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I have a 2002 rapier estate and quite fancy a set of leather seats,i have seen quite a few for sale but the front seats always seem electric adjustment,how hard are they to wire up seeing as my seats are manual adjustment.
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Without memory it seems like it's fairly straight forward, all you've got to do is provide the power. Memory seats are a different matter, you'll need the ecu and some wires and... I'll let you know in the spring...
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the ecu sits under the seats it cant be too hard to fit
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406executiveHDI wrote:the ecu sits under the seats it cant be too hard to fit

It ain't
Just get an ecu tray whilst at it, to protect the ecu - I paid £10 posted for mine off ADE1122 on the coupe forum
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does the heated seats work when doing this ,

i wouldnt mind a set of leathers in mine but was always put off with the electric side of things, when you say memory seats, does that mean the seat resets to a certain position everytime you put power to them ? or will they stay were they are put ....

might sound stupid that question but never delt with electric seats before
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plod wrote:
406executiveHDI wrote:the ecu sits under the seats it cant be too hard to fit

It ain't
Just get an ecu tray whilst at it, to protect the ecu - I paid £10 posted for mine off ADE1122 on the coupe forum
is the ECU under the seats in a D8 as well ?
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Gary406 wrote:
plod wrote:
406executiveHDI wrote:the ecu sits under the seats it cant be too hard to fit

It ain't
Just get an ecu tray whilst at it, to protect the ecu - I paid £10 posted for mine off ADE1122 on the coupe forum
is the ECU under the seats in a D8 as well ?
tis where mine is
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its not very big just about the size of a computer keyboard with a big wire going into it.
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