Airbags went BANG!

[Kinglizard]

I hit a pothole in a dark Parking lot recently.... I was turning sharply and accelerating toward the exit whet I hit the deep puddle at about 15 MPH.
I sustained No damage to My 96 Ebony beauty... BUT now the bags have to be replaced. New ones are nearly $2000.00 but fortunately I lined-up a couple that were salvaged from a parts car. THANKS slowner44... They will be here in a day or so.

This is my 7th SVX and I have pretty good mechanical skills and full set of Factory Shop Manuals.

3 questions:

(1) Is this a job I can safely tackle in my garage?
(2) Will the Airbag Deployment Computer reset automatically?
(3) Has anyone else experienced premature Airbag deployment?

Obviously, When this happened it startled the bejeezus out of me!
Fortunately, I sit back from the steering wheel so it didn't even knock my fedora off. However, it seems like this minor bump, shouldn't have set off the Airbags.

Get back to me if you have anything germane to share.