Subframe wire :S - Saxperience

blake1312 · 19th August 2009, 11:37

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

SunderZ · 19th August 2009, 12:02

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 · 19th August 2009, 12:04

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

blake1312 · 19th August 2009, 12:07

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 · 19th August 2009, 12:21

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

blake1312 · 19th August 2009, 12:29

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 · 19th August 2009, 12:32

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

blake1312 · 19th August 2009, 13:05

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^p · 19th August 2009, 13:11

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 · 19th August 2009, 13:20

ok cheers for the help mate thats a real help

Paul^p · 19th August 2009, 15:25

No worries mate, if you get stuck again just ask

Danr · 19th August 2009, 15:27

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

blake1312 · 19th August 2009, 23:19

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Originally Posted by Danr

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?

Ramsay · 19th August 2009, 23:26

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 · 20th August 2009, 16:17

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 · 21st August 2009, 00:41

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

blake1312 · 21st August 2009, 10:44

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 · 21st August 2009, 13:02

buckets and harnesses are fine for mot

blake1312 · 21st August 2009, 21:27

ok cheers mate