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RANDY

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Hi guys. My car was involved in an accident recently, which fired off the airbags.

I have replacements that I have pulled out of a half-cut, but I have a few questions:

1) Are they safe to handle when disconnected? (i.e: is there ANY chance of them going off?)

2) Are they likely to go off when I put them into my car (which is still being repaired)

3) Do I have to do any fancy ECU trickery afterwards?

4) Do I need to replace any sensors or anything other than the airbags themselves?

Thanks in advance, i'm really keen to get my car back on the road!

-Steve

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my flat mate changed between his airbag wheel and a momo repeatdly for a while and it was happy enough . the light went out when airbag was reinstalled .

yes there is a chance it will go off but its very small but possible . comes down to perception of chance??

obviously what ive said didnt apply to a crashed car .

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I'm in a sort of similiar situation...

I have a series 1 33 GTR and thinking of getting the dash airbag for the passenger side.

1) Is it possible to replace the dash with a series 3 or even a gtst one?

2) What if the car doesnt have the wire loom for the sensor?

3) Is it a lot of f**king around (we had a bit of fun when putting a/c on the car initially and found out it doesnt have the a/c loom)?

4) What is required (e.g. dash, sensor, airbag etc)?

Thanks all! Just wanna make sure before I fork out close to 1k only to find out it doesnt work.

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OK.. so far from googling I have the following:

1) Disconnect negative terminal of battery.

2) Disconnect airbag fuse.

3) Allow 10 minutes for residual power to dissipate.

4) Replace airbags

5) Re-insert airbag fuse

6) Insert ignition key

7) Re-attach battery clamp

And an old, old SAU thread about pressing the drivers door-light switch 7 times, once per second within 10 seconds of turning the ignition on if the airbag light on the dash stays on or flashes.

God I hope these don't explode in my face! (again)

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