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.
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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.
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Jun 24, 2010 - 1:07 PM) 
>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.
yes?
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QUOTE (foilman @ Jun 24, 2010 - 1:12 PM)
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Jun 24, 2010 - 1:07 PM)
>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.
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I'll try to get you a picture of where the sensors are located in the car; I have the '99 Celica Big Green Book.
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sensors are behind the bumper bolted to the vertical radiator supports. the have yellow wires going to them.
QUOTE"And, as always, your friendship, help, and dedication to the advancement of Texas Celica dominance is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks bro." -DEATH1994 GT:V6 swap, 5speed E53 W/ LSD, All Power, now RED1995 ST:SOLD @273k miles, Auto, all power, CarPC, White1994 ST:Totaled, 5spd, all power, RedRIP 07/09/09 @ 241,8101994 Lexus LS400:This is my new DD
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And the images to prove:
QUOTE (stephen_lee @ Jun 24, 2010 - 6:09 PM)
>sensors are behind the bumper bolted to the vertical radiator supports. the have yellow wires going to them.
And the images to prove:
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Not to jack the thread, but can anyone give us directions on how to take out the passenger side airbag?!?
I have the same problem.
I have the same problem.
u can try to just take the glovebox out but i dout thatll work. its basically going to require pulling the wwhole dash..
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are you seriouss....
sadly, yes. as i said u may be able to get away with just pulling the glovebox and possibly the evap core...
QUOTE"And, as always, your friendship, help, and dedication to the advancement of Texas Celica dominance is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks bro." -DEATH1994 GT:V6 swap, 5speed E53 W/ LSD, All Power, now RED1995 ST:SOLD @273k miles, Auto, all power, CarPC, White1994 ST:Totaled, 5spd, all power, RedRIP 07/09/09 @ 241,8101994 Lexus LS400:This is my new DD