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You can use a zip tie around the connection to keep it attached.
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I was reading the instructions
here
and wanted to confirm a few things.
1) Disconnet power or just take key out? Some say you can do it without battery disconnect. Anyone experience this?
2a) Remove old seat bolts and tilt the seat to access the wiring harness.
2b) Remove female part of wiring harness - this is part of the seat and is wired to it.
2c) The male portion of the wiring harness is connected to the car (wired to the floor of the car). This portion has two 4-pin connectors. The bottom one (in the picture shown on the link above) is for the seat belt connector when you put in the new seat.
3a) There is a physical seat belt connector still connected to the stock seat as well as an electronic connection (with a little blue plug). Disconnect the physical connector, as well as the plug, and remove both (carefully) from the stock seat (now out of the car).
3b) Take special note of the orientation of the male portion of the electronic (blue) plug. When removed, the seat belt receptacle and wires are still connected to each other (i.e., one unit). I'll call this the old_seat_belt_unit.
3c) You will need to remember this part well if you reinstall the stock seats.
4) Attach old_seat_belt_unit to the new seat. I assume there is a spot on all racing seats for this? Or is this just for GT3? If there is no mounting hole, I assume you can just tape it all up and put it under the seat - so long as it stays connected.
5) Bolt new seat to brackets or floor, or whatever you are mounting it to.
6) Attach the blue plug from the old_seat_belt_unit to the wires in the floor of the car. Take special care to install them with the orientation you noted above - or else you'll get an airbag light. Tape it all up real good.
7) Make sure nothing rubs when you move the seat around.
Ok, so now the airbag light isn't on. But will it actually deploy in a head-on? Just wondering
Let me know if I missed anything important.
-td
my racing seats are Cobra's and the seat belt attaches onto the side of the seats. Otherwise, the instructions appear to be pretty good. You can use a zip tie around the connection to keep it attached.
In a head-on crash, the airbag should deploy as long as the light isn't on and you haven't used a by-pass plug.
Steve
