Air bag replacement, Help with air bag specifics Options

[foilman]

I have a 99 convertible and a 99 donor vehicle. Can anyone give me a general idea what I will be up against to replace air bags, sensors, and control unit? I have looked into this a little concerning safety. I do not however know location of sensors and control unit. I think I can swap out deployed units with undeployed from donor vehicle. Vehicle had a front end collision and I have finally gathered up front bumper, crash bar, windshield, misc plastics, etc., plus donor vehicle with driver and passenger side air bags. Sorry for being so wordy, any help will be appreciated, Ron, (foilman) in Fresno.

[richee3]

For starters, disconnect the negative terminal of your battery, let the car sit a few minutes, hit the brake to drain the rest of the juice, blah blah blah. Driver's side airbag is easy. You'll need a T27 Torx head to get two screws out of the sides of the steering whee. From there, you can take the whole cover and airbag out of the steering wheel and the new one is just plug and play. Passenger side airbag, as I understand it, is a lot more difficult. You have to do everything from the bottom of the dash. I couldn't begin to tell you the process for that. The main control unit is under the center console. That's easy to take out. Two screws under the shift bezel, two bolts in the storage bin, and a plug for the ash tray light. As far as sensors go, again that's something that somebody else will have to help you with. Hopefully this just helps you get started and puts you in the right direction.