morsters airbag delete mod

[bonner]

just gone for the sti seats myself and need to do the resister mod! would it be safe if i chopped the airbag plugs off the seats as they will be fitted to a classic; just want to no if chopping them will deploy the airbag ect ect thanks

[Mortster]

You mean taking the seats out? Disconnect the battery first leave it for 10mins.

As for putting seats in, if theres no "resistance" ie the mod, or the plug, it will just make the airbag light come on.

[bonner]

old are out and new are in what i was thinking of doin is chopping the airbag plugs off the old wrx seats so i can solder the risisters onto oem plug then plug back into the yellow cable, just saves buyin 2 new plugs also is it safe to chop plugs off wrx seats cheers

[Mortster]

That's fine, that's what i did, then binned the old seats.

[bonner]

lol cheers buddy!!

[bonner]

Nice cheap mod this took less than 5 minits!! cheers mortster!

[Mortster]

Non airbag seats are a fair bit lighter too!

[bonner]

Originally Posted by Mortster

Non airbag seats are a fair bit lighter too!

Not wrong mate there is a fair old bit of difference! i ended up givin the seats to my mate for his classic but i can see him rippin them back out again!!

[riiidaa]

Originally Posted by bonner

as they will be fitted to a classic;

What year? there's nothing to plug them into on any classic I've dealt with.

So don't cut stuff unless absolutely sure.

[bonner]

Classics dont have airbags my mates is a 93 plate i chopped the plugs off my wrx seats to shut off the airbag light due to jdm sti seats not having non

[riiidaa]

Originally Posted by bonner

Classics dont have airbags my mates is a 93 plate

I have fitted STi 8 seats in a '97 UK GL and a '99 JDM WRX wagon, neither needed any cable chopping.

Fairly confident neither car had seatbelt pre-tensioners let alone seat airbags, hence no need to plug the seats wiring in to anything.

[bonner]

Mine is a uk 2003 wrx, the oem seats have airbags in them, i swapped them for jdm sti7 seats and as far as i know the newage sti seats have no airbags? so i had the airbag light on the dash pemantly so the yellow airbag plugs off the oem seats had to be chopped off and risister solderd on then plugged in to eliminate light or its a mot failure??