cered Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Quick question, is it safe to unplug this harness from the airbag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Is it a plug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Aye appears to be, no visible clips holding it in like on other airbags though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Out of curiosity, why do you want to remove it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Replacing the steering wheel in my car as i have a yaris one now... but the plugs are different (now i've looked) so I think I'll scrap the idea and go without an airbag and save £140 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 There's a harness adapter from toyota for around £15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 My car's a facelift so alreayd has it, the harness is for the older to newer Toyota airbag harnesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 My car's a facelift so alreayd has it, the harness is for the older to newer Toyota airbag harnesses My car is facelift too and didn't have it. Worst case scenario you could just cut off the plug and put it on the new airbag? Needs a voltage across it to activate the bag, just make sure you are well grounded and haven't built up any static Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 My car is facelift too and didn't have it. Worst case scenario you could just cut off the plug and put it on the new airbag? Needs a voltage across it to activate the bag, just make sure you are well grounded and haven't built up any static Yeah I think that's how it'll have to be... Gotta work out which wires which though Yaris airbag: yellow/red and yellow/blue Supr: red and blue I know the colours match up but I'm not confident... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Take this as what you will, I am only giving a bit of guidance here..... If you look at the connection on both airbags, the left pin will always be the left pin.... and the right pin will always be the right pin. To identify which is left and which is right, the connector clip should be viewed as "up". I'm talking about the actual plug here, rather than the wires going into the airbag itself. Does that make sense to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Yeah I get you, but then supra wire is red on right, and then red on left with the yaris so not sure Think I'll just send the airbag back and not risk it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sketch Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 In answer to your original question yes it is safe to remove that fly loom from the airbag unit. Should just unclip upwards as it is in the photo. Airbags are a 12V trigger - pos/neg, I know this from setting them off for fun (alot of fun), putting a battery onto one made it shoot up about 50ft in the air. I'm not for a moment suggesting you should do this for entertainment. Not for a moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 In answer to your original question yes it is safe to remove that fly loom from the airbag unit. Should just unclip upwards as it is in the photo. Airbags are a 12V trigger - pos/neg, I know this from setting them off for fun (alot of fun), putting a battery onto one made it shoot up about 50ft in the air. I'm not for a moment suggesting you should do this for entertainment. Not for a moment. Any way to tell which wire is positive/negative? I completely understand your concern and I will not be playing silly buggers with an airbag... My 12v batteries will be stored away from the whoopee cushion of death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 My car is facelift too and didn't have it. Worst case scenario you could just cut off the plug and put it on the new airbag? Needs a voltage across it to activate the bag, just make sure you are well grounded and haven't built up any static Same here, I changed from a 4 spoke wheel to a carbon wheel. Keron bought a harness adapter from Toyota and fitted using this to retain the airbag function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Thanks for this, i didn't bother connecting the air bag, I'll order the adaptor on Monday, anyone got the part no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoarerMan Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 As that airbag is it's completely harmless there's no electricity around to be able to trigger it. What also happens in a lot of modern vehicles is it releases a safety tab so even if you put a feed to it without spreading the tab out again it still wouldn't go off. Even when an airbag is in circuit on the vehicle it's perfectly same as the system is always a constant earth. The only thing that will trigger the live is one of the crash sensors detecting an impact. Airbags are a lot safer than people think if I'm honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Static can trigger them, especially if there isn't a load circuit in place. No idea if the Supra has one but my old Focus airbag did and I had to bypass it to get it to boom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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