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DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!!
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03-18-2006, 02:55 AM
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Ivegotissues666
Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,003 My Ride: 01' VW Golf 1.8T View My Garage
DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!!
Ok well I've done the heated seat retrofit and now it's time for my wite up on a power seat retrofit considering I got a great deal on some power seat frames. Basically some tools you will need: - Torque Wrench - 17 mm Socket - 16 mm open ended wrench - 8 and 10mm sockets - Crimping Tool - Pliers - Philips Head Screw Driver - Flat Head Screw Driver - Assortment of Torx bits/sockets - Some extra 1 Time plastic Rivets (you can buy the cheap kind at autozone for about $1.69 for a 15 pack but they tend to break easily) I recommend the ones from the dealer they are still fairly cheap yet more durable - Some Special BMW Contact Pins for the Fuse panel and Seat Harness connectors - Some 12 Gauge Wiring Red, Black and 16 Gauge Red/Yellow - 2 - 30 Amp Fuses - And Some Patience.... Ok lets start. I'm not oing to go into great detail on how to remove the seats but if youhave any questions check out my DIY Heated Seat Thread and/or ask any questions. The Power Seat Frames I received were not complete so I needed to transfer a coupe parts from my manual seats to them not a problem..
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DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics
Step 1: Disconnect your battery and remove seats making sure to unplug the seat connector with the 17 MM socket. Step 2: Start diassembling your manual seats removing the padding and cushioning first. Then you can start disassembling the metal frame portions to transfer them to your power seats.
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03-18-2006, 02:55 AM
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Ivegotissues666
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The finished product of the bottom portion of the frame:
Step 3: Now to re-wrap the cushioning and padding back onto the seats. The leather has lips along the edges that clip to the frame of the seat note these in the pictures. Also you will have excess fabric that are HOG RINGED to the underside of the seat cushion a pair of pliers or better yet 2 pairs of pliers can easily undo the HOG RINGS and one pair is sufficient to close it back up.
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The finished product thus far:
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Step 4: Now it's time to put the portion that holds both the button controls and the trim peice.This peice is held on by 4 Torx bolts. Practically all bolts to the frame are Torx Bolts to be exact.
03-18-2006, 02:56 AM
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Ivegotissues666
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Make sure you plug in the connector and just a not on the drivers side there is an extra connector. Status thus far:
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Step 5: Putting back on the back portion of the You side the whole back part over the points you removed them from it's only held in by 2 large Torx Bolts. I know in the next pic the leather looks a little ripped mainly because the upholstry shop had no idea what they wee doingwhe they put in my heated elements (They overlapped the leather wrong and a portion of the seat at the corners was showing when it wasn't suppose to) that is why I needed to buy some of those 1 time plastic rivets.
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Finished seat with the Power Seat Rails (Passenger Side):
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03-18-2006, 02:57 AM
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Ivegotissues666
Step 6: Everybodys favorite part... the wiring well it's not too bad. Remove the Glove box and drop down the fuse panel. Anyways I like to wire (especially OEM equipment) to the fuse panel as it was meant to be so that is what I did. Fuse positions #65 and #70 are vacant andare dedicated to the Power Seat Adjustments with a 30 Amp fuse in each slot. You only have to run: 12 Gauge + and - to the Passengers side seat and.... 12 Gauge + and - to Drivers side seat plus an additional wire for the K-bus location in the fuse panel. This is to activate the memory controls for the drivers side seat.
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I pulled the carpet up to run the Positve and K-Bus wires from the drivers and Passengers side to the fuse panel.
Ground Wires can be connected to te Grounding Points under each ft sill oboth Driver and Passenger side. That is how I had done it for the Heated Seats. When trying to gain acces to fuse locations #65 and #70 there was no wa in hell I could gain access to the because of the stock wiring harness being in the way (I you added stuff to the fuse panel you know what I'm talkng about) I had to remove 3 torx screws under the fuse panel and then the ~ 13 8 mm hex socket bolts i order to remove the fuse assembly from the panel itself.
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This gave me plenty of room to work with and plug the socket contacts into the panel. (Just a note the largest size wire you aregoing to fit in the regular slots in the fuse panel is 12 Gauge, anything else forget about it.)
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Step 7: Once the wires are all set at the fuse panel 1 socket to Fuse Position #65 and one to #70 and the Ground conectors are connected underneath the footsills and the K-Bus wire is connected to the comb connectors in the fuse panel area the section with all the Red/White /Yellow wires. Then it's time to work at the Diver and Passenger Side Seat Plugs. This is fairly simple. These are the contacts that work for Pin's #13 and #14 P/N# included in Picture.
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Drivers Side (25 Pin Plug) Pin 13 Pin 14 Pin 15 wires to Motors) Power (Connect the 12 Gage Wire you ran to the seats at this Pin) Ground (Connect Ground here) K-Bus (Connect the wire that went to the comb connector full of Red/White/Yellow this pin, it is for the memory fucntion ONLY and will not affect the Power seat
Passengers Side (25 Pin Plug) Pin 13 - Power (Connect the 12 Gage Wire you ran to the seats at this Pin) Pin 14 - Ground (Connect Ground here) Note: You do notneed Pin 15 to the Passenger side for the Passenger does not have memory controls haha too bad. Once your all set with that put the carpet back, foot sill covers and seats back everything is the reverse of removal. And then Test out your new Power Seats. I know people have mentioned not getting thier memory function to work and the problem is that they didn't know where to connect the extra Pin #15 to. Memory functions worked perfectly for me and I'm actually quite impressed with these power seats.
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Any Questions comments feel free to PM me. Enjoy! Jared
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DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!!

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DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

The finished product of the bottom portion of the frame:

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

The finished product thus far:

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

Finished seat with the Power Seat Rails (Passenger Side):

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

DIY: Power Seat Retrofit w/Memory!! Pics!! - E46Fanatics

Any Questions comments feel free to PM me. Enjoy! Jared

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