WRX and Mini Cooper seat conversion

So I have a passenger seat from a WRX STI and a 1st gen Mini Cooper. The both have an airbag tag on them. I want to turn them into lounge chairs (like the ones that Clarkson sat in on Top Gear).

Questions: 1) Is there an airbag in the side of the seat itself? 2) If there is an airbag, do I need to worry about it deploying/exploding unexpectedly?

Thanks for any help you guys could render.

If the seats are tagged there will be an armed airbag in the seat back bolster. If I were building chairs I'd be inclined to remove the airbag and stuff the cavity with some foam. Or, build chairs from older seats that don't have bags. I have chairs that I built from some old Recaros and a couple of 1st generation Viper seats.

Don't the airbags have to be connected to a electrical source toddeploy?

Leave them in rig up a switch and when you want to terrify someone, flip the switch. It's what I'd do but I've been called disturbed

Depends on if it is an explosive bag or a gas charged one. Gas charged bags can self-deploy if they get too hot.

Somewhat similarly related does anyone know if my 94 volvos airbags are explosive?

I doubt the inside of your house will ever get hotter than the interiors of the cars the seats came out of on a summer day with the car closed up and parked in the sun. I'd use as is. In fact I put twp Saab 9-3 seats in my Mini and left the seat airbags in place. Just didn't hook up the airbag wires.

I'd worry more about static friction building up and giving you a charge you wont forget while you roll it around...

I'm laughing while picturing every airbag deploying at once when you get a lightning strike to the roof of your car.

I imagine new undies would need to be deployed as well.

(Sorry, I can't help with the original question)

OK thanks for the replys, sounds like I can proceed without issue. Although, ranty22 I like your suggestion but I'd only use it on my berkeley brother-in-law, such a jackass...

Make sure to install seatbelts.

I made a sim racing chair out of a Subaru seat. It didn't feel right until someone on Usenet (okay, so maybe this was almost 20 years ago) told me to put a seatbelt on it. Damned if it didn't make it feel more comfortable to sit in.