C7 seats in a C5
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Here's what William told me about the swap, Wes.
"I interfaced my seat control module from the C5 to the motors on the C7 seat as I did not receive the C7 control units. They stayed with the other original car. The layout of the C5 and C7 are almost identical as it pertains to motor function.. once I determined what went up and down and back and forth.. I simply spliced my control into the appropriate places In the seats stock harness.. It really wasn’t so difficult and I needed to figure it out anyways because as you know.. you need to move the seat forward to reach the back bolts.. a little time with a 12v battery and I quickly figured out how the seat worked and then matched that to the stock control unit."
"I interfaced my seat control module from the C5 to the motors on the C7 seat as I did not receive the C7 control units. They stayed with the other original car. The layout of the C5 and C7 are almost identical as it pertains to motor function.. once I determined what went up and down and back and forth.. I simply spliced my control into the appropriate places In the seats stock harness.. It really wasn’t so difficult and I needed to figure it out anyways because as you know.. you need to move the seat forward to reach the back bolts.. a little time with a 12v battery and I quickly figured out how the seat worked and then matched that to the stock control unit."
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i'd guess something customized for looks only (look at the c7 interiors at carvaggio website, for example), or task-specific (racing). c7 seats are really, really nice.
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The C7 seats in his car really look great. If there is more detailed information about the swap available, that would be fantastic.
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edit: Black and Mod Red were the only interior colors offered on 2001-2004 Z06's.
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makes me glad i didn't buy his C6 ZR1s. for the same price (eventually lower), the C7s look to hold on to you much better.
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I’m about to pick up a set of c7 seats today to put in a c5 did he say anything about having to modifications for them to physically fit or just electrically? I’m not worried about getting them powered I can figure that out more about if they will physically fit.
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Seats bolt right in and fit fine, just need to do a little re-pinning on the connector, as he mentioned.
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I’ve purchased a set of C7 seats for my C5 but I just ran across a thread from a few years ago that mentioned they won’t fit in a C5 due the width as well as the larger/thicker back. I’m confused now.
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