CapitalCityTrips12

I answered my own questions. The leads from the new coil are color coded. There is always a fuse inline with the positive lead. I was just confused because the short harness I bought from ssconnectors did not have color coded wires. Some other pointers now that I did the install: 1) Move your power seats all the way back before disconnecting the batteries! 2) Practice releasing the airbag on your new wheel which you can see the internals, it will give you a better idea what to do on your installed wheel. 3) Get a snap ring removal tool (I feel like removing the snap ring took 30% of my install time). 4) Get a snap ring removal tool. Also one other thing to note for people thinking about doing this mod. My original wheel had cruise control buttons only, and the button backlights were blueish. With the new wheel I put on (I think it came out of an Escalade) the button backlights are all white. I don't really give a %$, but I know some people might sweat that small stuff. Thanks again for all the info provided by the members in this thread!

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION!!! I have all the parts now (from ebay, gmpartsdirect, and ssconnectors), but I have a couple questions for people who have done the install. First: On the new wires for the heated portion, how do I know which of the wires is ground and which one is power? Second: How important is the placement of the zip ties after the putting the clock spring on? Hopefully I'll be getting this done tomorrow!