Airbags

[JT_Law]

on a 98 is there a way to disable them for wheelin?

With the Chiltons saying to pull the negative cable till the capacitor discharges I suspect pulling the fuse may not do it but then I'm no electrician

 

[Kejtar]

on a 98 is there a way to disable them for wheelin?

With the Chiltons saying to pull the negative cable till the capacitor discharges I suspect pulling the fuse may not do it but then I'm no electrician

You don't need to disable them for wheeling as they do not engage under 30mph. Also it has to be a certain type of an impact in order for them to deploy.

 

[JT_Law]

Ah, good deal.

I could just picture tapping a tree or flexing something just right and getting a nasty surprise, lol

 

[XgeekstarX]

Ah, good deal.

I could just picture tapping a tree or flexing something just right and getting a nasty surprise, lol

video tape that if it ever happens.

 

[JT_Law]

video tape that if it ever happens.

Why? you a lawyer? LOL
That would make a funny tape tho, at least after the wounds healed

 

[Kejtar]

Why? you a lawyer? LOL
That would make a funny tape tho, at least after the wounds healed

he wants a tape cause he can't believe it'd happen

 

[2offroad]

Ask One ton's Mom about what speed the airbag will attack. She was not going 30mph when it came out.

 

[Kejtar]

Ask One ton's Mom about what speed the airbag will attack. She was not going 30mph when it came out.

was it Gen I airbag? The newer airbag controllers (98 is one of them) will not deploy at slow speeds.

 

[2offroad]

1st gen.

 

[Kejtar]

1st gen.

Well then that explains it. On the newer XJ's the airbag controller is much more sophisticated and one of the safeguards built in is the cutoff that turns the airbags off at slow speeds. So in a 98, I wouldn't touch the system at all.

 

[seanR]

On the newest of XJs, The airbag will not deploy under "normal" wheeling conditions.
Even under "my" type of wheeling contitions, they will not deploy,
I hit a tree at winterfest hard enough to bend my 2 X 4" front bumper, and nothing happened.
Wheel it and forget abput it!