Wanted: 986 airbag deactivation bar / child car seat

[Myoung73]

Originally Posted by CraigM

Porscheshop.co.uk sells a dummy buckle - probably your best bet. Then use any seat you want.

FYI that I did buy the clip from porscheshop.co.uk and the bar from sun coast. Bar was about $270 and the clip was about $50. Had the dealer install the bar for about $220 including the programming. Indy said they had never done one before but could probably do it they just weren't sure they had access to enable it in the computer as some functions are only available to the dealers. They thought it would be around $200 anyway so I just decided to go to the dealer for the install since I knew they could program it. Glad I bought the part though as dealer wanted over $400 for the bar! Anyway all told I spent around $550 for peace of mind when having my younger kids in the car. The airbag is now easily disabled (airbag light blinks for 60 seconds then goes off). Works perfectly. FYI that one of the dealers I called would not do the work due to liability. But the other one had no problem with it.

[Cbonilla]

The vendor in the UK that sold the switch to emulate the Airbag Deactivation Bar has dropped off the map, so I'm going to build my own. It's just 4 resistors and and Double Pole, Single Throw (DPST) switch (see attachment). Once I have it built I'd like to make sure that I did it right and won't damage the airbag system in my 986S.

Could someone in possession of the Deactivation Bar plug a multimeter into the output from the buckle and let me know the resistance (ohms) with and without the buckle inserted?

Many thanks