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14th March 2012, 16:06
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pretensioners and airbags
Basically i have no airbags in my car due to having a different steering wheel. So removed everything associated. Now iv come to putting the standard seatbelt back in as iv been using harnesses but i see the pretensioner is attached to the seatbelt?
Is it ok to run without it or should i get some other seatbelt clips (iv got some astra mk2 ones which dont have the pre tensioner)
And bolt these to the seatframe instead?
thanks for any help
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14th March 2012, 16:11
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If i`m reading this right then as I understand it its possible to bolt the saxo pretensioners complete with the seatbelts to your subframes.I`ve heard other people doing this with no probs at all.As the pretensioners aren`t connected to anything electrical you won`t have any issues mate.
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14th March 2012, 16:21
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ye youve read it right; just didnt know what they did tbh!
ITs on a 106 also 
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14th March 2012, 16:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jage
ye youve read it right; just didnt know what they did tbh!
ITs on a 106 also |
The pretensioners contain an explosive charge that fires your airbag in the event of a crash. 
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14th March 2012, 21:44
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^^^^^^ just so you know, they do not fire your air bag..........
they fire with your air bag, they tighten the seat belt to pull the driver back in to the seat for extra safety.
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14th March 2012, 21:47
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ah thats pretty clever actually! So it tigthens in the event of a crash so you dont go forward til it locks?
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14th March 2012, 21:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bethell
^^^^^^ just so you know, they do not fire your air bag..........
they fire with your air bag, they tighten the seat belt to pull the driver back in to the seat for extra safety.
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Which is why they have a warning on them about an explosive charge.  Can`t remember the exact words when I last changed one but there was a warning on it.
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14th March 2012, 21:53
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yeah as said, they tighten your seat belt buckle as far down as possible in attempt to tighten your seat belt to get you in the right position for the airbag
they should be fine to run without plugging the pretensioners in. Just means they wont fire off in a crash.
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14th March 2012, 21:57
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14th March 2012, 22:09
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thats alright then  Just didnt know if they did something special haah; ill quote it for you when i read it!
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15th March 2012, 00:00
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Be careful with them though! I had a corsa one go off on me the other day, now thats only a spring and oh ya f****r.
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15th March 2012, 10:06
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iv already taken them off just gotta put them back on! Wish me luk
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