Thread: D1 Airbags "What year"

And further to this - has anyone converted an Airbag/SRS to normal/non- airbag??? Whats involved?

(PS Sorry to add a question, but similar topic)

Dave.

Airbags were introduced with the D1 update (95MY) and first sold in April May 1994. There were an option at first, but standard on the ES.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Airbags were introduced with the D1 update (95MY) and first sold in April May 1994. There were an option at first, but standard on the ES.

Garry

Oh dear...

Originally Posted by DaveS3

And further to this - has anyone converted an Airbag/SRS to normal/non- airbag??? Whats involved?

(PS Sorry to add a question, but similar topic)

Dave.

Good question Dave, you must of read my mind

Originally Posted by 84RR

Oh dear...

Why "Oh dear..."?

Originally Posted by garrycol

Why "Oh dear..."?

I have a winchbar off an 84RR to put on a D1
It will fit but am a little concerned re the airbags

Originally Posted by 84RR

I have a winchbar off an 84RR to put on a D1
It will fit but am a little concerned re the airbags

At the start, the airbags were a $3400 option so not a lot of the early D1 updates had airbags - so it depends what year D1 you are talking about. Certainly at the time the only bar that could go on these was the genuine bar but since then others have been designed to fit. I think it is important with the early airbag fitted D1s as I believe they were activated by sensors in the crush cans on the chassis (but not absolutely sure) unlike later airbags that are activated by a decelerator sensor rather than a pysical switch.

Garry

My 94 had twin airbags.

They had contact switches within the engine bay on either side, But it also had a "G" switch(diagnosticcontrol unit) under the centre console. The manual described that you had to have one of the contact switches AND the "G" switch activated to deploy the airbags. If my memory serves me correctly the G swjtch was made at about 4 G.

Post 1997 models had no contact switch and only used the diagnostic control unit.

Originally Posted by garrycol

At the start, the airbags were a $3400 option so not a lot of the early D1 updates had airbags - so it depends what year D1 you are talking about. Certainly at the time the only bar that could go on these was the genuine bar but since then others have been designed to fit. I think it is important with the early airbag fitted D1s as I believe they were activated by sensors in the crush cans on the chassis (but not absolutely sure) unlike later airbags that are activated by a decelerator sensor rather than a pysical switch.

Garry

Originally Posted by duff

My 94 had twin airbags.

They had contact switches within the engine bay on either side, But it also had a "G" switch(diagnosticcontrol unit) under the centre console. The manual described that you had to have one of the contact switches AND the "G" switch activated to deploy the airbags. If my memory serves me correctly the G swjtch was made at about 4 G.

Post 1997 models had no contact switch and only used the diagnostic control unit.

Just imagine how many cars they had to crash test before they got that one right!!!

M