Full leather memory seats?? will they work?

[daveayoung]

Hello again all, Not having my 320ci se long I decided when buying one I wanted full leather. I couldn't find a good one. I found a nice car for a good price with cloth interior and got a Great leather interior from ebay. The problem is the new interior has electric memory seats and the standard ones has manual heave ho seats???? is this going to be hard to make these work?? they have the same connection on the bottom for the heated seats but I'm sure these will not work without some sort of tampering. Has anyone had an issue like this. Just want to know before I start the job. Any help would be great. thanks everyone... dave

[Greeney2k1]

Hi Dave, tbh shouldn't be a problem, the wiring connections should already be there. its a case of bolting them in and connecting them up as far as I beleive

[daveayoung]

Ok thanks alot. fingers crossed.

[Greeney2k1]

no worries buddy put some pics up of the process and let us know how it goes

[daveayoung]

reading through all sorts of threads on all sorts of forums is !Removed! my head up!! lots of people coming out with different points of view. think I'l just go for it. the only thing in common is that I should dis attach the battery when connecting and disconnecting or I could have issue with the air bag sensors and seat belt pre tensioners . It'l look good when done.. I will keep a log and post it on here.

[andy-mcq]

i would disconnet the battery, wouldnt do no harm would it, cant see there being a problem either

[daveayoung]

I've figured out which wires to use using a 12v supply in my house I got the seats to move ok so if there no wiring I know where to run the the wires. Only prob is the drivers side seems to have a loose connection inside the control box. it seems to work for a second then stop and you can hear something struggling but does work slowly. I'l take it apart and see what I can see. hopefully some thing simple?? unlucky its the side with the memory settings on it so maybe not that simple. the passenger side works perfectly.. nothings ever easy lol.

[Greeney2k1]

ooh err sounds technical there fella hmmm good luck with it

[G4VHD]

Where are you Dave, im a auto electrician my be able to help...photos maybe??

[daveayoung]

I'm 8 miles north of Cambridge. I've figure out that I have a dodgy relay on the circuit board on the seat controls, you can hear it struggle. Is it easy to change a relay that's attached to a circuit board?? Maybe there is a company that can put a new relay on for me. There is three next to each other and when I shake the board you can hear one rattle but as they are small and next to each other I can't figure out which one it is. Tempted to go and see a computer circuit board repair company with a new relay and just explain the issue. Surly just a case of some fiddly soldering. I'm sure I can sort it ????????????