Hi dannyzabolotny,
Thanks for the feedback. I now have two votes on cutting the wires. As you did it recently, were the wires easy to access with the windows all the way down? Did you have to remove the speaker to access the wire?
Also, did you disconnect the negative on your battery before you removed the side air bag modules? Everyplace I read, it says to do such. I saw a video where a master BMW mechanic removed the side airbag just without the key in the ignition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_xpjGpyFc
Always interesting....
Best, Ben