AL Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 I bought a pair of seats today to work together my passenger heated seat (94GPGTP, I still want yours)... I will get some pics of the seats and start on it Monday... When I am done, I will sell one and keep one... The ZZP kit is $225 for the stuff to make the swap possible... So far I have all the stuff I need and I have $150 into it. Seat will be $200 and comes with a non heated drivers seat... Will update Monday Quote
jeremy Posted March 21, 2009 Report Posted March 21, 2009 be sure to keep up on this thread, my wife wants me to do this before next winter Quote
AL Posted March 21, 2009 Author Report Posted March 21, 2009 Does anyone know how to remove the handle that controls the reclining? I have almost the whole bottom cushion removed on both seats but cant get any farther until I remove that handle Quote
AL Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Posted March 23, 2009 Ok, its just a pin holding that handle in... And if anyone decides to attempt this... Make sure you have a 13mm Ratcheting wrench... It will cut hours off your time... Pics coming soon Quote
AL Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Posted March 23, 2009 Took off the track under the pass. seat, 4 13mm bolts which is where the ratcheting wrench comes in handy  The foam underneath (pass seat)  Bottom cover completely off/loose (pass seat)  Top cover completely loose (pass seat)  Where I am at on the drivers seat Quote
AL Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Posted March 27, 2009 Drivers seat back loose, you can see the wires to heat the seat  Drivers seat bottom completely loose  Drivers headrest off  Drivers back removed  Drivers and passengers back removed, ready to swap...  I have to make a hole in the passenger seat for the wires to come through and remove the bottoms tomorrow... I have all the wiring diagrams I need so far... I am also in the process of making the switch work with the factory holder... That will be interesting. Quote
old442man Posted March 27, 2009 Report Posted March 27, 2009 Good work! I want to do a bunch of stuff with my seats, thanks for all of the detailed pictures! Quote
AL Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Posted March 29, 2009 Well I got the heated cover on the passenger seat and the wires through a hole that was already there... I did notice that I wont have a rear seat pocket any more which is nothing major really... Well back to work... Pics later Quote
jeremy Posted March 29, 2009 Report Posted March 29, 2009 so you just replaced the entire seat skin instead of just adding the heaters? Quote
AL Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Posted March 29, 2009 Yah... The heater is sewn into the seat and in order to get it out, I would have to unsew the seat and resew it back together... I think switching the seat skins is the easiest way to go all though it wont be perfect, like not having the pocket in the passenger seat and there will be holes next to the console from the power seat controls but those will be out of site... The only thing I might have trouble with is the seat belt holder... I will have to unsew that and put it on the other side... Quote
no1kicker Posted March 29, 2009 Report Posted March 29, 2009 Looks good. Are you going to make a dual heated seat switch also? Quote
AL Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Posted March 29, 2009 Yah, I am not 100% sure on how I will do that yet... I have a spare switch tho to practice on Quote
AL Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Posted March 30, 2009 Wiring info can be found here... Pics are uploading http://www.w-body.com/forum/index.php?topic=77615.0 Quote
AL Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Posted April 8, 2009 DONE!!! Â Well I took the seats apart and put the heating element on the passenger seat and wired it in... I replaced my carpet today since I had everything out... It works great!! I didnt even need the 20 amp fuse... The 15 is doing fine... I still have to make the switch so right now its just hanging there... Quote
AL Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Posted April 9, 2009 Some pics  I debated about making a power seat and I decided I am gonna research it more... For now its just a manual seat...  The heater element connectors  Switches wired up  Heated seat relay along with many misc items. I made sure there was enough slack in the wires so the seat could be moved all the way back.  The only thing left is to finish making the mounting pad. Quote
Regal_GS_1989 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Posted April 9, 2009 You could always find a power passenger seat from a regal, then just swap the tracks over. Quote
AL Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Posted April 9, 2009 True! I am gonna research the wiring more though before I jump into something like that Quote
AL Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 jeremy if you have questions on the install, feel free to post them... Â It was rather easy... The hardest part so far was taking the seat apart... There are roll pins that slide in and out... Once I figured out how to remove them, it was a cake walk... I slid the non heated cover off and slid the heated cover on... There is a belt holder that was on the wrong side now and all of the holes for the power switches are visible but the face the center console... I have to make 5 holes in it tho... 1 for lumbar, 2 for the clips that hold the side trim on, and 2 for the screws that hold that same trim on... The trim also covers up that seat belt holder pretty well... Its barely visible now... Quote
no1kicker Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 I'm bringing this up again because it's getting cold out again. Â Are you still using one 15A fuse for both seats together? Quote
AL Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Posted October 13, 2009 Yes, I didnt touch the fuse at all... If you need any help doing this, go ahead and post here... All you need is an extra switch and a drivers heated seat with the wiring... Swap the seat skins, do the wiring which I can guide you through, and boom its done Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Posted October 13, 2009 Hey Jeremy an easier way is to put in intrigue seats they are dual heated and look 100X better anyway! Quote
digitaloutsider Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 The Intrigue ones are just as FTL as the GP ones!!!! Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 The GP seats and the Intrigue seats aren't even in the same league, for one the Intrigue seat has a better lumbar support and a stronger frame. The Intrigues actually CAME factory with drive rand passenger side heat, the grain of the leather is about 100X better and stronger the stitching isn't as weak as the Pontiacs and the foam under the Oldsmobile is a shit ton firmer more dense and better quality. The Oldsmobile seat weighs about 7 pounds more per side as well. Just because your Regal currently has GP seats in it doesn't make the Pontiac seats any less inferior to the Oldsmobile's Quote
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