Air Bags

[pontiacgp]

What I believe my friend did in his 98 Wrangler (offroader), was simply just removed the bags. The cherokees are nice because you can do this with no obvious evidence. The SDM should only keep a charge for the air bags for a short period of time (it is 1 minute on GM's, likely similar on chryslers). So disconnect the battery, and walk away for a while, then you can remove the steering wheel cover take out the bag, and put the cover back on, without knocking yourself out, lol. :lol: Double check with your local chryco dealer on the time frame though, just to be safe.

I should have waited 30 seconds for you before I posted .....funny thing is I searched the Jeep site I'm on for air bag removal and nothing came up. I figured all the guys who go offroading has to remove the air bag and the instructions would there.

 

[Oldsmoletick]

lol, for some reason I've noticed many jeepers are kinda uptight about "questionable" mods :lol: , my jeep was wrecked and had deployed bags when I bought it (my 97), so I simply bought junk yard covers and left them out. So it should be safe to bet, disconnect the battery walk away for an hour, remove the fuse, take out the bags.

 

[pontiacgp]

looks like I'll be bagless after this weekend..

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Yea they are weird about going off. My brother hit a telephone pole in his 99 ranger around 40 miles per hour. No air bag deployment. I slide into a ditch at 35-40 with my buick and my airbag smashes me in the face. :|

Hey atleast you didnt have one randomly deploy on you as your leaving work 😳 My boss still calls me "Airbag" lol!

 

[pontiacgp]

Yea they are weird about going off. My brother hit a telephone pole in his 99 ranger around 40 miles per hour. No air bag deployment. I slide into a ditch at 35-40 with my buick and my airbag smashes me in the face. :|

Hey atleast you didnt have one randomly deploy on you as your leaving work 😳 My boss still calls me "Airbag" lol!

I got to hear this one...don't leave anything out.. 🙂

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Yea they are weird about going off. My brother hit a telephone pole in his 99 ranger around 40 miles per hour. No air bag deployment. I slide into a ditch at 35-40 with my buick and my airbag smashes me in the face. :|

Hey atleast you didnt have one randomly deploy on you as your leaving work 😳 My boss still calls me "Airbag" lol!

I got to hear this one...don't leave anything out.. 🙂

:lol: I was leaving work one day and as I was leaving the parking lot I pulled up to one of my friends that flagged me down because I forgot something. As he hands me whatever it was I forgot I heard a loud BANG and it was like a scene out of a war movie when a bomb goes off. All I heard was a ringing and the look in my friend's face told the whole story. He about sh*t himself That was the scariest drive home waiting for the passenger side airbag to randomly go. I got home and pulled the fuse and havent had an issue since but my Airbag light stays on. Needless to say I f%#king hate airbags! The car is a 97 Cavalier. My dad got me a new airbag/horn piece but im not sure if im ready to replace it just yet.

 

[beermonkey9417]

you should be able to take the cover off the steering wheel from the screws on the back side of the wheel, unplug the wireing and then remove the whole unit. you might have to pry the cover off to reuse it.you could pack it with like some cushion foam or a bunch of work rags so if ya get mad and punch it ya wont hit the nut. or if yer REALLY kewl you can jerry rig a pop out gun holster for people in the free states.

 

[CHRIS.O]

Pontiacgp,

If you take it out without destroying it please for the love of god do this to someone and video tape it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vppxu70Wojo&ob=av3e

 

[pontiacgp]

:lol: I was leaving work one day and as I was leaving the parking lot I pulled up to one of my friends that flagged me down because I forgot something. As he hands me whatever it was I forgot I heard a loud BANG and it was like a scene out of a war movie when a bomb goes off. All I heard was a ringing and the look in my friend's face told the whole story. He about sh*t himself That was the scariest drive home waiting for the passenger side airbag to randomly go. I got home and pulled the fuse and havent had an issue since but my Airbag light stays on. Needless to say I f%#king hate airbags! The car is a 97 Cavalier. My dad got me a new airbag/horn piece but im not sure if im ready to replace it just yet.

I have seen people's faces after a minor accident and the bag made a mess of their face...did you ever figure out why your's went off? and as for air bags I think a 5 point harness is safer

 

[pontiacgp]

Pontiacgp,

If you take it out without destroying it please for the love of god do this to someone and video tape it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vppxu70Wojo&ob=av3e

:shock: ..I didn't think they had that much power...I should put it in a client's chair and if they piss me off they'll remember not to the next time...