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Thanks Swoosh. The bracket is made by Wedge Engineering. I'm fortunate to live a driving distance to them. The bracket was originally made for a used Recaro I have. It was then modified to fit my Sparco seat. Those guys at Wedge are great at what they do. They've been able to fabricate something for me the same day I show up.
I thought I would post updated pics of my seats. I have the pics up in my build thread also, but noone looks at my thread.
Seats are Recaro SP-G III ASM Limited II Seat for driver, and SPG XL for passenger. I used recaro sidemounts and sliders. Brackets were fabricated and welded to the slider base(2g cl has no bracket options).
what kind of weight are we looking at dropping by changing the seats?
For my seats I lost approximately 70 lbs.
My driver side recaro seat weighs 9.9 lbs. My passenger recaro xl size seat weighs 22 lbs.
I also have custom brackets which add weight, the runners/sliders to move the seat back and forth and also the side mounts. I included the harness's weights also. My harness bar is 7 lbs but I did not include that.
Runners/sliders are 5.5 lbs. Steel driver side mounts are 4.4 lbs. Aluminum passenger side mounts are 2.4 lbs.
The oem seat belts are 9.76 lbs and my takata harness's are 7 lbs. You could also add the side airbag sensors which are 1.72 lbs.
I also left the SRS unit and wiring in place so I can swap back to stock when needed.
Last edited by brian6speed; 07-26-2012 at 10:26 AM.
I just wanted to state for anyone looking for the bracket that I have found one hopefully. I went to rallysportdirect in person and they looked up a bracket from Corbeau. 2004+ TL was listed with a part number, rallysport contacted Corbeau and Corbeau said its a special make so I had to put atleast %50 down "$56" which was non refundable. I should hopefully have it in 2 weeks and im sure it will fit.
Could you send me the info to bypass the passenger seat opds thanks.
OTE=Inaccurate;11776313]***** WARNING: THE ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS *NOT* OPERATING IF YOU SEE THE SRS WARNING LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER *****
You will need to make sure that the SRS System stays happy. To keep it happy, you must trick the SRS computer into thinking that nothing has been disconnected.
The SRS Main Unit will detect if any air bag is unplugged/missing because each air bags has a built-in internal electrical resistance. So, if any air bag connector is unplugged, the SRS unit will see the open circuit.
You will need to use an air bag simulator (module) for each airbag that is removed/disconnected. A simulator is just a resistor that mimics the internal resistance inside the air bag. The resistor is plugged into the air bag connector, and the SRS Unit sees this resistor, and the SRS unit is tricked into thinking the air bag is still there.
This is what it will look like. These are connectors with a resistor soldiered to the end of the wire. The black part is electrical shrink tubing for insulation (covering the resistor). These simulators can be plugged into the airbag connector so that the SRS unit is tricked into thinking that the airbags are there. I cut these connectors off of the airbags to make these simulators.
To make a air bag simulator, you will need a 2.0 Ohm resistor. That is 2.0 Ohm, NOT 2k Ohm.
What I did was to cut the connector off from the air bag. I had approx 3 or 4 inches of wire before the connector. I soldered the resistor to the connector. Then, just snap the connector back into the lead going to the computer.
It is a MUST to solder the resistor. Do NOT just crimp. Any slight loss of proper signal will trip the warning light.
Please contact me for further info if you plan to remove the passenger seat too. There are more complicated parts to the passenger seat that you must deal with before the passeneger seat can be removed.
Let me know if you want info on doing this too.
***** WARNING: THE ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS *NOT* OPERATING IF YOU SEE THE SRS WARNING LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER *****
IF you ever want to remove the ENTIRE srs system, below shows you how to do it.
The pic below show where the SRS unit is located. You will need to remove the side panels from the center console to gain access to this area.
In the pic below, this is what the SRS computer looks like.
The pic below is a close-up pic of where the SRS Unit had been. It is GONE now. Notice the three yellow connectors that had been plugged into the SRS unit.
In the pic below, PLEASE notice that there are three connector blocks -- those yellow blocks that plug into the SRS unit. They are named "CONNECTOR A", "CONNECTOR B", and "CONNECTOR C".
The pic below is the most important. Please notice that Block A has a wire #19 -AND- Block B has a #19 Too !!!! Make sure that you get the pink wire #19 on Block A.
After you find the pink #19 on Block A, you need to make a jumper wire from the cigeratte lighter (serving as a source of 12 volts with key-on only) to this pink wire #19 on Block A.
The idea is to supply 12 volts to this pink #19 on Block A. This tells the main computer that everything is OK with the SRS (lying to the main computer).
Let me know if you need more pics or for me to be more clear.[/QUOTE]
Im aware that this thread is old as hell. But i have a question, this entire thread is dedicated to bypassing the SRS. If i dont care for having the srs light on in the cluster, can i just remove the seats and call it a day?
I installed DC5R Recaros with Wedge Racing Bracket and Sliders. I'm sitting close to two inches below stock but I already have gotten use to it and it's easier getting out being this low.
05-16-2012, 10:43 AM
