Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Prague
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Seat upgrade
I wonder how hard it can be to swap the basic S cloth seats for the HSE electric leather set. I have got the second row 35:65 split. The question is: is the wireloom to support the electric seats already installed? If not, is there anything more then the +12V feed needed? I hope all the airbags are the same, using the same loom and plugs.
And how about the mount points for the second row standalone seats and their heating (the second row cloth seats are heated).
I would appreciate any hints and comments D3 LE James Cook, 2,7 TDV6 auto
12th Oct 2010 11:42 am
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
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HI Stepan
I've replaced my front seats to HSE ones and luckily the loom matched up so I had power to them etc. No heated seat function as I can't find the connector for the hevac unit ... may not be there so may involve some trickery. What hevac unit have you... you will need to upgrade that if you want the heated seat function.
Many of the earlier model D3's had more extensive looms so not sure how your 2008 will match up.
You'll certainly have the basic airbag, seatbelt tensioner/ bong thingy I'd presume so 12v is what you'll need. Its possible.
Maybe if you can take a photo of the wires going into the loom connector, we can figure out what you have and go from there
No clue on the second row as I've a commercial A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
12th Oct 2010 11:53 am
StepanT
Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Prague
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Here are the connectors. Does it help?
D3 LE James Cook, 2,7 TDV6 auto
12th Oct 2010 1:07 pm
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
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Have a look here at a similar query a while back. If you undo the bolt on that connector you'll see what your existing seat is set-up for - probably just the airbag and tensioner as mentioned before.
It does look form your pic that you do have what you need. regarding power, on mine one of the seats plugged in and power was there no problem, on the other I had the remove a relay fuse and bridge it to get it working.
I'm not 100% but I dont think its possible to get the memory module to work ..... willing to be corrected on that of course.A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
12th Oct 2010 2:27 pm
StepanT
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Location: Prague
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Thanks very much for the link. I just could not find it. I do not care much for the memory to work D3 LE James Cook, 2,7 TDV6 auto
12th Oct 2010 2:37 pm
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I started with a vehicle that was not even an S spec one, but had 7 cloth seats.
I fitted full blown HSE Heated ones which plugged right in. The front Drivers one had the memory module already fitted and the rears the heater contol unit. There was no connector on my main loom for the rears and no switches on the rear of the centre console.
The passenger one worked fine but the drivers one would only move a bit at a time in response to any control input. Not really a big problem as once its set for you, you don't regulary adjust it anyway.
I lived with it like this for 6 months before taking on my infamous upgrade project which involved changing the main loom to a HSE one.
During this i also changed the Hevac to one with heated seat controls and the centre console to one with switches for the rear seats.
After this all seats were connected and the electrics and heated functions now work as if it were OEM fit.
12th Oct 2010 7:24 pm
D4JWW
Member Since: 20 Oct 2009
Location: London, UK
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I fitted range rover sport hse 2010 from left hand drive to my 2008 gs, See my gallery for full story, driver side fine passenger seat needs new wire loom to work, no memory or heating, good to study wire digram from LR site. I have no experience or ptraining and did.
12th Oct 2010 8:46 pm
Gav00353
Member Since: 19 Oct 2009
Location: Leitrim
Posts: 131
Hi Stepan I fitted d4 electric seats to my d3 and had to change around the +12v and gnd supply in the connector but all else was the same. I expect that was because they were d4 seats. When I done this I noted the colours for the connectors in the seat plug, hope this will help.
Blue = safety belt switch
orange = Safety belt pretensioner
Crimson = seat rail sensor (I think this may only be on the drivers seat) could be wrong?
Yellow = seat airbag
Green = seat occupancy switch (only on passenger side) there should! allways be someone in the drivers seat in the event of an accident.
these were my findings I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong.
again mine is a commercial so no rear seat info.
Gav.
13th Oct 2010 12:24 am
StepanT
Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Prague
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Hi guys. Your comments sound very optimistic . Is there any problem with the arm supports with regards to change from RHD to LHD ie. swapping the sides?
How about the second row seat mount poinbts? I guess I will need some extra ones whenb changing from 35:65 to 35:30:35?D3 LE James Cook, 2,7 TDV6 auto
13th Oct 2010 10:53 am
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
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Put them in with the armrests in the middle but if you're putting RHD seats into a LHD car then you'll have to take the position sensor off the RHD drivers seat and position it on the LHD drivers seat - the sensor 'tells' the car comp how close the driver is to the steering wheel so in case of an activation the airbag wont take your head off if you're too close.
I've LHD seats in my RHD A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
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... may not be there so may involve some trickery. What hevac unit have you... you will need to upgrade that if you want the heated seat function.
