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Originally Posted by cderalow
Jumpering or bypassing the sensors will send incorrect info to the SRS control unit, which may result in your airbag not deploying properly in a crash.
The sensors don't just say something is there, it determines how large the object is, and if it's appropriate to deploy the airbags.
Unless there's a really good reason to run anything other than the stock seats (say you're tracking it regularly), then I'd suggest just keeping the normal ones. Aftermarket seats generally don't look well in combo with the regular rear seats, and insurance will 100% deny any injury claims that arise because you've removed a safety feature.
If you are tracking semi-regularly, I'd suggest just getting the aftermarket seat, and swapping it the night before going to the track.
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Now we're starting to get somewhere: hearing about the "what" but still wanting to learn "how."
I just received my factory service manual, and it looks like there's about 250 pages on the SRS, so........got to do some serious reading.
I appreciate your concerns for my safety, but I've always considered OEM seating, with very few exceptions, to be crap when upgrading the handling of a car. Probably one of the best enhancements you can buy to make the driver "at one with the car." And as for the insurance, auto insurance for covering medical injuries in a crash is a joke - it runs out about the 3rd day of a hospital stay. Medical insurance will take care of that - and with the Pres planning to enroll the Postal Service to run out nations government-provided health care, what's to worry! What an Obamanation (no, I didn't mispell the word abomination).
As for the aesthetics, as they say, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Put another way, "There's no accounting for taste."