Great drive with my son today...

[CraigM]

Thanks Dualist! I've been waiting a while to have everything set up for him to ride and bust out this shirt.

Geetee, you need to either get a deactivation bar and modify a 944 buckle (which I did, can then use any car seat you like), use the same bar with a Porsche child seat with built in buckle, or buy the switch from eBay user hfaning.

Any of these routes, though, you need to get it activated by a dealer or Indy with the proper Porsche diagnostic stuff (durametric will not do). Here's the service bulletin for them to follow, seems to be somewhat hard to find:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Boxster_Tech/96-MISC-Child_Seat/tsb.6923.deactivationbar.pdf

I doubt you need paperwork. When you buckle into the bar the airbag light flashes for 30 seconds and goes away, I assume that would be some form of proof if it was ever an issue.

[EJ-Fresno]

Originally Posted by CraigM

Thanks Dualist! I've been waiting a while to have everything set up for him to ride and bust out this shirt.

Geetee, you need to either get a deactivation bar and modify a 944 buckle (which I did, can then use any car seat you like), use the same bar with a Porsche child seat with built in buckle, or buy the switch from eBay user hfaning.

Any of these routes, though, you need to get it activated by a dealer or Indy with the proper Porsche diagnostic stuff (durametric will not do). Here's the service bulletin for them to follow, seems to be somewhat hard to find:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Boxster_Tech/96-MISC-Child_Seat/tsb.6923.deactivationbar.pdf

I doubt you need paperwork. When you buckle into the bar the airbag light flashes for 30 seconds and goes away, I assume that would be some form of proof if it was ever an issue.

Can you please let us know how you modified the 944 buckle to be able to use any seat? Thanks!

[CraigM]

Originally Posted by EJ-Fresno

Can you please let us know how you modified the 944 buckle to be able to use any seat? Thanks!

Honestly, scroll down and buy the one on this page: Seats Baby & Child

I would have done this if I had known about it. You'll end up spending about the same getting a 944 buckle off eBay and going through some dremel discs and beer.

It you happen to have a 944 buckle around and want to go this route, PM me and I can send you the PDFs another member (Rick3000) very kindly sent to me. They have all dimensions and print actual size.


And Antny, I wondered about the Subarus! And this was his first real drive, but both my kids have loved sitting in it in the garage since they could hold their heads up, so you can start 'em young!

[EJ-Fresno]

Originally Posted by CraigM

Honestly, scroll down and buy the one on this page: Seats Baby & Child

I would have done this if I had known about it. You'll end up spending about the same getting a 944 buckle off eBay and going through some dremel discs and beer.

It you happen to have a 944 buckle around and want to go this route, PM me and I can send you the PDFs another member (Rick3000) very kindly sent to me. They have all dimensions and print actual size.


And Antny, I wondered about the Subarus! And this was his first real drive, but both my kids have loved sitting in it in the garage since they could hold their heads up, so you can start 'em young!

Thanks for the link!

[barron35]

I'm excited to start taking my car crazy son in the Boxster as well and have been doing a bit of research lately. You can also make a deactivation switch that replaces the bar. I'll try and find the original link if anyone is interested, it's a pretty basic schematic and I'm no electrical engineer. I wanted to do this so I can wire it up to a switch in the dash. This doesn't remove the need to have the setting changed in the car computer, just replaces the bar and buckle.

[Hummer-addict]

Great pics! I remember taking my boy out when he small like that! I just unplugged the air bag in the pass side... Had to remove vent ducting to find the plug... Only drawback is the airbag light is on and now I'm assuming my airbag is also not operable. So worth it... My kid loved it!