SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: SL55 Facelift
#26
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Yes it is big Money , but if you want it get it , I’m sure I have the part number lying around somewhere
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After you removed your stock seats, how did you plug the air lines so that the convertible still works. Also what did you have to do to disable the airbag warning since the plugs are no longer connected to the seat airbags. Help a brother out
...i got some Bride seats on the way.
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[QUOTE=FxFormat;8108531]After you removed your stock seats, how did you plug the air lines so that the convertible still works. Also what did you have to do to disable the airbag warning since the plugs are no longer connected to the seat airbags. Help a brother out
...i got some Bride seats on the way.[/QUOTE
You have to turn off off the pneumatic function of the seats in STAR , you need resistors for the seats to get rid of the airbag light , and turn off child air bag Saftey feature if I recall ,it was awhile ago
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You have to turn off off the pneumatic function of the seats in STAR , you need resistors for the seats to get rid of the airbag light , and turn off child air bag Saftey feature if I recall ,it was awhile ago
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So as long as i turn off the seat massagers function i don't need to cap the air lines or anything? I'd have to look into the resistors for the airbag, not sure what capacitors to use.
After you removed your stock seats, how did you plug the air lines so that the convertible still works. Also what did you have to do to disable the airbag warning since the plugs are no longer connected to the seat airbags. Help a brother out
...i got some Bride seats on the way.[/QUOTE
You have to turn off off the pneumatic function of the seats in STAR , you need resistors for the seats to get rid of the airbag light , and turn off child air bag Saftey feature if I recall ,it was awhile ago
![Smilie](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
You have to turn off off the pneumatic function of the seats in STAR , you need resistors for the seats to get rid of the airbag light , and turn off child air bag Saftey feature if I recall ,it was awhile ago
#31
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I capped mine anyway , they sell airbag stuff on eBay just google it, the child airbag thing was a pain in the *** if I recall ,my friend had to help me with that ,like re assigned it or some weird stuff like that so car doesn’t look for it , I’m not a star wizard ,he is , google it I’m sure it’s out there
#32
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You're the only person in the world that has retrofitted racing seats into their R230, there's no information on the internet about this lol. I saw a few cars that uses different resistance for their air bags, 350Z uses 4.7ohm .25w, Subaru uses 3.3ohm .25w but there's nothing on the SL. I'm in love with red seats so this is what i got coming in. I'm running a 4 point harness and will just bolt it to the floor pan of the car somehow and to the seat rails.
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#33
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Get the mount kit from Planted , I welded those up myself , there are other guys out there that put Recarro seats in the car , I saw one guy used a chromoly bar to attach the seat belts to
#34
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I looked at the Planted website, but it's got a bazillion different type of mounts, not sure what to buy. the seat brackets should be easy, i'm just concerning about the airbag situation and the passenger occupancy crap.
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Good luck with your project , I gave you all the info I had to do mine ,I got all my stuff from 425 Motorsports, mercedes seat resistors off eBay
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You're the only person in the world that has retrofitted racing seats into their R230, there's no information on the internet about this lol. I saw a few cars that uses different resistance for their air bags, 350Z uses 4.7ohm .25w, Subaru uses 3.3ohm .25w but there's nothing on the SL. I'm in love with red seats so this is what i got coming in. I'm running a 4 point harness and will just bolt it to the floor pan of the car somehow and to the seat rails.
![](https://www.vividracingutv.com//images/G32IMR.jpg)
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hope that helps,
Chris
#38
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Started the work today on the seats, once you remove the seats, the bracket for it is super easy to fabricate, it's a big square, that's flat, no angles so just make the brackets and drill the holes and weld the bars together for rigidity. I went with 3/16" steel, it's beefy and will use rectangular steel tubing to raise the seat up a little. Right now it's sitting really low, waiting for the steel tubing to come in then i can finish it up. I still have to figure out how to anchor the shoulder belts, centrline, you went to the trunk, how did you get access back there? Man i don't know exactly how much the stock seats weight, but i bet they are at least 100lbs each for the 2009+ model.
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#39
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See post 8 , gotta do that , Then run the belts into the trunk and secured them there
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Started the work today on the seats, once you remove the seats, the bracket for it is super easy to fabricate, it's a big square, that's flat, no angles so just make the brackets and drill the holes and weld the bars together for rigidity. I went with 3/16" steel, it's beefy and will use rectangular steel tubing to raise the seat up a little. Right now it's sitting really low, waiting for the steel tubing to come in then i can finish it up. I still have to figure out how to anchor the shoulder belts, centrline, you went to the trunk, how did you get access back there? Man i don't know exactly how much the stock seats weight, but i bet they are at least 100lbs each for the 2009+ model.
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