Re: TJ air bags and hard offroding?
 

if i'm recalling correctly, on most air bag systems, there are several
"conditions" that all have to be met for the air bag to deploy....one is
vehicle speed above a certain threshold, another is a relatively "head-on"
collision......i think in regards to off road and air bags, the speed thing
is the biggie....you shouldn't be going THAT fast off-roading...


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F2BEC71.F784FE55@sympatico.ca...
> I have seen more than one TJ on the losing end of an argument with a
> tree and have never seen a bag go off.
>
> One hit was bad enough, we even phoned Chrysler to ask. They basically
> asked if we thought it was needed, we said 'no', he said 'there you go.'
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Kent wrote:
> >
> > It suddenly occured to me that I have never been offroding in a late
> > model Jeep before that has air bags. I have a 1946 Flatfender that I
> > am not sure it even came stock with a roll bar much less an air bag
> > system. I recently purchased a 2003 Rubicon and I was thinking if I
> > use the front bumper on the TJ like I use the front bumper on my 46
> > (bumping into rocks) will I set off the air bags??
> >
> > Kent