i search for awhile and didn't find anything i was looking for.

i would like to keep to SRS on when i'm driving to the track with the oem seat belt on. then turn SRS off when i get to the track and use the 6 point harness.

is it as easy as removing a fuse or is there more to it? i also read somewhere that the airbag will not go off if the oem seat belt is not fasten. is this true?

 

Not sure if this is what you're look for, but I installed a air bag switch (on the passenger side) several years ago in my '05: http://www.airbagonoff.com/

It was around $140 or so, and I did the installation myself in about 20-30 minutes.

I'm sure you could wire it up for the driver's side.

 

I can't expect that it is since one of the original purposes of passive restraints was to protect people who didn't buckle up.

 

i would think that's it's probably more dangerous if the airbag activate and you weren't wearing a seatbelt, while your whole body move forward and the airbag come towards your head at supersonic speed. the only issue i see with that is what happens if the one person in front has belts on and the other one doesn't, does the only one air bag activate.

but you are probably right, i just thought i'd verify it.

 

[QUOTE=JawKnee,Sep 12 2010, 07:41 PM] Not sure if this is what you're look for, but I installed a air bag switch (on the passenger side) several years ago in my '05: http://www.airbagonoff.com/

It was around $140 or so, and I did the installation myself in about 20-30 minutes.

 

I think perhaps the suggestion was to use 2 of them

 

Actually they were designed as a supplement to seatbelts and not as a way to protect those who didn't wear seat belts... hense the name "supplementary" restraint system (SRS)

 

Actually, passive restraints were originally mandated in order to protect those who didn't fasten their seatbelts. Manufacturers were originally required to provide either motorized seatbelts or airbags. While cars that opted for airbags also included seatbelts, and occupants were encouraged to use them, government standards for airbags did and still do require designing around unbelted occupants.

Reference 1: 1997 article debating whether testing on unbelted occupants should be continued -- see the article called "Hold on unbelted barrier test may be extended" - http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr3209.pdf

Reference 2: New York Times article from earlier this year ("government standards for air bags are intended to maximize protection for unbelted drivers") - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/bu...15airbags.html

 

did some more searching around the net. not sure if removing the fuse will disable the airbag completely since the a capacitor is used to set off the charge for the airbag. the capacitor will maintain charge even if the power is disconnected. also, it's not as simple as plugging the fuse back in. you have to reset the SRS light. i found a video on how to reset the SRS light on Honda.

got some info from this post
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f129/airba...-removal-22413/


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYYzt04o5MU [/media]

 

unplug the harness for the seat belt...that'll disable them

it'll also give you a nice constant "beep beep beep....beep beep beep"