transamsam98

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I have removed my passengerside air bag nd I was looking at the braket that holds it and it apears I could lose even more wieght by removing it but it also apears that it bolts to my glove box to hold the door for it. has anyone come up with a way to remove the bracket and retain the glve box? also what is the air bag worth if I try and sell it? it is a 2000 trans am btw guys

InsaneAuto86

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You dont need it... The glove box will still work. Airbag is probably worthless. I have 3 and cant sell any of them...

transamsam98

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so the glove box does not bolt to the bracketing correct? my buddy helped me pull the interior apart and thats the only part I dint pull apart myself so I didnt remeber nor did I realy ever watch.

InsaneAuto86

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No. I just bolts up on the main bottom rail by 2 or 3 7mm bolts.

nemss1

sam, ill try and help. the bracket you are referring to is the dash brace. the glovebox lid is also mounted to the dash brace. i removed my whole dash to remove the dash brace and passenger airbag. i also removed the firewall plastic and sound deadening under the carpet. its not hard to remove the dash. just time consuming. took me 2 days to remove and reinstall. there are write-ups on here to remove the dash. dash brace is 6.5-7lbs. (TIP: glovebox lid is mounted to the dash brace via 3 screws. there is part of the actual dash that is plastic to mount the glovebox lid to. i used 3 short 10mm bolts, 3 nuts and 6 washers to mount the lid)

my interior look completely stock and untouched

InsaneAuto86

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Sorry... I thought you were speaking of the airbag brace.... You have to keep the main dash brace to keep the glove box..... Or just do what nemss1 mentioned.

transamsam98

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the bracing I am talking bout is the one with the two 10mm bolts that come down from the top and it holds the air bag. but nemises I will try what you said.

chpmnsws6

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Activate them!

nemss1

do u have your dash off? dash brace runs behind the whole dash. airbag and bracket are mounted to the dash brace

transamsam98

iTrader: (56)

yes the dash is completly out of the car

nemss1

did you remove all the duct-work connected to the dash? duct-work has to be removed to remove the dash brace. with duct-work removed from the dash, u should see the dash bracing. u will know what im talking about when u see it. it runs the whole length of the dash

transamsam98

iTrader: (56)

yes ducting is removed as well. is the dash brace able to be removed as well?

nemss1

yes, just locate all the small hex screws and remove them. i removed my dash bracing and airbag/bracket all in one piece. u dont have to reuse the v-brace that was under the steering column either. it mounts onto the dash brace

transamsam98

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sweet and the dash will mount back up no problem or what do I need to custom up?

nemss1

mine mounted up just fine. mine is mounted by just the top screws. dash is super-light without bracing and airbag. didnt have to customize anything. there are relays mounted to the dash brace with clips. since i dont have a dash brace anymore, i mounted the relays to the backside of the dash with 2-sided tape

transamsam98

iTrader: (56)

sweet I will have to look into that then. any estimate on how much wiegh would be lost by doing this.

nemss1

passenger airbag-14lbs
firewall insulation-13lbs
dash brace-6lbs

i also removed all my insulation under the carpet, tunnel insulation and insulation behind the panels beside the back seats

didnt weigh the insulation, but i threw only the insulation away in an empy trash can and it was pretty hefty

transamsam98

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good to know also the firewall insulation is this the thick black rubber matt with a thin layer of insulation? or is there something elsec I am missing? because if the black rubber matt is not the insulation your refering to then there is plenty more wieght to come out.

nemss1

yes, its the thick black rubber mat with thin layer of insulation. engine sounds badass from the interior at WOT without the firewall insulation

transamsam98

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not bad how bout cabin temp did it change much after removal of all the insulation?