Changing steering wheel and airbag light

Changing steering wheel and airbag light

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Slow

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Thursday 1st September 2016
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Whats the current MoT situation with changing your steering wheel + seats. E46 bmw has a weight sensor or something in the seat which can cause a airbag light and obviously the steering wheel has one in it too.

Now what happens if I fit buckets + aftermarket steering wheel? The airbag light will almost certainly come on, what is the work around for this sort of thing?

Slow

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Thursday 1st September 2016
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The Spruce goose said:
airbag light will fail.

someone posted in your other thread about installing a resistor to fool airbag ecu in its place.
I know that works for the wheel, but what about the seat sensor?

Slow

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Thursday 1st September 2016
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Doesn't the airbag light have to come on then go off so removing the bulb is of no help.

In regards to the rally car use, the car would be on coilovers, buckets, different steering wheel and partially stripped. Would this classify if I had a kind tester?