Power seats retrofit - what to remove from a donor car?

rrr · 25th August 2015, 18:47

I have a chance to buy a decent set of leather seats (heated) and driver's seat electric adjustment + memory. I should remove these from a donor car (2000 2.5 Automatic) and would like to retrofit them into my second 75 (1.8 manual) with cloth seats - not heated. I expect I need to remove not only seats + electric harnesses, but also some relays, etc. I would like the result to be as good as possible, which means it should be hardly recognizable the seats were not fitted in the factory. As I would like to prevent forgetting anything in the donor car and unnecessary mistakes I would like to ask if anyone does have experience with this upgrade and would give me some advice? I suppose that between LHD and RHD cars there is not much difference.
Thank you for help!

Rick-sta · 25th August 2015, 19:07

Might be worth checking to see if you already have the wiring in place in your 75. Many 75's and ZT's have the wiring in place even though electric seats wern't fitted from factory. Look for a large black plug under the seats.

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I suppose that between LHD and RHD cars there is not much difference.

You won't be able to fit RHD electric seats to a LHD as the driver's side height adjustment seat would be on the wrong side (i.e. would be on the passenger side if RHD seats were fitted to a LHD) if thats what you're asking

rrr · 26th August 2015, 07:05

I checked my car and unfortunately found no black plug under the seat. Both cars I speak about are LHD, with no difference between LHD and RHD Ijust meant that Expect the instructions for retrofitting the electric and heated seats do not differ. Thank you.

Simondi · 26th August 2015, 07:19

Have a look

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25th August 2015, 18:47	#1
rrr Regular poster 2001 75 1.8 LHD, 2000 75 1.8 LHD Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Prague 6 Posts: 68 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Power seats retrofit - what to remove from a donor car? I have a chance to buy a decent set of leather seats (heated) and driver's seat electric adjustment + memory. I should remove these from a donor car (2000 2.5 Automatic) and would like to retrofit them into my second 75 (1.8 manual) with cloth seats - not heated. I expect I need to remove not only seats + electric harnesses, but also some relays, etc. I would like the result to be as good as possible, which means it should be hardly recognizable the seats were not fitted in the factory. As I would like to prevent forgetting anything in the donor car and unnecessary mistakes I would like to ask if anyone does have experience with this upgrade and would give me some advice? I suppose that between LHD and RHD cars there is not much difference. Thank you for help!

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26th August 2015, 07:05	#3
rrr Regular poster 2001 75 1.8 LHD, 2000 75 1.8 LHD Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Prague 6 Posts: 68 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I checked my car and unfortunately found no black plug under the seat. Both cars I speak about are LHD, with no difference between LHD and RHD Ijust meant that Expect the instructions for retrofitting the electric and heated seats do not differ. Thank you.