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Captain Snooze · 06-23-2012, 05:25 PM

The front seats have a side airbag. Illegal to replace with another seat that does not have an ADR approval + bag.

If you went ahead with the intended mods and made the car unroadworthy and if you were unlucky enough to be involved in an accident and if the insurance crowd found out you would not be covered. If you just wrote off your own car that would not be an issue but you could be in a world of financial pain if you damaged somebody else's property.

Story time. About 15 years ago a woman who was working next door to me backed into a Porsche. She didn't have 3rd party property insurance because she couldn't afford it. The repairs to the Porsche came to something like $9000 (and this was 15 odd years ago) that she had to find to pay.

My rules are don't fuck with the tax department and don't fuck with insurance.

Probability of having an accident: slim. Magnitude of significance if you get caught with non-compliant car: huge.

My 3 cents.

06-23-2012, 05:25 PM	#10
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,830 Thanks: 4,058 Thanked 9,576 Times in 4,205 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s)	The front seats have a side airbag. Illegal to replace with another seat that does not have an ADR approval + bag. If you went ahead with the intended mods and made the car unroadworthy and if you were unlucky enough to be involved in an accident and if the insurance crowd found out you would not be covered. If you just wrote off your own car that would not be an issue but you could be in a world of financial pain if you damaged somebody else's property. Story time. About 15 years ago a woman who was working next door to me backed into a Porsche. She didn't have 3rd party property insurance because she couldn't afford it. The repairs to the Porsche came to something like $9000 (and this was 15 odd years ago) that she had to find to pay. My rules are don't fuck with the tax department and don't fuck with insurance. Probability of having an accident: slim. Magnitude of significance if you get caught with non-compliant car: huge. My 3 cents. Last edited by Captain Snooze; 06-23-2012 at 09:06 PM.