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  1. Child seat in 986

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    On 6/21/2021 at 11:15 AM, 999mch said:

    I have this set up in my new to me 986, and it took me a while to work out what it was! If you want any pictures of any of it then please let me know. My 19 year old daughter is more interested in the driving seat than the passenger seat !

    Sorry, thought I'd replied to this already but it obviously didn't post.

    Yes please, I've seen a diagram online but a good pic showing how it should look and exactly where it plugs in would be great.

    I assume you're not interested in selling it? I think you'd need to remove seat, replace with the original shorter bolts and get it coded out on PIWIS, so a bit of hassle!

  2. Child seat in 986

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    Hi all, I'm collecting my 52 plate 986 tomorrow!

     
    I want to have the option to switch the airbag off to transport my 21 month old. The toddler car seats we have are huge, not the smaller high back boosters for older kids, so I think they'd be too close to the dash to just buy a forward facing one and just push the seat all the way back, which I understand is legal but not recommended by Porsche.
     
    From reading around, my understanding is that 986 airbag deactivation was done by the after market installation of an 'airbag deactivation kit' - a bar that goes under the seat and has a female seat buckle in it, Porsche child seats having the corresponding male buckle. Then Porsche codes the computer to turn the airbag off only when the car seat is installed (the car seat male buckle is inserted into the female buckle).
     
    *My local Bristol main dealer have said they don't make the parts any more so cannot do this*
     
    There seem to be some workarounds:
     
    1. Buy a used Porsche 986 airbag deactivation kit online (£180ish), presumably I can DIY fit this?
    Obtain the matching male buckle to trigger the sensor, either buying an old Porsche car seat to cut it off / buy a template one someone has made themselves / find some weird old buckles that fit?
    Get a friendly garage/person with the really old Porsche software (PIWIS I think?) to code the kit in
     
    2. Find a home made resistor kit that replicates the bar and buckle sensor, and a very friendly garage/person to code it!
     
    Is there anything I've missed? Any other advice/ suggestions?
    Anyone selling their kit and buckle, or making the resistor kits? How safe are the resistor kits, I know you can see the airbag light come on when they're operational, so you can see they're working, but is there a risk they could turn off in a crash and airbag deploys anyway?
     
    Also any recommendations for very friendly garages/people with the right software anywhere near Bristol?
     
    Thanks for any advice!
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