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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 06:53 AM
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Default Aftermarket bumpers/airbags

Of all the bumpers available for the JKs, are there any that allow the airbags to function properly in collisions?
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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Bumpers don't affect the airbags directly. The collision sensors aren't up there. the impact sensor is inside the cabin. I believe it is a gyrscope under the armrest near the E-Brake mount.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 12:14 PM
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After market bumpers have nothing to do with airbags. Neither does going off road or using 4 low. For all the people that want to disengage your airbags when going off road think about this, the sensors in the vehicle determine if the air bags are going to deploy, the computer, through other sensors, determines how fast that airbag is going to deploy. If you hit something hard enough, on road or off, to set off the air bags it meant you needed them. I'd hate to be the guy that disengages them to go off road then say slides off a rock ledge or something into a tree and doesn't have them. That would most certainly suck.....
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Thanks for clearing that up for me. I just didn't want to do anything to disable my airbags while modifying my Jeep.
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by wvwannabe
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I just didn't want to do anything to disable my airbags while modifying my Jeep.
Good call. Better to ask the simple question on here then mess your shit up.
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