lobsterroboto

So im installing race seats, ordered the seats yesterday.


I know that the car will toss up a warning that you can clear but it also displays a permanent airbag warning light near the speedometer.

What are the options for suppressing this light?

I know that vetteworks makes their airbag simulator plug thing for the C6 but is there anything like that for the C7.

It's just really a matter of aesthetics and would rather not have a warning light all the time.

Baring any solutions, electrical tape is my fall back.

ersatz928

Connect a 5 ohm 5 watt resistor across the 2 terminals of the connector that the seat airbags were plugged into.

lobsterroboto

has anyone done that yet?

I've gotten

10 ohm 5 watt

10 ohm 2 watt

5 ohm 5 watt.

so not entirely sure which one to go and nobody that I've found yet has confirmed they have done it.

Also, haven't looked at the plug yet but is it just two terminals in the plug? or is there more and its a matter of determining which terminals are for the airbag?

ersatz928

The ohm value is somewhere between 5 and 10 ohms. It is not critical. Neither is the wattage rating. You can't hurt anything by trying a lower ohm value if 10 Ohms does not work.

Magister Ludi

Where would I locate these terminals?

Jet Vet

👀 I'll be doing a race seat install next week also, and I would assume the terminals mentioned would be part of the wire bundle plug-in under the seat. Can anyone confirm that?

JV

ersatz928

The airbag connector is usually a separate connector, 2 wires, often with a yellow or red connector body color.

lobsterroboto

Well, when all my parts come in I'll rip out my seats and confirm.

It's fairly surprising to me that so few have installed race seats in the C7 so far and even fewer still have even attempted to do anything about the light.

Dan with vetteworks said that he has something in the works and that a simple resistor wasn't enough to suppress the light.

We'll find out I suppose.

ersatz928

I think that so few have installed race seats because the stock seats have improved so much compared to the C5 and C6. People who intend to track their C7s have the option to get the Comp Sport Seats, which are a bit better than the already OK standard GT seats.

lobsterroboto

The GT seats are crap at the track.

The comp seats are a ton better for occasional track days. I just kind of dived into ordering my car and just didn't even think about seats when I did order it 2 years ago and now instead of putting in comp seats in I'm getting lighter seats and a full harness.

ersatz928

Looks like there is just one big connector ("X310") under the seat. The airbag wires are part of these. You will also need a second dummy-load resistor for the pretensioner pyro in the Seat Belt Anchor, unless you transfer that to your new seat (and wire it up). See attached diagram for the pin numbers.

lobsterroboto

Now we're starting to get beyond my comfort level, i'm gonna have to get someone to help me out with this.

lobsterroboto

Can anyone find the loose connectors? I would like to make something I can just plug in and out when I move my seats around instead of taping resistors into it.

rrsperry

If it's me, that car is now a trailered vehicle. They designed that car with the SRS protecting you... So you might as well add a cage. And I'd look into a liability umbrella, but I don't think you'd be covered if your passenger is hurt in an accident due to you intentionally removing the SRS. Just saying. Been sued,... they lost, you learn a lot of law, an insurance stuff...

lobsterroboto

what are you talking about?

It's a track car, I just don't want a bunch of bullshit warning lights if I can avoid it.

The car was designed to be safe for a driver in OE seats with 3 point seat belts. Not fixed back racing seats and 5 point harnesses.

airbags are not safe for track prepped cars... If they were you would see them in race cars.

You can't even enter a track without signing a liability waiver which includes drivers and their crew.
If you get into a car with me on the track and I ram that ****** directly into a wall at 130mph, it's on you not me.

The same reasoning goes to making contact with another car, regardless of who's fault it is everyone is responsible for their own stuff.

C306

I am facing the same issue (installing track seats and trying to fool the airbag sensor and pretend someone is seated on the seat). Has anyone come up with a solution to this issue? If so, could you provide detailed instructions/pictures of what to do?

Thanks a lot for your help!!!

rrsperry

Hence, that's why I said it's a trailered vehicle. If you happen to drive it on the street. You open yourself up to litigation. And all of the lawyers I know, (and yeah, I know a lot of them), laugh at liability releases. They say they aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

rb185afm

I just live with the light. I don't even notice it. FYI, your side mirrors are connected through your stock seat. You won't be able to adjust your mirrors. So set them in a good spot before swapping the seat.

fleming23

I too have learned to live with, and ignore, the air bag light. Honestly, the power mirrors loosing their ability to be adjusted is the more annoying thing for me. While I don't need to adjust them much with the race seat, there are times when moving them to see what I am doing (example, backing into the garage onto a 4 post lift) would be helpful.

c5racr1

Mirrors are not connected through the seat. I have a mop seat that I use for track days and the mirrors work fine. On another note, don't fool the sensor into thinking the factory seat is installed. You do not want the air bag in the steering wheel to function if you are wearing a harness in a race seat. Do a google search on that. It causes more problems.