E61 V8 Bearding
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maniak91 said:
ATM said:
What's replacing it?
Manage to get my hands on a comfort one in the same color, fully heated front and back seats. Hopefully i will finish the wiring tomorrow on the new seats.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302976772125
ATM said:
Saw a set on Ebay a couple months back. Hang on still there but in cream. It's a big job swapping all the bits over right? We need a couple of pics surely. I'd be tempted to buy one from Europe if I was doing it. That way the seat most worn would be the passenger side and the new driver seat would be really tidy.
The problems with the ones from a LHD car, is that the passenger is on the other side, so it will require a whole lot of different wires, or coding, or swapping occupancy nets. Finished the retrofit. It was a bit of a pain on the wire side, but manage to get everything to work. My advice is, cut the harness of the seats off the donor car, it will make life a whole lot easier when wiring them up.
Strangely, my first impression is that i sat better in the old sport ones, as they were lower. The Comforts sits a bit higher, and me being 6'5" i feel that immensely. I'm sure i'll find a decent position after a few days of playing. But all the other adjustments they offer are a great improvement over the standard sports. Also swapped the alu-cube trims with a pair of wooden ones, i think they suit the color of the interior better.
One during the operation:
And the finished result:
Also tinted the windows:
P.S: Check if the car you get your interior from was crashed or not, as i forgot mine was and after installing everything back i have the dreadful restraint system error due to the pretensioner seat belt being popped. So have to pull the seats out again at some point and swap the pretensioners with the ones from my sport seats
Edited by maniak91 on Saturday 30th May 20:34
maniak91 said:
The problems with the ones from a LHD car, is that the passenger is on the other side, so it will require a whole lot of different wires, or coding, or swapping occupancy nets.
Finished the retrofit. It was a bit of a pain on the wire side, but manage to get everything to work. My advice is, cut the harness of the seats off the donor car, it will make life a whole lot easier when wiring them up.
That is a beautiful colour!Finished the retrofit. It was a bit of a pain on the wire side, but manage to get everything to work. My advice is, cut the harness of the seats off the donor car, it will make life a whole lot easier when wiring them up.
This 530i manual just sold on Ebay. I was tempted to have a cheeky bid because it looked cheap.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283888465197
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283888465197
I saw an X5 for sale and the seller told me there were extra lights fitted. I assumed blue but he didnt actually tell me what colour. He told me he did work to speed cameras on the motorway hence the higher mileage. But private seller and private sale and had owned the car a good long while.
maniak91 said:
Strangely, my first impression is that i sat better in the old sport ones, as they were lower. The Comforts sits a bit higher, and me being 6'5" i feel that immensely. I'm sure i'll find a decent position after a few days of playing. But all the other adjustments they offer are a great improvement over the standard sports. Also swapped the alu-cube trims with a pair of wooden ones, i think they suit the color of the interior better.
I agree with you on this - I think the sports seats in my old 530i were easier to get instantly comfortable in that the comfort ones in the 550i (I am 6'3"). I think part of the problem is the myriad of adjustments you can make on the comfort seats - 6 months in I think I have got it bang on! 
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