Spinney
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TL;DR - can I just cut a slit in the relevant side?
Full question:
I've bought a set of cheap car seat covers from Argos (yes, remembered to use the CC link!), to allow me to get in the car on the odd occasion when I'm sopping wet or muddy without dirtying/wetting the seats. They're basically a shaped bag that slides down over the seat back, with an extra elasticated but for the base of the seat.
They say on them not to use if the car has side air bags fitted in the seats, which mine has.
One option is to chop off most of the bit that goes around the vertical part of the seat.
But I'm wondering if I can just cut a slit down the outer side instead, or make a hole of some kind. How big a hole would be needed to let the airbag out if it went off?
No real clue on the seat itself, all there is is a little thing like a clothing label that says 'airbag' - I guess some of the stitching must come apart if the thing goes off?
Full question:
I've bought a set of cheap car seat covers from Argos (yes, remembered to use the CC link!), to allow me to get in the car on the odd occasion when I'm sopping wet or muddy without dirtying/wetting the seats. They're basically a shaped bag that slides down over the seat back, with an extra elasticated but for the base of the seat.
They say on them not to use if the car has side air bags fitted in the seats, which mine has.
One option is to chop off most of the bit that goes around the vertical part of the seat.
But I'm wondering if I can just cut a slit down the outer side instead, or make a hole of some kind. How big a hole would be needed to let the airbag out if it went off?
No real clue on the seat itself, all there is is a little thing like a clothing label that says 'airbag' - I guess some of the stitching must come apart if the thing goes off?