Hey all

 

I had leather seats down as a Christmas project and have just finished. I thought I'd post up some pics. They are electric leather S2 seats which have been made of the good bits of a number of seats.

 

I took all the covers off and salvaged all the best cushions, bolsters, motors, looms, bump stops, (by the way Ive got a box full of motors and clips and trims if anyone needs some) remedied any rust and generally gave everything some lube and a once over. I also fitted heating elements to the front seats. So I now have leather electric and heated on both sides (there goes 30BHP!!)

 

I'm pretty chuffed with the results as its taken me nearly every evening for a week to strip the seats down, run the cables in the car and put everything back together.

 

Anyhow heres some pics.

 

Cheers! :duffer:

 

p.s. I couldn't help adding a gratuitous engine shot. Sorry! :smw:

Edited December 28, 200816 yr by radron

lookin good:)

Thanks mate!

Good job mate! Was it easy stripping the seats down?

My drivers seat could do with a bit of a lube on the runners and the motors getting a bit clunky :mad:

Goiod job there buddy, must have taken a while but looks like it made it worthwhile by the result and hooray for heated leather in this weather!

Hey guys thanks,

 

Dave was pretty straight forward to strip them down but it took a while. It was a case of slow and steady wins the race.

 

BB yes indeed its very niice to have a warm rear!

Hey all

 

I had leather seats down as a Christmas project and have just finished. I thought I'd post up some pics. They are electric leather S2 seats which have been made of the good bits of a number of seats.

 

I took all the covers off and salvaged all the best cushions, bolsters, motors, looms, bump stops, (by the way Ive got a box full of motors and clips and trims if anyone needs some) remedied any rust and generally gave everything some lube and a once over. I also fitted heating elements to the front seats. So I now have leather electric and heated on both sides (there goes 30BHP!!)

 

I'm pretty chuffed with the results as its taken me nearly every evening for a week to strip the seats down, run the cables in the car and put everything back together.

 

Anyhow heres some pics.

 

Cheers! :duffer:

 

p.s. I couldn't help adding a gratuitous engine shot. Sorry! :smw:

 

glad it all worked out OK for you:cool:

Thanks mate

Hey guys thanks,

 

Dave was pretty straight forward to strip them down but it took a while. It was a case of slow and steady wins the race.

 

BB yes indeed its very niice to have a warm rear!

 

I'll add it my rapidly growing list of things to do! lol

Well done mate that looks brill!

very nice!!:)

Very good job there mate. well done

WOW well done - you've done a friggin superb job there! :bow: :bow:

that looks great. btw i have series 2 seats in my z which have the heating elements in them. how did you wire them up as i would love to have them working?

well done m8 excellent job ,and something im gonna do myself eventually!

 

(and i dont mean literally me that would be diaster, lol)

Thanks everyone I'm really grateful for your comments!

 

Hellraiser -

switched live to 10 amp fuse then to relay (off ciggy lighter)

perm live to 10 amp fuse then to relay (wherever you can find one)

earth to relay (same place as stereo earth for me)

relay live and earth to switch

switch live and earth to seat heaters

 

 

CK - if you need some help shout

Thanks everyone I'm really grateful for your comments!

 

Hellraiser -

switched live to 10 amp fuse then to relay (off ciggy lighter)

perm live to 10 amp fuse then to relay (wherever you can find one)

earth to relay (same place as stereo earth for me)

relay live and earth to switch

switch live and earth to seat heaters

 

 

CK - if you need some help shout

 

oh right no timer circuit then?

nope

 

I took out the Nissan heaters and replaced them with an aftermarket kit. No timer unit and they are virtually identical in construction to the Nissan units. My understanding is that the Nissan units have a thermostat built into the seat pads. I believe the original S2 kits had a timer also.

 

The kit I bought was the Waeco MS50 they seem to be the aftermarket kit to go for. Its pretty simple to replace the units I would say about an hour per seat. Wiring again about an hour.

Edited December 29, 200816 yr by radron

fantastic job, very tidy motor :cool:

Thanks mate