<VV> Steering wheel air bag retrofit?

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Short answer, NO.

There are a lot of sensors (3 minimum) for the normal steering wheel air
bag, and they are calibrated to the impact resistance (foldability?) of the
frame rails they mount upon. Plus the "computer" to decide when to fire the
air bag, sometimes this is the same box as the center sensor in the tunnel
area.

There was a one year no electronics air bag that could be retrofitted to a
non-airbag car. I think it was the 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It was a quick
effort by Chrysler to get an air bag into a non air bag platform. The
following year they had enough time to get the electronic system installed.
The squib was set off by a spring loaded ball bearing. Now, how to adapt a
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee steering when to a 64 column? Good luck!

Frank DuVal

Original email:
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From: Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:02:58 -0500
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Steering wheel air bag retrofit?


So could a Corvair be 'reasonably' retrofitted with a steering wheel air
bag?

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