Retrofitting Limited seats into my SE - airbag question

[chubbyfatazn]

I have an 03 SE (purchased in May of that year) that's pretty stock as far as seats go - they're not powered, no side airbags. They've had Clazzio covers on them for about 5 years now.

While I was poking around the local junkyard, I found an 03 Limited wreck with the seats in pretty good condition. The price seems pretty reasonable to me, and since I intend to drive this thing until it dies (I'm only at 119.4k miles), I figured I could justify ("justify") adding leather and power to my daily routine.

Before I pull the trigger though, I have a question:

I don't have side airbags. The wreck seats do. Will I have any issues? From what I gather after... ~3 hours of searching this forum, the airbag uses a separate harness from the power circuitry, but I can't find any diagrams/FSMs for the 03. I don't care about leaving them disconnected if I can.

I'd consult the wiring diagrams/FSMs, but all the links I've found here are dead, and apparently there are significant differences from the 03-05 and 06-09 years that I'd rather not use a later FSM.

I *think* my driver's side is prewired for power (no prewiring on the passenger side). Don't really care about getting the seat heaters hooked up and running since I live in Texas.

Anyone see any issues with what I wanna do? Or have any other pertinent advice? Thanks!

 

[unevolved]

Nah, the airbags aren't going to do anything if they're not plugged in, for better or worse. If you were REMOVING airbags you might have issues getting the vehicle to be OK with that, but adding some that aren't plugged in won't create any problems.