I actually have two questions, both relating to the removal of air conditioning from my NA8.
Firstly, whilst removing one of the rails that run down the drivers side I came across what looks like a sensor of some description that was connected to a wiring loom. These parts are located just behind the drivers side headlight. Apart from this sensor the wiring loom also goes to the fan for the AC and these two weird looking things covered in rubber (picture below). Does anyone know what these are, and can I leave them off the car if I'm completely removing the AC?

Secondly, I disconnected two coolant lines that run off the back of the engine and through the firewall to the heat exchanger / evaporator thingy under the dash. With the AC removed do I now just connect these two coolant lines together effectively bypassing the unit that was under the dash?
Cheers, Paul.