Seat swap no power to power?

ford rules · Oct 31, 2012

Looking to change the front seats in my 06 ext cab they are just grey cloth 60/40 bench and was looking to put in blk leather buckets and center console out of an 06. I was wondering what will be involved to get the power driver seat working? The seats them self will fit and mount the same correct?
Thanks for any info!!

Zmann · Oct 31, 2012

shouldn't be to hard and they will bolt right in ,, even the 08 stuff will fit
you would really just need a positive for the power seats and heaters

ford rules · Oct 31, 2012

Okay, great to hear they just swap in.
Thanks for the info!!

co04cobra · Oct 31, 2012

For the power part it will only be a 12+ and ground. If they are heated it is extremely hard to get the heat to work. Trucks that had it from factory are wired into the fuse box.

IIRC there is 6 wires on that seat. You need to power the green and ground the black one. All the others are for your seatbelt chime and heat.

ford rules · Oct 31, 2012

Sounds great! The seats aren't heated so no worries there. Sounds like the wiring won't be an issue.

Dieselboy. · Nov 1, 2012

What would make it hard to wire in heat ? I'm looking into this swap but won't hold out for a heated set

co04cobra · Nov 1, 2012

The heat is controlled through the factory wiring into the fuse box on 04 up trucks. To get it to work like factory is tough. You could always just cut the wiring and put it on a toggle with a relay, but I really like having things working like factory.

It may be possible to change the fuse box or possibly just add a wiring harness to it on 04 up trucks. On the older trucks its tough. At least that has been my experience on trying to get a few of them to work.

JDub · Nov 1, 2012

I say do some Corbeaus!

ford rules · Nov 1, 2012

How are those to daily drive the truck as far as being comfortable?

JDub · Nov 1, 2012

I really liked them for daily driving, wish I would've done the cloth version and not the suede though.

ford rules · Nov 1, 2012

Are those bolt it? If you don't mind how much we're they?

JDub · Nov 1, 2012

Corbeau does offer brackets for the Super Duty trucks that make them direct bolt-in. Prices depends on seat style and width. I'm a dealer for them, so shoot me a PM if you're interested.

Zmann · Nov 2, 2012

i can't see the heat on the oem seat being tough to add on ?

the switch is on the seat it's on off ,, so it should just need a fused power and ground

Dieselboy. · Nov 2, 2012

Zmann said:
i can't see the heat on the oem seat being tough to add on ?

the switch is on the seat it's on off ,, so it should just need a fused power and ground

That's what I was wondering