Nah, neither platinum nor cerium is golden. I still say it's a hushpuppy.

 

LMFAO

 

mmmmm cream filled donut!!!

 

Why does the VATS bypass resistor lead to the airbag components?

 

I don't know I did not hook it up. Is your so called vats resitor in a yellow conector? There is a two wire conector under the column for the air bag also

 

No

The VATS resistor was connected to the wires that used to be shielded by a thick orange jacket that leads up the steering column. The two wires are white. Do you know what color the VATS plug should be?

Also, when I took off the resistor completely, the security light didn't come on at all and the car didn't crank.

 

Well
As far as I can tell

There's only one box left. Its black and plastic. Inside is a blue circuit board. other than that I don't see anything else that could be VATS.