aftermarket steering wheel

[Draven94blackbird]

is it illegal to but an aftermarket wheel on an airbag equipt car. will it pass inspection?

[Savage_Messiah]

Well, I just passed it with my air bag light on... of course they couldnt see that the pass. side dash is empty and that the airbag module isnt there...

[Ian]

I'm not sure, I'll ask tomorrow.

and kasey, why the hell did you take your airbags out?

[Savage_Messiah]

Well they blew in the accident... never were plugged in since then... so i said f it, they caused me more harm than good. Only reason drivers side is still there is appearance...

[Brando56894]

appearance? :confused:

[Teds89IROC]

weight reductions man! :jerk: :lol:

~Ted

[Brando56894]

:stupid:

[Savage_Messiah]

as in not having a huge gaping hole in my wheel, I don't think THAT woulda gotten thru inspection :lol:

It's a temp thing... don't worry...

[Tru2Chevy]

4th gen airbags weigh ~42 lbs. Little G doesn't have any in his car either....

- Justin

[Teds89IROC]

4th gen airbags weigh ~42 lbs. Little G doesn't have any in his car either....

- Justin

4th gen airbags...42 pounds, cracking your head open on the windshield the next time you get into an accident to cut that 1/4 time by 1/20 of a second...PRICELESS

~Ted

[Tru2Chevy]

4th gen airbags...42 pounds, cracking your head open on the windshield the next time you get into an accident to cut that 1/4 time by 1/20 of a second...PRICELESS

If anyone besides Koll or Goofy can manage to touch a 4th gen windsheild with their head while they are seatbelted in the car, I'll give them a dollar.

- Justin


ps - that was a joke.

[Teds89IROC]

ok, lets change the scenario..how about simply hitting the steering wheel, or dash board and busting up your face. My point is I think it's dumb to remove your airbags on a daily driver to shave 42 pounds. For an all out drag strip car or one hardly driven on the street, fine.

~Ted

EDIT: My priceless line was a joke too, but I really do feel removing airbags on a DD isn't worth the risk it can cause 8-)

[Injuneer]

Weight savings for the steering wheel replacement was 20#:

http://www.injuneer.com/images/photos/Interior/DCP03464a.jpg

[Brando56894]

as in not having a huge gaping hole in my wheel, I don't think THAT woulda gotten thru inspection :lol:

It's a temp thing... don't worry...

cant u just take the airbag out and leave the cover on there? :confused:

[BonzoHansen]

ok, lets change the scenario..how about simply hitting the steering wheel, or dash board and busting up your face. My point is I think it's dumb to remove your airbags on a daily driver to shave 42 pounds. For an all out drag strip car or one hardly driven on the street, fine.

~Ted
+100,000. Sorry, my dander gets up when I hear safety being cut. It’s childish, IMO.

Earnhardt's head hit the steering wheel, not the windshield. Go ahead and google, you will find a pic of his bloody, bent steering wheel. Here is a shot of Steve Chryssos' 68 Camaro (http://www.lateral-g.net/chryssos/009.jpg), after an accident. Note the wheel part of the steering wheel is missing. (his car now (http://www.lateral-g.net/chryssos/))

I know guys take the safety bars out of the doors to save 40 pounds, not realizing or caring they are a major part of the car's safety cage. Or half ass roll bars & passengers in the back.

Also, if you are taking an airbag discount and the ins company finds out you disabled them, you are technically committing fraud. And, if you get in an accident, removal of a safety device can give them cause to deny claim.

Just my $.02 regarding street cars.

[Oddball]

What he said.

[Savage_Messiah]

I just have liability anyway, they don't look or care.

How many people are driving around airbagless 3rd gens as their daily driver... but that's fine because it didnt come with them from the factory?

I do suppose it's all a personal decision but I don't think it's that big of a deal.

[BonzoHansen]

I agree SM, it is a personal decision. But I would still never remove safety items. That would be like converting a car back to drum brakes.

And if & when you sell it, you better have the new owner sign a paper stating they know there are no airbags. If you can't prove they knew the bags were gone, and they eat the wheel in an accident, you open yourself for a huge lawsuit. Life sucks and people will try to screw you. No doubt.

[Teds89IROC]

I just have liability anyway, they don't look or care.

How many people are driving around airbagless 3rd gens as their daily driver... but that's fine because it didnt come with them from the factory?

I do suppose it's all a personal decision but I don't think it's that big of a deal.

Thats different, I have no airbags because the car didn't come with them, my 92 had them though. We're talking about removing safety items from the car that came equiped with them, not driving around in a car that never came with them.

~Ted

[Savage_Messiah]

I agree SM, it is a personal decision. But I would still never remove safety items. That would be like converting a car back to drum brakes.

And if & when you sell it, you better have the new owner sign a paper stating they know there are no airbags. If you can't prove they knew the bags were gone, and they eat the wheel in an accident, you open yourself for a huge lawsuit. Life sucks and people will try to screw you. No doubt.

Can't and won't sell it, anyway,after my accident... the only person who would buy this thing now would be Paul and I wouldn't sell it to him cuz it'll be chopped up :lol:

[BonzoHansen]

Can't and won't sell it, anyway,after my accident... the only person who would buy this thing now would be Paul and I wouldn't sell it to him cuz it'll be chopped up :lol:
:cheers:

[V]

Can't and won't sell it, anyway,after my accident... the only person who would buy this thing now would be Paul and I wouldn't sell it to him cuz it'll be chopped up :lol:

someday you may need quick cash and have to let it go...ill be there to help ya out, and i'll treasure every second of ripping that thing apart piece by piece and cutting the chassis up into little tiny pieces. hehe :twisted:

[Savage_Messiah]

:(...

[Teds89IROC]

:lol: If I was Kasey I'd be crying reading that

~Ted

[V]

i'm just kidding, for the most part, lol

[Ian]

someday you may need quick cash and have to let it go...ill be there to help ya out, and i'll treasure every second of ripping that thing apart piece by piece and cutting the chassis up into little tiny pieces. hehe :twisted:

:rofl: :kneeslap:

[Pampered-Z]

One issue is that the airbags on 4th gens break the windshield when the deploy (great design). I also heard of some people having the airbags deploy at the track. But these are cars that hooked hard enough to lift the front wheels.

So if you plan to run slicks and hook, remove the air bags. I'm in the process of removing mine, and like Fred I have a 5 point harness so I'm not worried about getting thrown to the wheel or windshield.

[Savage_Messiah]

One issue is that the airbags on 4th gens break the windshield when the deploy


That they fuggin' do... and then you not only need a new dash, but a new windshield. Sucks even MORE when th seatbelt did the job fine and you weren't moving and they deploy... one punching you in the face and leavinga rash and the other destroying your dash and windshield.

[/rant from personal experiance]

[coldkilla]

There is a company that makes a replacement cover for the steering wheel when you take out the airbag but their name escapes me right now. my airbags are still in for now but not hooked up. why? because my car is a 93 and has gen 1 airbags, which are NOT the advanced systems in cars today. with the age on my car and historically known problems with first gen air bag systems the possibility of having the airbag go off when Im driving down the road and hit a huge bump is quite high. Anyone remember way back in the day when there were all kinds of law suits over airbags deploying for no reason or because of a slight bump? my cousins went off in his 94 Impala when he was parking it and it broke his nose. My seat belt is always on and pulled tight and with my seat all the way back theres no way im putting my face into the windshield (especially on a 4th gen) or into the steering wheel unless Im in a catastrophic accident and then thats the least of my worries.

[Savage_Messiah]

Do you know what year gen 1 airbags were stopped??

[coldkilla]

not off the top of my head but it was in the mid to late nineties.