e39 seats swap?

[duckloads]

Has anyone installed seats from an e39 (next generation 5er) into their e34?

[ArtemLepilov]

umm... Why?

-Artem

[angrypancake]

the seats in Pops' e39 are really really comfy and the heaters are better than the ones i had in my 525.... imo though go for some e30 recaro sport seats, that would be sweeeet

[duckloads]

umm... Why?

-Artem


nice grey seats for a '91 535i are real hard to find.

[ArtemLepilov]

nice grey seats for a '91 535i are real hard to find.


Wouldnt E39 seats be more expensive?

But alright... Seats are pretty much the same. I think it should be a direct swap

Not sure on the wiring harness though - in any case it should have similar signals there, so you can adapt it, just get the pinouts.

-Artem

[kyleN20]

i dont think you can do the swap, apart from the wiring harness problems, e34 had a distinct way of putting in seats, were you to use e39 seats i forsee custom fab work ahead for you, but you ought to wait till someone like wini, or lowell posts to be sure

[E34 530]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the seat rails are totally different and you will have to do some welding to make them fit.

[ArtemLepilov]

Well, i have seen the seats form the E34 being compatible with the really recent versions of the 3-series, E46 even... so I dont know...

The rails may be similar

-Artem

[Kalevera]

They are completely different seats, different dimensions, mounting points, harness connectors.

best, whit

[ArtemLepilov]

Nevermind that then.. i suppose i was wrong... now i know that E39 doesnt fit E34 :D

-Artem

[kyleN20]

and lowel sets us all straight, but as with anything, if you want it bad enough you could make it happen $$$$$$$$

[ArtemLepilov]

True dat :)

Probably cheaper to get the E34 seats though in that case.

-Artem