DIY: [How-To:] Racing Seat airbag light fix

josemartinrea

Hope someone will replay today... but will a 2.2 Ohm 1/2 watt resistor work too? I'm doing the install today and found out about the airbag sit. today as well. I don't have time to wait for a package :/

1325

4.7 ohm 1/2 W is what you need. Hit up RadioShack and find the combination package with multiple resistors inside. I believe I saw one the other day which contained the 4.7 ohm resistor we need.

4.7 ohm; not 4.7k.

1325

Just an update on how my aftermarket seats are set up.

Driver and passenger each have a resistor for the SRS wiring. Seatbelt sensors were also reconnected. The concern people have is the weight sensor, which definitely does involve a daunting task of tearing up the OEM seat to retrieve it. When I finally did remove it and install it underneath my Sparco seat, it did not register even with my weight (~190 lb) and the airbag remained off. When I adjusted the sensor like one poster said earlier in this thread, the sensor worked without issue. The remedy was to (at least for me) flip the sensor white side up (contrary to the factory black side up), and relocated the sensor toward the rear of the seat, so that a passenger would sit on approximately 1/3 frontal portion of the sensor, hopefully triggering it.

I braced myself up while sitting and lifted off a seat slightly, and the sensor indicated that the airbag was off, to test lighter weight function.

If you're looking into aftermarket seats, there is hope.