Subframe wire :S

[blake1312]

I am going to be fitting some new subframes to my car soon so thought i take a look underneath the seat and have a go at removing it, removing was fine but then seen the wire attached running from under the floor attacehd to the seat. What is it i thought its the airbag wire?? And how do i go about taking it off and the attaching to my new subframes??
If anyone could help it would be really good.
Cheers :boxing:

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab280/saxoboi1/100_1420.jpg

[SunderZ]

it the wire for the pre tentioner on the seatbelt clip.. there should be a small plug some where along it it's will be cliped to the underside of the seat and a plug some where along it.. but when you disconect it the air bag light will come. not sure on connecting the pretentionaer back on to the new subframes but im sure some one will explain that

regards

chris

[blake1312]

Cheers for that mate anyone else know what to do after??

[blake1312]

or i just thought do you just tape it up out the way when i fit the new ones or is it 100% needed??

[dinga]

if using buckets and harnessses it not an issue get rid of it.

[blake1312]

ok cheers mate, but untill i fit harnesses shall i just tape up somewere?? and is the only way to get rid of that seatbelt sign coming up then is to tape over it wen i unplug it?

[Rez]

Mate just make sure you disconnect the battery 10 mins before removing the plug else the airbag may go off.

[blake1312]

lol ok cheers for that tip mate, anyone else got any more on this topic like what to to with the wire on the new subframes till i get harnesses?

[Paul]

Its not part of the subframe mate, its part of the seat belt pretensioner. (the bit that your seatbelt plugs into). Its only attached to the subframe to keep it tidy.

What i did when i had bucketseats + harnesses was just tape it up and hide it under the carpet. Theres a slit in the carpet where it comes out, i just pushed it under there.

You airbag light will come on if its not plugged in but it never bothered me.

[blake1312]

ok cheers for the help mate thats a real help :y:

[Paul]

No worries mate, if you get stuck again just ask :y:

[Danr]

YOu can get resistors as well to create a circuit and turn the light off as well.

[blake1312]

YOu can get resistors as well to create a circuit and turn the light off as well.


ok cheers mate were you get them from and how much are they about?
:y:

[Ramsay]

mate not 100% but i think if the airbag light is on come mot time its not very well looked upon may even entail a fail but u can take the dials off an tape it up
as i say not 100% but sure it says it somewhere in the max power haynes

[Gears]

They shouldn't check it as an mot, its the make sure the car is roadworthy.
an airbag light doesn't upset the car or make it any more or less dangerous so it should be fine,

[Macnme]

air bag light dosnt fail mot some test stations mite giv an advisory but it wont fail ....:)

[blake1312]

ok cheers for that guys, and also the fact its bucket seats and hopefully harness later on they wouldnt get funny about passing it because of custom seats would they?

[dinga]

buckets and harnesses are fine for mot

[blake1312]

ok cheers mate :y: