Putting air bag (Supplemental Restraint System) in an automobile requires
ALOT more than retrofitting parts. SR systems are carefully engineered to
take into account the deceleration rate of the occupants. This involves many
variables, such as the "crush rate" of the vehicle, Primary Restraint System
(seat belts) and a zillion other things. Besides, airbags are a contained
rapid expansion of gases...read explosion....and kill the occupants if they
(the occupants) are not positioned properly.
The more cost-effective and safer solution would be to install a roll bar if
your car doesn't already have one and then attach some 4 or 5-point
harnesses to it and brackets mounted in the floor. That's what I plan on
doing to my Fairlady, with racing seats.
Jim Moore
69 RHD 2000
Dunkirk MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela Bauman" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net>
To: "'Adam Bradley'" <ambradley@yahoo.com>; "'datsunmike'"
<datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>; "'L Jordan'" <ay107@lafn.org>; "'Datsun Roadster
List'" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 11:34 PM
Subject: RE: steering wheel question
> Anyone who owns or drives a Roadster knowingly takes their life in their
> hands each and every time they get in the thing. Lap belts and
"ornamental"
> bumpers are part of that risk. One reason to paint them a color that
screams
> "HEY idiot with the cell phone, drinking coffee, putting on
> makeup, yelling at the kids, reading the Wall Street Journal, or faxing
> something from their SUV"
> I'M HERE!!!! Being aware of yoyo drivers is part of being safe. Having
good
> horns and saying a prayer to the Roadster Gods for safe passage before
> leaving the driveway is also part of safe driving. I got rear ended as a
> passenger in a Pinto. The gas tank ended up in the
> back seat. No air bags, just a lap belt. So, if you are afraid to drive or
> be driven in a Roadster, GET A HUMMER. Big, safe looking, roll bars, high
> off the ground, don't know what the
> NTSB stats are. Come on, enjoy the car, there aren't that many of them.
And,
> who pray tell me in
> 25 years is going to want to restore a Miata, or that new Z.
>
> Pamela Bauman
> Future 1600 Owner
> SOCALROC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Adam Bradley
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:03 PM
> To: datsunmike; L Jordan; Datsun Roadster List
> Subject: Re: steering wheel question
>
>
> Maybe someone could examine the 1973 Chevy Impala w/airbag to get a
> more "period" retrofit. Or maybe the Geo Metro is simple enough that
> its parts could be retrofitted.
>
> But really, for me, if safety is my primary concern, I'm not going to
> drive a tiny car with lap belts and ornamental chrome bumpers.
>
> --- datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> > It's a lot more complicated than it may appear with sensors precisely
> > located and circuits and all kinds other crap.
> >
> > Buy a Miata :)
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "L Jordan" <ay107@lafn.org>
> > To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:28 PM
> > Subject: steering wheel question
> >
> >
> > > List,
> > > Here's a mod I've never heard anyone talk about.....an airbag.
> > > Has anyone ever tried to add in a steering wheel that could contain
> > an
> > > airbag? Since the cars are little and the SUVs are getting bigger
> > it
> > > would be a nice safety mod. Any thoughts?
> > > Linda
> > >
> > > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had
> > a name
> > of ay107.vcf]
> > >
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