Lightweight seats retrofit

[BrunoB]

Hi all,

I'm trying to retrofit DBS Lightweight seats into a V8 Vantage from 2006.

- Firstly, not the same Seat Position Adjustment Switch :
Mine ... New one
Electrical connectors : ...... 3 ............................. VS ...................... 1

- Secondly there is 2 release switch (Seat Convenience Switch), one on each side.

The wiring harness is different...
Does someone do this retrofitting ?
Any help will be appreciated ;-)

Pics from the wirings, without the seats, etc...

[V8V Pete]

I can't help but I've never seen a DBS with Lightweight seats. Do you have a picture of the seats you can share with us?

[Upperworks]

V8V Pete said:

I can't help but I've never seen a DBS with Lightweight seats. Do you have a picture of the seats you can share with us?

Same as V12V ones but embroidered with DBS. I think the Aston dealer in N.Ireland has one in stock.

[AdamV12V]

Upperworks said:

Same as V12V ones but embroidered with DBS. I think the Aston dealer in N.Ireland has one in stock.

Yup, I've seen them too in a DBS. They seemed a little more common on earlier cars, but then seemed to all but vanish on DBS - I think as people realised it was more of a GT and the V12V took over the mantle of the sports car in the range.

BrunoB said:

Hi all,

I'm trying to retrofit DBS Lightweight seats into a V8 Vantage from 2006.

- Firstly, not the same Seat Position Adjustment Switch :
Mine ... New one
Electrical connectors : ...... 3 ............................. VS ...................... 1

- Secondly there is 2 release switch (Seat Convenience Switch), one on each side.

The wiring harness is different...
Does someone do this retrofitting ?
Any help will be appreciated ;-)

Pics from the wirings, without the seats, etc...

Not sure that's got anything to do with Sports vs Lightweight seats. Its a matter of the "memory seats" upgrade which was optional on earlier V8V cars, but became standard later - and probably was always standard on DBS. I would search for links on how to upgrade to the memory seats modules rather than how to upgrade to lightweight seats. Due to the very high cost of the lightweight seats I suspect you are one of the only people to have ever undertaken this task!

[V8V Pete]

Upperworks said:

V8V Pete said:

I can't help but I've never seen a DBS with Lightweight seats. Do you have a picture of the seats you can share with us?

Same as V12V ones but embroidered with DBS. I think the Aston dealer in N.Ireland has one in stock.

Nice! Just hadn't ever seen it before. Seen a couple of Vanquishes with them but not a DBS.

OP - if you're getting nowhere at all then some of the GT8s had lightweights with manual runners rather than electric adjustment so that could be a potential solution.

[BrunoB]

The seats come from a wrecked vehicle, so I have to fix carbon and redo the covers :

[BrunoB]

After repairing carbon :

[Ken Figenus]

I don't know if those modules have any logic or circuitry on them other than switch open/ switch closed but you could get a circuit diagram and if it's just normally open/push to close on the seat back and seat slide switches you should be able to connect them to the correct incoming wires. Unlikely the mem functions would work but who lets anyone else drive their Aston ; I may have a DB9 wiring diagram I can dig out.

[leerandle]

Firstly, you've done very well sourcing a couple of lightweight seats from a salvage car. I've been looking for a while and wondering whether I should swap my seats for lightweight like you are doing.

Also, the repair to the carbon looks perfect, always difficult to fix/repair without seeing any overlaps/weave changes (although once installed, you'll never see the backs again)

Keep us updated with the progress and if you get the chance to take some photos of the underneath showing the rails etc, that would be greatly appreciated.

[wtdoom]

Why not just get the manual runners ?
An easier solution I think

[V8V Pete]

wtdoom said:

Why not just get the manual runners ?
An easier solution I think

V8V Pete said:

OP - if you're getting nowhere at all then some of the GT8s had lightweights with manual runners rather than electric adjustment so that could be a potential solution.

Catch up Mr Doom! You're over a week behind with that advice.

How's the new motor BTW?

[wtdoom]

Pardon me , usually I read more carefully .

As for the new motor , I'm afraid to post my write up to be honest with you .

[AdamV8V]

wtdoom said:

Pardon me , usually I read more carefully .

As for the new motor , I'm afraid to post my write up to be honest with you .

Oh no...

[V8V Pete]

wtdoom said:

As for the new motor , I'm afraid to post my write up to be honest with you .

Oh no! Surely not a catastrophe. You can't leave us hanging on like that ...........

[wtdoom]

No gents not at all , I'm afraid for good reasons

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