C7 seats installed {Tips, Pics}
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 243
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From: Kalamazoo Michigan
Any updates on getting the heated/cooled functions going? I had been looking for a manual transmission C7 with Kalahari interior for awhile and could never find anything good, but a 3LT Z51 with black interior popped up that checked most of the boxes. So I jumped on that and figured I'd convert the interior to Kalahari myself. Found a great set of low mileage seats pretty local, so instead of selling my black ones I'm toying with the idea of swapping them in my C5. I swapped over to factory Dodge Viper seats and added heat to those and drove for a year or so on that, but those seats almost had too much bolstering on the lower part and was uncomfortable in the leg area. So I just recovered the C5 seats years ago in black leather with red stitching and added heat; they look just fine, but after driving both cars one after the other, the C7 seats are sooo much better. A happy medium between the C5 and the Viper seats, I just don't want to lose the heated seat function...and the vented option would be cool too!
I'd have the first C5 corvette with a C6 steering wheel and C7 seats, just to make all the purists mad!
I'll probably start messing with it once it's a bit nicer out, but curious if anyone else has had any breakthroughs getting the seat options to work.
I'd have the first C5 corvette with a C6 steering wheel and C7 seats, just to make all the purists mad!
I'll probably start messing with it once it's a bit nicer out, but curious if anyone else has had any breakthroughs getting the seat options to work.
Last edited by matthewlfd; Apr 4, 2026 at 02:35 PM.
Running Guns & Moonshine
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 12,673
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From: CT
Yes they work. I tested mine over the winter in the basement with a 12v source and some wires jumped into the seat plug. I forget which ports are which, but the info IS available on one of the several posts on here about the seat conversion.
I can't say I tested the heat as I did not have the amps I believe that would need, but the cooling fans popped on as soon as power was applied.
I can't say I tested the heat as I did not have the amps I believe that would need, but the cooling fans popped on as soon as power was applied.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2022
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Pair of red C7 seats in Dallas, not cheap, but not the most expensive for a nice pair of seats.
I have no first hand knowledge on them, just a listing on facebook, don't even know if they are still available, but the listing is still up.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...58522214860080
I have no first hand knowledge on them, just a listing on facebook, don't even know if they are still available, but the listing is still up.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...58522214860080
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,174
Likes: 125
From: Dunstable MA
St. Jude Donor '05
Matthewlfd,
You want heat?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...m_content=post
See my post #44 for diagrams
You want heat?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...m_content=post
See my post #44 for diagrams
Last edited by Rich Silvestris; Apr 4, 2026 at 09:22 PM.
