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Does anything need to be done to the airbags to stop them going off if you offroad?
The other day when I went out there were some pretty hefty bangs and knocks etc..... would this not set them off in a jimny ?
Would be suprised if you manage to set an airbag off whilst offroading. Ive never managed to do it in ours. However now I have removed the passenger airbag and converted the "hole" into a shelf and also removed the airbag control module from under the central console. (if you do that, remember to tell yoru insurance company)
Former owner of Little "Ooky", who has now started a new life in Shetland
tbh I was just curious, ive never set off an airbag in a collision.....however I didnt have many cars with them lol
just curious because some of the bumps yesterday were mental
My airbagged 2003 Jimny has been heavily off-roaded since it was 6 weeks old (receipts show KAP converted it very quickly after it was sold). There has not been any problems with the Airbags since i have owned it (at least 3 years) and that includes some fairly aggressive off-roading.
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
I crashed my JImny. Hard enough to break bones in my foot, and the airbags didn't deploy.
If you bump a JImny off-road hard enough to deploy the airbags, then I think you would be glad they deployed.
Bert,
I think I read somewhere they'd only go off over 20mph and under mechanical impact to the body/chassis (don't know how that would be calculated) so they're not likely to go off when the wheels hit something. However if you were doing 20mph off road and hit somethink you'd be glad if they did deploy!!
John.
On the 8th Day God made the LandRover -
On the 9th day he swapped it for a Jimny.
I have slightly bent one of the tubular box sections of my winch bumper as the tree refused to move over - the airbag didn't deploy - so I think you have to be pretty nutty to set one off.
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
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