for a T-30 driver (click link below for more info and pics) :

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...wheel/1LjubpBC

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pargolf Registered 2 Rep 4 Posts Drives: 2016 Alpina B6 Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Hartford, CT iTrader: (0)	Alpina B6 Steering Wheel Airbag Removal Does anyone know how to remove the steering wheel airbag of a 2016 Alpina B6? I previously owned a 2014 650i Gran Coupe with paddle shifters and easily removed the steering wheel airbag. The B6 has button shifters which seem to cover the slots to remove the airbags. Thanks
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Havy Captain 303 Rep 709 Posts Drives: BMW X5 M50i Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Europe iTrader: (0)	I am not sure if there is one hole at 18:00h or there are two holes at 16:00h and 20:00h. Push with a flat screwdriver the spring and the airbag will pop out.
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Qsilver7 Major General 4415 Rep 7,452 Posts Drives: F06 650ix GC / F15 X5 50i Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Indiana, USA iTrader: (0)	Here's my reply to the same question asked over on BimFest: Okay...after going out to do a search on google to see what the steering wheel looked like...is this what you have? If the above is correct, then the TIS gives these instructions for this steering wheel/air bag set-up...see if the hole to insert a tool is the same...there should be a "concealed opening on the reverse side" for a T-30 driver (click link below for more info and pics) : https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...wheel/1LjubpBC __________________ 2015 F06 650ix Gran Coupe`(Moonstone/Cohiba Brown)\| 2014 F15 X5 50i MSport (Space Gray/Mocha) Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral.
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