Swapping Seats

[DaveHerns]

Are the seats from an estate and saloon interchangeable ? Same question for Mk 1 and Mk 2 models ? Can I just bolt and plug them in or will the system require an update ?

Reason for asking is that I fancy a set of black leather seats

[Johndouglas]

Can't see any reason why the front seats on an estate should be any difference to those in a saloon, but the rears are going to be quite different.

[coastline taxis]

Are the seats from an estate and saloon interchangeable ? Same question for Mk 1 and Mk 2 models ? Can I just bolt and plug them in or will the system require an update ?

Reason for asking is that I fancy a set of black leather seats

Swap away just disconnect your battery and let the car stand a good while before reconecting the airbag wiring

[DaveHerns]

Swap away just disconnect your battery and let the car stand a good while before reconecting the airbag wiring

I thought I'd read hatchback and estate rear seats were interchangeable - suprising I know . The ones I'm after are from a h/back and mines an estate .No point bidding till I know

[sawingate]

I'm about to change cloth seats from a 2006 c5 Vtr saloon with leather seats from a Mk. 1 estate. I'm wondering how to connect all the extra wiring for the seat movement and heating the electric seats that wasn't in the cloth ones. Are there dummy connectors under my Vtr seats, which are only used for the exclusive model, or do I have to do done wiring myself?

[paul.h]

If nobody comes back with an answer, you could look at the fuse list in your handbook, put in the relevant fuses (may be the G ones in the dash fusebox yellow section - these have a permanent live supply via maxi fuses) and then lift the carpets below the seats to check for the connectors and see if you get a supply. Also see if any connectors match the ones on your replacement seats.

[coastline taxis]

I think just think mind (would need to ckeck). Thi wiring is already there just add a maxi fuse and a relay and there up and running

[delart]

Hi I changed my cloth seats to leather 2003 HDI exclusive wiring was there just fitted a maxi fuse and good to go electric heated seats.

[sawingate]

I've got the electric seats now, but ran into problems fitting them. So far have only put in front passenger seat but cannot connect it as connector from original seat is a different type and the 2 additional connectors are not present under the carpet. I have all the male and female c5 v1 exclusive connectors (for the leather electric seats) from the breakers yard but don't know how to wire them up. Does anyone have a wiring diagram so I can wire up the old connector and chase the missing connectors to the fusebox? Many thanks for any help.

[sawingate]

I have the c5 Haynes manual but it doesn't cover the electric seats' wiring. The one connector I could for is for the airbag and seat belt pretentioner which has orange, earth, and 2 cream wires for the leather seats but the original connector has orange, earth, blue and yellow wires. I guess the orange and earth can be connected, but which way round do the blue and yellow wires go into the cream lead terminals ?

[coastline taxis]

google for pid data on the model you want. next forget about the colours each wire has a number printed on it and by comparing the 2 pid list ( for the car they came out of  to the car they are going into) youle ba able to match them by there numbers