Is it easy to install 4th gen seats in the 3rd gen car or will i have to make modifactions for it to fit right?

 

Direct bolt on, dont worry about it, although i think theres a little extra space for the backseats, makes a small gap....i think. Nothing i would worry about though

 

all you need is a 13mm socket

 

for the power seats....are there wires that run to the battery that i will hook up or does it run on batteries?

 

IIRC, the original passed through the fuse box. Find a wiring diagram--well, well, here's one:

http://www.geocities.com/vtcamaro/Pi...rams/pg252.jpg

JamesC

 

Id use a 13mm box end and a 13mm socket with an 8-12" extension
The rear bolts on the front seats can get trickey
You need a boxend for the backseat, a socket wont fit under it

Should take you a max of 3 mins per seat to remove

Power seats on the otherhand:
#1 be sure you get the power seat wiring harness when you get them
They are hard to find sold separate
#2 All the power seats ive seen have 2 wires Power and Ground (orange and black)
#3 most 3rd gens do NOT have any provision for a powerseat so a wire under the carpet is unlikely if you havent already seen it
#4 when wiring the power seat pay attention to the wire size so you dont cause a potential fire
#5 Use a fuse!!!!! It doesnt have to be at the fuse box, inline works fine
Mine uses a small pitail of an enginebay fuse and has a handy lil cover
#6 Use a fuse thats close to the amp draw of the seats ie an 80amp fuse is a bad ideer
#7 Hide the freakin wires
#8 when cutting wires add a few inches of slack, no they dont stretch!

 

They're plentiful around my area.

JamesC

 

My RS didn't have power wire under the carpet - I just ran a wire with an inline fuse from the fusebox, under the door sill plastic, under the seatbelt cover, under the carpet, and up through a slit I cut in carpet under the seat. I cut the connector off the seat motor wire, and crimped female spade connectors there. Crimp a normal spade connector on both ends of the fusebox wire you ran, plug one into the seat motor connector, plug the other into an empty spot in the fusebox labelled "battery" - there are 3-4 empties in the fusebox. Then, run a ground wire, with a male spade crimped on the seat side, and crimp a screw-type connector on the other end - run it under the carpet, drill a small hole somewhere in the side of the lip that the door sill plastic covers, and insert screw for ground. I think I used a 15amp fuse inline.

The 4th gen seats don't have any split in the shoulder belt retainer to put your belts through - but if you look at various year 3rd gens, some came with retainers that were factory split, swap those onto the 4th gen seats and you can get your shoulder belts retained nicely.

On the rears, I had split rears originally, and the 4th gen rear was one piece - but the 4th gen rear covered the split seat posts in the middle pretty well, and otherwise fit right in.

NOTE!!! If you can get the 4th gen seatbelts as well, I recommend it! I swapped in a set of 3rd gen seat belt receivers with the recall fix (the silver tab in the receiver) - but those recalled receivers broke within a month of install as well! I'm swapping to the 4th gen belts - but the entire belt system has to be removed and replaced (receivers, retractors at seats, and retractors in ceiling). Another excuse to redo that sagging headliner too!

 

TTT