i was swapping airbags at work yesterday, and i pulled the cover off of the blown bag. i figured i could rig some kind of tray up and it looks perdy good i guess. went to ACE hardware and picked up a big slab of sheetmetal (thin, i could bend it by hand) and i started cutting away. my uncle helped me and it didnt take long.




the airbag cover already has holes in it so that made it easy for the small bolts. i had to slice into random parts of the cover.

 

cool. but also...fyi...the air bag cover comes off in one piece and still snaps in place into the dash. just remove those multiple nuts on the side and pull the metal plates off. shoves right into the stock hole tight. so...if you tape the stock airbag from underneigth where it broke through...it'll look total stock.

 

i was actually thinking about using them as duds.. i got a drivers side bag, took all the airbag crap out. and my boss' brother at work is going to try to put it back together to look like a stock bag. that is for now tho until i get a bag for the "race" car. or perhaps just run without bags so i dont get screwed if i bump somone.

edit..one more pic:

 

sweet

 

Good job on the DIY. Got any pics of it installed?

 

That'd make an excellent secret storage area.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Good job on the DIY. Got any pics of it installed? </TD></TR></TABLE> no pics yet. soon tho. my blue teg has an airbag. but its disabled. i might just take it out and replace.

 

Add a drain tube and that would make a nice cooler for beer

 

The cover is like $65.

 

just get a blown cover from a wrecked teg. im sure a junkyard or bodyshop somewhere has the blown bags still in the car.

i think we got a couple tegs with blown bags still in them. ill check if anyones interested

 

again...very cool. always wanted a place to hide ****

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lip &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">again...very cool. always wanted a place to hide ****</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

wow ...da cops will never look for my weed in there.....lol

 

Im sorry..that think is ghetto fabulous~

 

nice work.... can you snap a pic of the "box" when it is closed?

 

How much does the air bag weigh?

 

ill get a pic of it closed in a minute..

the airbag weighs probably around no more than 10lb i beleive.
edit: here are pics, i couldnt get it to close all the way. ill rig somthing up tho.

 

have you thought about fab a mold for the top piece?

 

tie a string around it and make it a purse, lol