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How did you feel about losing 2 airbags after swapping out the OEM seats for aftermarket ones? Was the trade off worth it? Are you nervous about getting in a

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Old 12-17-2018, 03:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How did you feel about losing 2 airbags after swapping out the OEM seats for aftermarket ones? Was the trade off worth it? Are you nervous about getting in a crash and having someone use that against you? I'm interested in replacing my factory seats and I'm struggling with these questions. All opinions welcome!
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I would feel safe replacing the oem seat with a quality fix back model.
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Old 12-17-2018, 05:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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No way no how, that is the reason I wouldn't think of it on a street car.
Now if I was racing it and had a roll cage, now that's a different matter altogether.
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Old 12-17-2018, 06:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Recaro makes a model that has an airbag
The Sportster CS is what the 2015+ Nismo seats are based on
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Don't the '15+ Nismo seats have the airbags? Seems like if someone is really concerned about the airbag issue, swapping to the factory Nismo seats would be the easy compromise.

End of the day different folks have different levels of risk tolerance. Do what you feel comfortable with and not what others tell you to do.
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They do

2015 nismo is recaro sportster can backs with regular Nissan base
For the money, just get the full recaros
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however just remember that with those sportsters or w/e reclining ones you wont be able to fit a harness if you decide to do that in the future
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however just remember that with those sportsters or w/e reclining ones you wont be able to fit a harness if you decide to do that in the future
Why do you say that?
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No way no how, that is the reason I wouldn't think of it on a street car.
Now if I was racing it and had a roll cage, now that's a different matter altogether.
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i mean i was driving for almost 10 years before i owned a car that even HAD airbags. and I promptly replaced that steering wheel with a nardi Classico. it would be another 10 years before i owned another car with an airbag. so personally i dont really care about it. wear your seatbelt drive safe.
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For the seat airbags, I wasn't too concerned. With aftermarket seats, I feel less likely to get thrown to the side. The side curtain airbags are more likely to make a difference than the seat ones.


More concerning for me by far was removal of the steering wheel airbag.

I mainly use the car for and drive it to the track. On track, I have all my safety equipment, but on the street, I only have my harness. During this period, I feel like my safety is more compromised vs stock, but it's low traffic roads in low traffic hours.
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all depends on your comfort level, yes, safety improvements in the cars today, have come a long way. Remember back with little and no seat belts available at that time. Let alone the crush zones currently in the cars.

It comes down to what and how your feel.
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I feel it also comes down to Insurance risks. If someone hits you and you are injured they can bring up in court, that you removed the safety devises the factory installed, and have to assume some of the fault for your injury's. Like others have stated, its your call!
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Why do you say that?
most reclining seats such as the nismo one does not have harness passthrough at the bottom, which means you wont be able to do a 5/6 point harness. and most 4 point harnesses out there are not approved by track orgs and you can easily submarine in a crash, making it very dangerous. (i think the scroth or whatever has an approved one but idk much about that)

so if you want harness setup, you'd need a bucket seat with bottom passthrough. oh and a roll bar / cage (dont get a harness bar)

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most reclining seats such as the nismo one does not have harness passthrough at the bottom, which means you wont be able to do a 5/6 point harness. and most 4 point harnesses out there are not approved by track orgs and you can easily submarine in a crash, making it very dangerous. (i think the scroth or whatever has an approved one but idk much about that)

so if you want harness setup, you'd need a bucket seat with bottom passthrough. oh and a roll bar / cage (dont get a harness bar)
It's pretty easy to add a hole though.
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