So I'm thinking about doing a swap like this. Giving up my leather seats and installing cloth. Obviously leather looks the best, I know. But I find cloth seats to be much more comfortable. And far less ice cold to the touch (it is currently 17° out). And cloth tends to hold you in place, where with leather, I tend to slide all over the place. I only weight 155lb-ish, most car seats are made for people much fatter than I. The result is lots of rolling around the seats around corners.
If I did this, I would expect to swap with someone whose seats were perfect like mine. And since mine are more valuable, I'd expect them to be paying me some amount of cash with the swap.
Details aside, is there any technical info I need to know about this? I assume the seats all come out with a few bolts? Are there different connectors for different sets of seat options, or do they all use the same connectors, just with unused pins? Do all these trucks use the same seats? I know the SS seats say "SS" on them, but I believe mine say nothing. Is it the same for GMC, Saab, Olds etc?
Would a cloth seat be any easier or harder to disassemble and install heated seats into?
I'm certainly not *definitely* doing this. But I'm thinking about it.
I've had lots of cloth and lots of leather seats over the years. The worst leather was a 2006 Acura TL. I sweat those seats are made for people that weigh 300lbs and up. I was all over the place on those seats. I've had a million S10s all cloth, and when the seats were new and clean, they were awesome. I had a 2010 leather Camaro and then a 2013 cloth Camaro. Other than the lack of heated seats, the 2013 seats were way more comfortable. My RX8's had leather seats that held on to you very tight. They were like little race car seats, wrapped right around you.
If I did this, I would expect to swap with someone whose seats were perfect like mine. And since mine are more valuable, I'd expect them to be paying me some amount of cash with the swap.
Details aside, is there any technical info I need to know about this? I assume the seats all come out with a few bolts? Are there different connectors for different sets of seat options, or do they all use the same connectors, just with unused pins? Do all these trucks use the same seats? I know the SS seats say "SS" on them, but I believe mine say nothing. Is it the same for GMC, Saab, Olds etc?
Would a cloth seat be any easier or harder to disassemble and install heated seats into?
I'm certainly not *definitely* doing this. But I'm thinking about it.
I've had lots of cloth and lots of leather seats over the years. The worst leather was a 2006 Acura TL. I sweat those seats are made for people that weigh 300lbs and up. I was all over the place on those seats. I've had a million S10s all cloth, and when the seats were new and clean, they were awesome. I had a 2010 leather Camaro and then a 2013 cloth Camaro. Other than the lack of heated seats, the 2013 seats were way more comfortable. My RX8's had leather seats that held on to you very tight. They were like little race car seats, wrapped right around you.
and yes it's like 4 bolts and a few plugs. The plugs changed over the years iirc.
