03-23-2019, 10:52 AM | #1 |
Old Geiser's Camaros
Drives: 2 Dodge Rams, 2018 1SS Garnet Red Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Texas
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Swapping Recaros with 2ss seats?
Hi Al,
I drove 650 miles in early March to get my new Garnet red 2018 1ss 8spd Camaro. Great dealership and traded in my 18 1ss Red hot car. The new car has the Recaro seat option and I'm a bit larger than average. The seat back bolsters hit me right in the kidneys. I bought a set of leather 2ss seats from a wrecking yard last weekend. Had to replace 1 blown airbag and drivers upper seat cover. My car does not have the seat memory function onboard with these seats. When I installed them they don't work? Can I take the harness out of the Recaros and install them in the 2ss seats to correct? Oddly the Recaros have heating and cooling blowers just like the 2ss. I've got a ton of time and money tied up in these seats and I'm hoping I can salvage the effort. Love the car, just gets painful after a couple hours of driving. My nephew is in prison and its a 6 hour round trip to go see him. BTW - I'm keeping the Recaro seats and putting them away in case I ever trade the car in. Great seat if I was 5'7 and weighed 140 pounds. They were already on the car along with Mag ride and a sunroof. Thank you for your help, JKH18SS |
03-27-2019, 11:41 AM | #2 |
Old Geiser's Camaros
Drives: 2 Dodge Rams, 2018 1SS Garnet Red Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Texas
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Update: I had to disassemble the Recaro seats to get the wiring harness. I installed the harness in the 2ss leather seats (both had seat heaters and cooling blowers). disassembled the 2ss seats to install the Recaro harness and now I have done away with the seat memory (not on my 1SS w Recaros) and seats are working properly. For any of you that want to install Recaros in your cars, you will need all (6) of the harnesses, memory CPU as well as Door switch and factory body connections. If I ever sell or trade the car in I'll reinstall the harnesses in the Recaros and have brand new F&R seats in the car. Thanks Al, I'll save my ask for next time.
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03-27-2019, 11:45 AM | #3 |
Drives: 2016 1ss camaro Join Date: Feb 2016
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booo i was gonna say ill buy em how much!!
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03-27-2019, 12:38 PM | #4 | |
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04-11-2020, 07:58 PM | #5 |
Drives: 2016 Camaro 1SS Red Hot Join Date: May 2016
Location: Memphis
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How do u remove the harness?
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04-16-2020, 12:55 PM | #6 | |
Drives: 2017 Camaro SS Join Date: Mar 2016
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05-05-2020, 07:07 AM | #7 | |
Drives: 2015 Black rs/ss/1le Join Date: Apr 2018
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05-06-2020, 10:25 AM | #8 |
Drives: 2017 Camaro SS Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Saint Louis
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I actually finished the install (with a lot of help) a couple days ago. Thanks for checking in, though!
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