Pandamonkey

I want to be able to drive my car with my 7 year old sitting in the front and not have to worry about the airbag chopping her head off in the event of accident.

How do I get the thing out?

breakmyfootoff

The whole front of the dash has to be unbolted and pulled forward to remove it. It's really not that hard, but there are 2 things you need to be aware of. The Vehicle Anti Theft Module is mounted to the air bag bracket, it will have to be removed from the bracket and left intact and plugged in for the car to start. Also there is a grey relay attatched to the bracket that must also stay intact in the wiring harness or the car will not start. Don't cut the wires to these items. If you need to you can unplug them and then remove them from the bracket oncit is out of the car, just reinstall them and plug them back in. All connections that have to do with the SIR system will be yellow. There is also a brown wire you will need to cut to deactivate the airbag light in the guage cluster. I believe there is more info on which wire to cut on shoebox's website.

Pandamonkey

Thanks for the quick response!

Edit: I just spent some time on his site - quite a lot of info there!

I couldn't find anything about removing the passenger side airbag though.
Mabye I'm blind......

Gord's Green Z28

That would explain the driving.

My suggestion is to remove the front seats and sit in the back to drive. That way you're still next to each other. Lots of legroom. Little trickier when you have a manual though.

More room for fooling around back there too.

Pandamonkey

I could make one of those Hot Rod shifters that is 5 feet long and extends up higher than my head.I hope you never have a daughter if that's what you plan to do with her in your Camaro.

breakmyfootoff

I don't care who you are, thats funny right there. Lord, I apologize for that.

Heres some info on the wire to cut to make the airbag light "go away"
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...bag+brown+wire

TraceZ

Why remove the airbag? Just unplug it and stick a resistor in its place to fool the system into thinking it is still there. You could even wire a switch in there to bypass it with a resistor.

breakmyfootoff

Thats a good idea, as long as you're not wanting to reduce wieght or anything that would be the easiest way to do it and be able to make it operational again later.

RE AND CHERYL

I'd go with Tracy's idea, no reason removing the entire bag when you can unplug it just as easy. The plug is yellow and behind the glove box door.

TedH

This is what you want to read. There is a permit process for this. Look up airbags.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov

Pandamonkey

Putting a switch in sound much better than eliminating it altogether!

That's what I will try to do.

Thank you all.

TraceZ

You'll need to do a little research and find out what value resistor to use in conjunction with the switch to disable it. If you unplug it without substituting a resistor it will make the "airbag" light come on.

Good luck.

Pandamonkey

I have to say, I'm a bit worried about fiddling with that stuff, I don't know what it takes to set the airbag off but I sure don't want to.

blackbirdta

i took my passenger side air bag out today and i just had the battery disconnected and pulled the fuse just to be sure...i kinda felt like i was defusing a bomb or something but it didnt blow up in my face haha.... as long as you reach under (and stay clear of the airbag) and disconnect the yellow plug i wouldnt think it would go off...good luck

breakmyfootoff...your reply makes sense...i took the air bag out and my car wouldnt start so i just pluged it in again for now, but now i realize those plugs are not for the airbag...thanks