Would you give up your airbag for an M-Tech wheel?

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  • Joey Link
    drunkest guy at Oktoberfest!
    • Nov 2004
    • 1176

    #1

    Would you give up your airbag for an M-Tech wheel?

    I'm thinking about an M-Tech wheel. I have the cash and everything but after being hospitalized for five nights due to a car accident in May, I'm real nervous about giving up my airbag. What do you guys think?
  • M3 Ryan
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    • Oct 2003
    • 2298

    #2
    If it makes any difference, I had an accident when the airbag should have gone off and it didn't. I was fine. The older E30 airbags usually cause more damage than good, and look at it this way, do you feel any safer in your 90 325i than your friend does in his '89 325i? I doubt it.
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    • Ryan Stewart
      I Love Miatas
      • Oct 2003
      • 8978

      #3
      Airbags are designed as supplemental restraint system. They were required by the govt as a way to help protect people who wouldnt protect themselves by wearing their seatbelt. Some manufacturers used the automatic seatbelt but it was far too annoying so most went to the airbag.

      Sooooo, since I ALWAYS wear my seatbelt I havent cared about losing my airbag when I sold my truck.
      Im now E30less.
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      • 325Projectz
        E30 Mastermind
        • Jan 2005
        • 1956

        #4
        I took all the airbag garbage out of my car.

        Originally posted by M3 Ryan
        I had an accident when the airbag should have gone off and it didn't..
        Exact reason i'm going to racers tape mine to something and detonate it ;)
        91 m3

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        • E30 Wagen

          #5
          i like my m-tech 1 wheel.

          i'd keep the airbag though. i think it makes the car look more modern, thus newer. plus, with a new two-tone leather or perforated leather wrap, your wheel would probably feel pretty nice to hold. just my opinion. :/

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          • Joey Link
            drunkest guy at Oktoberfest!
            • Nov 2004
            • 1176

            #6
            Is the M-Tech 1 wheel any smaller? What's the diameter of stock 325i? 325is? M-Tech 1? M-Tech 2?

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            • kencopperwheat
              King of Kegstands
              • Oct 2003
              • 14396

              #7
              The M-Tech I wheel is the same size as all of the other stock e30 wheels. The M-Tech II wheel is smaller in diameter.

              I wouldn't trust a first gen airbag; I've read horror-stories of chemical burns from them.
              Originally posted by Gruelius
              and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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              • DEV0 E30
                R3V OG
                • Oct 2004
                • 8813

                #8
                An airbag could possibly kill me, or knock me out I'd rather not have one.

                Originally posted by 325Projectz
                Exact reason i'm going to racers tape mine to something and detonate it ;)
                Give me a call before you do.
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                • BS87
                  E30 Mastermind
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 1606

                  #9
                  I think it was Jordan who said "Removed Airbag+Abandoned field+wire+battery=wheeee" or something to that effect.

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                  • 325Projectz
                    E30 Mastermind
                    • Jan 2005
                    • 1956

                    #10
                    Originally posted by eightyfoure
                    Give me a call before you do.
                    We'll do it the day my motor goes in.
                    91 m3

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                    • DEV0 E30
                      R3V OG
                      • Oct 2004
                      • 8813

                      #11
                      Originally posted by kencopperwheat
                      I've read horror-stories of chemical burns from them.
                      Oh god.

                      And you got it Sean.
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                      • e30 gangsta
                        No R3VLimiter
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 3877

                        #12
                        if you trust a 15 year old air bag theres something wrong with you.

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                        • Joey Link
                          drunkest guy at Oktoberfest!
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 1176

                          #13
                          Originally posted by kencopperwheat
                          The M-Tech I wheel is the same size as all of the other stock e30 wheels. The M-Tech II wheel is smaller in diameter.

                          I wouldn't trust a first gen airbag; I've read horror-stories of chemical burns from them.
                          How much smaller?

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                          • Charlie
                            kid tested, administrator approved
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 6686

                            #14
                            This whole thread looks to be a Darwin award in the making.

                            -Charlie
                            Swing wild, brake later, don't apologize.
                            '89 324d, '76 02, '98 318ti, '03 Z4, '07 MCS, '07 F800s - Bonafide BMW elitist prick.
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                            • Ryan Stewart
                              I Love Miatas
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 8978

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Charlie
                              This whole thread looks to be a Darwin award in the making.

                              -Charlie
                              Why is that? Do you believe in the gen1 airbag or are you just waiting for someone to injure themselves detonating their old one?
                              Im now E30less.
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