Want to put 04 leather seats into an 08. What do I need to know?

xxaarraa

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Hey guys,

I am going to search for this info, but it's fairly urgent so please bear with me.

I am talking to a local recycler about buying a full set of leather seats from an 04. I want to put them into my 08. Here is what I know:

  • They are electric. My cloth seats are not.
  • They are heated. My cloth seats are not (obviously).
  • They do not have side airbags. My cloth seats do.

Is my 08 SR5 pre-wired to accept the electrical and heated seat harness? Or do I have to splice/rig/hack something together for this to work? I am very excited to have heated leather seats in grey (matches my interior), so hoping this is not a huge project.

Also, how long does it generally take to unbolt my seats and bolt in the 04's?

And, are there any precautions I need to take (like disconnecting the battery) to avoid airbag warning lights or other such annoyances from happening?

I am going to have him pull the seat heater switches from the donor car as well. Anything else I need to pull from the donor along with the seats?
 
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My only concern is the airbag situation. I think someone makes a kit to eliminate air bags from the seat and turn of the turn off the dummy light/trick it into thinking there is an airbag.

The wiring fir the heated seats should be straight forward (I doubt your prewired though). Adding electric to the controls shouldn't be too bad either. Make sure you get the plug and pigtails going to the truck for it.
 
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pull the leathers off the 04
put the cloth off the 08

install aftermarket heaters on the 04 seats while they are out. kits cost $50
consider installing them on the rear too at the same time

move the airbag and foam from the 08 to 04 seat.

car should be prewired for power connectors. you will have to check to make sure.
 
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pull the 04 leathers and reskin the 08 seats done easy peasy

It can't be quite that easy (even if you consider reskinning easy!). The 04's will probably have seat heater elements built in and sometimes those cannot be detached without destroying them.

The whole reason for me to think about getting bolt-in leathers is so I can avoid the many hours necessary to "reskin" I'd like to be able to do minimal setup, and then just bolt-off and bolt-in.

Is that not possible????
 

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