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hello all, I'm looking at purchasing an 08 civic lx manual coupe that has driver *seat* airbag deployment and the drivers side *curtain* airbag deployed. Everything else in tact (except seatbelt of course).

Checking out ebay, holy moley - the airbags are $300 (best I saw) for the driver curtain and $200 for the driver seat.

Any advice on this, is it easy to do? I have a good mechanic who lets me help on these repairs sometimes, I much prefer to do things myself when possible.

Has anyone paid to have this done (dealer or other) and would share their experience?

Thanks!

 
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Insurance normally pays for the airbag work I do.

You should check prices on the bags through a real dealer first.
Think about the labor to replace them too.

The seat will probably need a new upper seat cover and frame. See the checklist.
You will need some pins for the A and C pillar trims, and replace whatever panels are damaged.


You will need to read fault codes. Any fault codes read should be observed and replaced/fixed.
You WILL need a SRS control unit.
Crash sensors as per inspection list.
(You cannot erase "deployment" codes, it must be replaced.)
The NEW SRS UNIT WILL NEED to be programmed by a dealer level scantool (for ODS/OPDS/SWS systems).
THEN codes can be read again, and you may discover it still needs something else. (I see this a lot, I don't trust codes from an SRS controller that has fired anything.)


Sending a checklist to your PM in a few...