changing interior to full electric leather in rapier 2001

[theejagman]

could anyone tell me if the loom is allready installed in my rapier estate to just plug in electric leather seats with memory if not how much is involved in swapping interior i am new member with newly acquired 406 estate

[steve_earwig]

Hello, greetings and welcome. You're best off looking, I know it was all there on my 1998 but I haven't seen any spare connectors on my '04, while other people have said they've found them on later cars. Seems like it's a bit of a lottery I'm afraid

[Gary406]

I know it was all there on my 1998

i wish it had been there on my 1998
in the end i actually decided against leather and went for the black rapier cloth seats

[theejagman]

Hello, greetings and welcome. You're best off looking, I know it was all there on my 1998 but I haven't seen any spare connectors on my '04, while other people have said they've found them on later cars. Seems like it's a bit of a lottery I'm afraid

Cheers and thanks have looked under seat have found one connector to seat for side impact airbag but dont know if this would power electric memory seats ?

[plod]

If there is no wiring under the seats, the best bet, it to register as a member of the 406coupeclub, and then pm a member ade1122, as he is there resident coupe breaker.
He sells stuff on ebay, but discounts to coupe club members.

What you want is the seat ecu and wiring conversion he does.
Whilst at it, get a seat ecu under seat tray off him at same time.

Extend the wiring considerably on the supplied wiring.
Don't quote me, but you are going to need at least an extra 10/12 feet for the live ( if taking it through to the fuse box in the engine compartment)
and around 6 feet for the earth ( if doing as I did an earth it at the under centre console earthing point)
I think I lenghtened the supplied wiring to the passenger seat considerably too, by around 10 feet - this is because it will be sitting near the drivers sill, and "ideally" needs to go across the car, down the sill fractionally, and back across to the passenger seat connection.

If the seats have come out of an accident damaged car, I'd strongly advise using the seat belt pre tensionsers out of your existing car, as I had a few problems with the fault light because the pre-tensioner hadn't gone off properly but looked ok and was sending the wrong signal back to the airbag ecu.

[steve_earwig]

Do you actually have the seats ready to go in, or is this just investigative?

[theejagman]

thanks for the warm welcome and also the response to my posting as i have full interior from leatherd exec same year once again thanks regards colin

[supafrisk]

Are you interested in selling the original driver's seat? I have a friend who is looking for a driver's seat for a rapier. If so, PM me and I will pass on his details to you