Can VE Head/Curtain airbags be placed into VZ?

[Pete_perth]

Hi All,

I have been wondering if VE Head/Curtain airbags can be fitted to a VZ. I have an Adventra and love almost everything about the car except for the lack of curtain air bags and manual transmission.

I saw a couple of VE Head/Curtain airbags on eBay and wondered what would be needed to fit them into the VZ if at all possible. I guess they could be connected to the side air bags for deployment and fitting them would require the drilling of holes along each side behind the headliner to fit them but wasn't sure if there would be enough space for them or if the headliner itself needed to be modified so that they deploy - or if the whole thing is a nice to think about but can't be done situation. Also not sure what would trigger deployment and if the same trigger that sets off the side airbags would deploy the head/curtain ones.

Any productive thoughts and discussion would be appreciated. Negative commentary not required. Not sure if I would do it, but would be interested if it could be done.

Cheers everyone.

 

[greenacc]

You could probably do it, but doing it properly and improving driver safety would be difficult. Airbags inflating at the wrong time, even by half a second could be very painful indeed and you will have no opportunity to test your setup. You also don't want to be slapped in the face by pieces of interior trim when the bags inflate.
The best way to do it would probably be to transplant the whole system from a VE and replicate the mounting hardware but that's not as easy as it sounds.
Have you got side airbags in the seats?

 

[Sabbath']

No. You cant.

 

[Pete_perth]

You could probably do it, but doing it properly and improving driver safety would be difficult. Airbags inflating at the wrong time, even by half a second could be very painful indeed and you will have no opportunity to test your setup. You also don't want to be slapped in the face by pieces of interior trim when the bags inflate.
The best way to do it would probably be to transplant the whole system from a VE and replicate the mounting hardware but that's not as easy as it sounds.
Have you got side airbags in the seats?

Thanks Greenacc for your reply. I like your point about it being possible but not improving the safety of things and as you say can actually lead to a worse outcome as the VZ trim and timing is untested so the results are unpredictable and I don't feel like side swiping my car to find out if it would work

I do have the side seat airbags so I will need to be happy with those and the front airbags as well. Thanks again.

 

[Pete_perth]

Thanks Sabbath, much appreciated.

 

[Sabbath']

Thanks Sabbath, much appreciated.

Sorry, that was a short answer.

To lengthen it out a bit. You would have not only space issues fitting the airbags but also shape of the window and roofline you're trying to protect. And that's before you even think, or try to work out the trigger point and method for them. They could even end up imparing the way the seat airbags work if they were to collide after deployment for some reason.

But, it seems you've decided against it anyway. Just thought i'd expand a bit.

 

[Pete_perth]

Sorry, that was a short answer.

To lengthen it out a bit. You would have not only space issues fitting the airbags but also shape of the window and roofline you're trying to protect. And that's before you even think, or try to work out the trigger point and method for them. They could even end up imparing the way the seat airbags work if they were to collide after deployment for some reason.

But, it seems you've decided against it anyway. Just thought i'd expand a bit.

Thanks Sabbath, appreciate the response. I saw a couple of curtain airbags on eBay and that got me thinking. Lucky I have this forum to double check with otherwise who knows where my thought bubble would take me