if you know someone with vag com, they can be disabled...i had the same issue with mine when i put full leathers in form a golf vr6
if you put it through vag com as a mk4 golf, theres an option in convenience system for disabling airbags. run through that and disable them and then when you start the car up the airbag light flashes 5 or 6 times as an indication its disabled and then goes out