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Old 12-04-2014, 01:40 AM
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Glad to hear you are happy with the dash.

I spoke with my friend who has done this before and he basically told me, aside from one bracket/brace, the whole upgrade is plug and play, so long as you have a passenger airbag dash.

According to him, the only additional parts you'll need are the new SRS module and the wiring that goes with it and a bracket/brace. The seat belt pre-tensioners and buckles don't have to be changed and neither does anything to do with the driver's airbag.

Apparently, the bracket/brace that has to be added goes from the bottom of the dash near the center console to the side of the transmission tunnel on the passenger side of the car. You'll have to use a self-tapping sheet metal screw to attach the bracket to the transmission tunnel as there won't be the threads to use the factory bolt. Then you might want to add the passenger knee bolster which is also fairly simple to install.

I'm pretty confident that it will turn out nicely since you won't be modifying the dash itself to fit the airbag like some have had to do.

One last thing, he also told me that he once tried to fit a glove box into a passenger airbag dash and said that it was very difficult to get it aligned properly.
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