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1995 air bags fit in 1996 ?

Old Sep 22, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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Default 1995 air bags fit in 1996 ?

As the topics says, would air bags taken from a 1995 Integra fit in my 1996 Integra ? Thanks.
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Old Sep 23, 2003 | 09:39 AM
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Come on, this is a simple yes or no question. Someone must know this??
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Old Sep 24, 2003 | 10:36 AM
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COME ON!!! ANYONE ?????
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Old Sep 24, 2003 | 12:24 PM
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most likely...go to acura and ask them if they have the same part number. I'm 99% sure that it should be the same though. They unless there was a recall on the 95's, there would be no reason for them to change the airbag design.
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Old Sep 24, 2003 | 12:32 PM
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I called and they said the parts number aren't the same but it would probably fit anyway. But I don't want to buy them and waste 500$ if they don't fit.

There must be someone who knows this who tried before.
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Old Sep 24, 2003 | 03:51 PM
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Actually, they did some minor changes to the airbags for '96, concurrent with the updates to the Civic. 94-95 aibags were not self-shorting (you had to put a plug into the airbag module to keep it from accidentally going off), and in 96 they changed the airbag connector to a self-shorting kind. While the airbag itself is physically the same size and will directly drop in, the plugs won't line up. You'll have to splice some wires in order for it to work.

I installed a 2001 ITR steering wheel into my '94. I cut the plug off of my old airbag and spliced it onto the new airbag module using electrical tape. I hadn't planned on doing this, and I don't really like jerry-rigging something like this, but my SRS light doesn't come on so I'm hoping it works.

BTW, this is only for the steering wheel SRS. I don't know anything about the passenger side.
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