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Originally Posted by octironSmith
I see. So, from a safety perspective, the only airbags we lose are the ones built into the seats? Also, what is the advantage of selective airbag deployment over deploying all of them?
Also, I wonder if it's possible to purchase occupancy sensors from the dealership to install on aftermarket race seats. Thoughts?
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the only airbags you should lose are the airbags in the seats, but those are the primary side airbags. if you delete those all you have is a curtain on the sides, which isnt much. the downside of leaving the light on and potentially having all airbags fire in a crash is that airbags are very expensive to replace. this could significantly increase the repair cost of a minor to moderate accident.
to me that's all moot anyway; not having a primary side airbag is enough to make me throw away the idea entirely. especially if we're talking about this in the context of hpde etc., where i want all the safety and crash protection i can get. bmw (and other) engineers have done an amazing job of increasing the survivability of terrible accidents. i'm not about to mess with that. if i could install my sparco evos without deleting an airbag, i would have, but to me the only other acceptable solution comes when you've replaced the side protection of the airbag with that of a full cage.
in my e46 m3 with sparco evos i used the occupancy sensors made for the CSL, since it came with a version of the recaro pole position shell. i don't know if those would work with the e82 though.