Cloth to leather seat conversion

NguyenAdam · May 16, 2013

I know this has been posted before, but I couldn't find the thread. I have a SE coupe and just acquired an all leather interior from a EX. Is there any wiring that I have to worry about or can I just plug it in and be alright? There are 3-4 wire harnesses on the drivers side, but I'm not sure what they are for. If I have to rewire it, is there a wiring diagram or some sorts? As for the passengers seat, there are 3 wire harnesses when I only have one. What are the other two for?

Valet · May 16, 2013

Only thing is airbag/no airbag and power/partial power/manual

NguyenAdam · May 17, 2013

Partial power? As in I won't have reclining? The only power option that my current seat has is height adjustment.

Valet · May 17, 2013

That would be partial power. I don't know if the plugs are different though

NguyenAdam · May 17, 2013

Do you know how to make the seat fully functional?

hybridhatch92 · May 17, 2013

if your seats in the car are not power then yes you will have to wire them....i just put a set of leather in my coupe and wired it into the factory harness

Wid · May 17, 2013

cleansleeper said:
That would be partial power. I don't know if the plugs are different though

Plugs are different from the 8 way adjustable and the height adjustable option.

When I wired the 8 way adjustable seat to my height only harness, I just took the ground, and 2 power wires (only 3 wires total) and wired them to the existing ground and power wires. Just spliced them in. I used a riding lawnmower battery to figure out what wires did what, hooking up the ground then testing each wire until I found which ones controlled the 8 way switch options.

All 8 options work just fine.

Brad2274 · May 17, 2013

^that's exactly what i was thinking.
as for your passenger seat, have you tried tracing the wires yet?

Wid · May 17, 2013

Brad2274 said:
^that's exactly what i was thinking.
as for your passenger seat, have you tried tracing the wires yet?

The only power I have going from my passenger seat is the heated seat option but I don't have that wired at the moment.

Also forgot to mention I don't have the seat belt connector plugged in and I avoided any sort of dash light.

Just the leather seat bolted in place of the cloth with the 8 way adjustable hooked up to existing ground/power wire.