Ardesco Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 So I put the powered leather seats I bought in today. First things first, roll down the windows and disconnect the battery to prevent accidental sparking . Then I started off by pulling out the seating disconnecting the existing wires that I do have. I then had to start stripping more stuff out because I wanted to run the new wires under the carpet. I pulled out the centre console and put in the heated seat switch I got courtesy of zmanalex (I've not wired these in yet though). I pretty much pulled everything out that was in the seat area (I probably could have got away with doing less, but I got a bit carried away). A bit of time on google told me that all I would need is a power and an earth to get the powered seats working (Big red wire is power, big black one is earth. No surprises here ). I already have a nice thick power cable going into the cubby behind the drivers seat (where the sub would be on a UK car). So I used that as my power source. This means the seats are constantly powered and I can move them around when I don't have the key in the ignition, I could have tried tapping the 12v power from the rear power socket but decided against it. I have some wire in the store that you'd normally use for household sockets so I decided to use that. It's good quality wire even though it doesn't look very automotive. The earth wire is grounded to the chassis in two places to make sure it's a good earth (I'm a bit OCD). I then pulled the wire out through the available holes and routed it under the carpet, pulling it out where the existing wires come out under the seats. I made sure I have enough slack for the wire to get dragged forwards and back when the seat is in motion and then joined it onto a couple of connectors (also supplied by zmanalex). I'm glad I got them because I haven't had to cut up any wires in the car, I've just joined my wires up to the connectors and plugged them straight in. I gave it a quick test to make sure it all worked. Then I wrapped all the wires up nicely to make sure they can't connect with any metal floating around in the car and start sparking. Once I had my wires in place I stuck all the trim back in (and gave it a quick clean). Then finally I stuck the seats in and reconnected the battery.. Took me most of the day because I faffed a bit and took my time (and it was bloody hot) but it really wasn't that hard. Very happy with the result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 good little write up I had to do the same with mine, though I just ran fused power straight from battery then tapped into the ground on the existing loom. another jdm converted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardesco Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 The thick power cable I have going into the cubby is a fused power lead from the battery. It's there in prep for a car PC if I ever get round to doing it. I've only procrastinated about it for 5 years so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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