old airbags

[pdxrovermech]

anyone know of a place that buys old undeployed airbags? i have a pile of them and i figured there must be some company out there that buys them.

 

[az_max]

Besides the Mythbusters, don't know anyone that buys them. Get a camera and a 12v battery and make a few youtube videos!

 

[pdxrovermech]

maybe i could stack a few and see how high i can get the top one to fly.

 

[1MITCH1]

How old ? What car(s) did they come out of?

 

[JohnB]

No one buys them that I have ever heard. As a salvage business we are required to remove them from salvaged cars and either store them in accordance with DEQ requirements or detonate them within 30 days of receiving them.

We have about ten on the shelf and blow the rest up. Lunch time fun.

 

[ArmyRover]

old airbags

What do you need to know about my Mother In-Law?

 

[ptschram]

You wouldn't believe what the seat plants had to do to store the virgin ones.

Chain link fence rooms with drywalled blast walls.

NEVER even heard of one detonating unintentionally, much less mass detonations. The guys in the plants would toss them around to each other.

 

[btp98w]

You could always do something like this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6YLIwzbbyM


:rofl:

 

[sven]

Back in the 90s, used/stolen airbags were going for $100-1000.

 

[az_max]

You wouldn't believe what the seat plants had to do to store the virgin ones.

Chain link fence rooms with drywalled blast walls.

NEVER even heard of one detonating unintentionally, much less mass detonations. The guys in the plants would toss them around to each other.

My old g/f's dad worked for TRW at their airbag factory in Chandler. You'd be surprised the number of times something blew up in that plant. Crazy, I tell you.
:jumpfire:

 

[JohnB]

You could always do something like this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6YLIwzbbyM


:rofl:

What idiots. We at least use about 50 ft of speaker wire and I wear ear protection. Still not alot of fun. Always amazed how quickly they blow the split mili second you hit with 12 volts.

 

[Drillbit]

Always amazed how quickly they blow the split mili second you hit with 12 volts.

You do realize that the whole concept of air bags would be pointless if this wasn't the case.

 

[az_max]

You do realize that the whole concept of air bags would be pointless if this wasn't the case.

but It's a Rover airbag. you expect electrical problems with it!

 

[ptschram]

My old g/f's dad worked for TRW at their airbag factory in Chandler. You'd be surprised the number of times something blew up in that plant. Crazy, I tell you.
:jumpfire:

We were just inserting them in seats and consoles, not making the actual ballistic charge component.

 

[adriatic04]

i had one spontaneously erupt on me while driving my VW Jetta back in like '99 or so. Damn thing was a disaster.

 

[LRflip]

i had one spontaneously erupt on me while driving my VW Jetta back in like '99 or so. Damn thing was a disaster.

did poo come out?

Id have shit myself.

 

[jhmover]

I thought this was a thread about retired politicians.

 

[toadermcgee]

i had one spontaneously erupt on me while driving my VW Jetta back in like '99 or so. Damn thing was a disaster.

Back in 2000 or so while do the adopt-a-highway thing in Illinois, a Ford Ranger pulled over with his horn honking continuously and the cab full of smoke. We thought the cab was on fire and ran to his help. The guy was dazed and didn't know what had happened. He had the white powder all over him and his classes were crooked on his face; looked like something from a comedy. The airbag just went off while he was driving down the road. I didn't see any damage to the front of the truck at all. We just disconnected the battery while he called a tow truck. Looking back he was luck to get stopped without hitting anything.