Recaro Sportsters cs help required

[M3kiwi]

Hi all

I'm the proud owner of a new set of Recaro sportster cs, I'm installing them in my e36 m3.
As part of the certification process here in New Zealand I have to remove the side air bags.

Can someone enlighten me on how to remove the side panels.
Also if anyone knows of a company that sells Racaro part as I would like to replace the airbag panels with flat ones.

(By the way I have contacted Recaro in Germany but they have not been helpful)

Cheers for looking

[MarcoZandrini]

Hi all I'm the proud owner of a new set of Recaro sportster cs, I'm installing them in my e36 m3. As part of the certification process here in New Zealand I have to remove the side air bags. Can someone enlighten me on how to remove the side panels. Also if anyone knows of a company that sells Racaro part as I would like to replace the airbag panels with flat ones. (By the way I have contacted Recaro in Germany but they have not been helpful) Cheers for looking

Why do you have to remove the side air bags? Are you stating that the car's air bags in the doors have to be removed?

Go to www.realoem.com and enter the last 7 characters of the car's VIN. Hit enter and bookmark the page. Click on the vehicle trim icon. The layout and parts for the front doors is shown. The panel (known in the US as the door card) is fairly easy to remove. If you're going to remove the doors' airbag you'll need to disconnect the battery or else you could trigger the air bag.