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Hi all

It's taken me a while to get this project finished as I've had some stumbling blocks to overcome (loss of parts fromi the first set of frames etc) however last year a good friend donated me his rear electric seats. I started on them last year but got half way through and decided to leave them. The bottom parts (where you sit your backside) are a pain to remove the leather covers from however yesterday I finally cracked the method of removing them with minimal carnage and decided to get my covers onto the metal work. The seats aren't qite finished (you'll notice I need to tidy up the wiring) however they are at least functional. I finally finished something!











Still some minor bits to be done to get it just right but it works and is 'pimpin'

Well done,looks great,so is this the only Phase 2 with electric rear seats?
So whats the next project??????
Electric steering column,light up sunvisors,ergomatic front seats or even rear seats!!!!!

how much do they actually move?

Its difficult to say how much they actually move,i would guess the backrests around 3-4 inches,and the base about the same,doesn,t sound much but it does make a difference and being a 50/50 split they move on each side as you want,its a very nice toy to have.

thats more than I thought they would, sounds pretty good actually

I'd say less than that.. I'd say the backs (at the top) move 2-3 inches (you can see one full forward and one fully back in my pics) and the bottom about an 1 - 1.5 inches. It's not much but as V6 says, it does make a big difference.

They are very cool, I'd been on the prowl for them for a long time and found a rotten set in a ph1 v6 in my local scrappy. I ignored them for over a year until a safrane friend came over (the guy who made the "My safrane on ebay" video on youtube) and he reckoned they could be salvaged. Dripping wet, we ripped them out and got them back here. Rupped off the covers and the metal was okish.. quite a bit of rust but salvagable with some TLC. Unfortunately whilst they were all apart in pieces, I lost a couple of bits from those frames and couldn't finish it.

The video guys 2L safrane crucified its engine via the aux belt snapping and he very kindly offered me his that he had retro fitted. Took me a while to do it as I didn't have the nerve to do the leather cover swap (the leathers you see in the pic are mine and pretty much like new including smell after 14 years) so the project stalled half way through last summer. This year I've finally found a technique to get the covers off with minimal damage so decided to get it done.

It must be said, they are absolutely WICKED! Shame the car is dead lol. I'll get it sorted somehow one day.. I think I've just ruled out an autobox fault..