You don't have to take the steering wheels out. As a matter of fact, there's two bolts under the stearing that you have to take out. (13 mm bolts) This realeases the steering wheel down a little. However, it's easy to do. But to put the wires back onto the cluster is a pain. Acutally, i did this for the 5th time on my car yesterday. I'll probably take about 30mins if you know what your doing.
Good luck.