SEJ GLX-R wrote:Please say NO to the sliders...........I can't afford anymore mods
I was sure that you couldn't have them with the curtain air bags so they were off my list.
Ok....... back on the list they go
amanda wrote:SEJ GLX-R wrote:Please say NO to the sliders...........I can't afford anymore mods
I was sure that you couldn't have them with the curtain air bags so they were off my list.
Ok....... back on the list they go
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helicoptercow wrote:what happened with snowman and is bullbar/brush bars??
chaser wrote:I think in a side impact situation that the sliders would still crumble enough to activate the side impact sensor...
RockoWallaby wrote:chaser wrote:I think in a side impact situation that the sliders would still crumble enough to activate the side impact sensor...
Doubt it
Dunno what sliders you have, but I'd kill my chassis rails before damaging the sliders. Insanely solid.
Ran over a big rock hidden in the grass when we were out at Janowen hills last time. Took a huge hunk out of my nudge bar, rolled over the front wheel, had the car airborn while sliding down the rail, over back wheel, and under tray. Apart from grazes on the Slider under, no damage. if I hadn't had them, or had those worthless POS factory steps, I'd have lost the sills along the entire side.
Also, great in shopping centres when some feral tosser opens their door on your car (unless they're in large 4x4's anyway).
Best purchase I ever made.
Think about it tho. If another vehicle hits you side on (which is the situation they're designed for) they'd go straight past the side steps, and hit the vehicle. They'd just cut a groove in the offending vehicle. In a serious enough impact to set off the side bags (ie. say 20+KPH), they'd like make no difference in the sensor fuction. Take a look at crash test vids at 20+KPH. The vehicles crumple the front end in significantly. It'd just conform around the side bars, and hit anyways.
I think confusing side steps with side impact protection is pointless.
The side impact sensor is installed in the lower parts of the centre pillar inner panels. The side impact sensor transmits acceleration data to the SRS-ECU. The SRS-ECU then determines if the side and/or curtain air bags should be inflated, and sends an ignition signal. The side impact sensor also diagnoses itself, and sends a diagnosis code to the SRS-ECU if a problem occurs.
SRS-ECU uses data of the side impact sensor and G-sensor (in SRS-ECU) to calculate collision severity, during side collision. SRS-ECU judges necessity of side-air bag and curtain air bag based on the calculated collision severity.
The SRS-ECU incorporates an analogue G-sensor and safing G-sensor for frontal collisions.
In frontal collisions, the driver’s and passenger’s (front) air bags deploy only when both the analogue and safing G-sensors detect simultaneously a collision-induced G of a level exceeding the threshold as in the case with the conventional system.
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