997 seats in a 996?

[D.Kinsey]

Anyone know if this is straight swap or not? My seats need work and it seems that I can replace for less than repair and their seems to be a lot of 997 seats for sale. Thanks.

[phillipj]

I think the seat mounting itself is a straight swap but the electrical connectors are different. Quite a few people have done this. I remember seeing threads on this.. Do a search and you should find some info..

:cheers:

[echostorm]

I have a 2001 996 Cabriolet with the standard power memory seats (no heat). A couple of years back, I did some work with Lear Corp., they are the manufacturer of Porsche seats. They surprised me with a set custom manufactured 997 heated Adaptive Sport Seats as a gift. The only difference between the factory 997 seats and what they sent me is they removed the airbags from the seats since the 996 has the airbags in the door. Anyway, the wiring harness for the seats is completely different than the 996 harness.

I would like to install the seats but every place I have taken them Im told it cannot be done. I could care less about the memory function of the seats as I am the only driver, but I would love the heat option to work. Anybody know how this could be done? These seats have been sitting in my office for three years now and its driving me nuts I cant get them installed.

[echostorm]

Looks like I need to spend more time in the forums before asking questions. Appears the answer is here:

[Dharn55]

I did the heated seats in my car based on the Dennis Vogel DIY, adapted to a 996. Not to hard to do. What about the rest of the connectors on the 997 seats.

[juniinc]

Glad to see U found the answer.

It would be interesting to hook up the rest of the 997 connectors,,,

[echostorm]

So, its appearing much more complicated again. I am still confident I can make it work. Im a software engineer, not an electrical guy, but at the end of the day its just 12 volt power...