Changing seats

andrewc1267 · Oct 24th, 2020, 16:30

The front seats are looking a bit tired I would like to put some in front a later model I'm a technician so competent swapping bases or making and welding new ones my car has manual seats has anyone else done this? What will fit ? Are belt buckles the same or would need to be swapped thanks in advance

SteveSarre · Oct 24th, 2020, 18:46

Hi Andrew

What year and model car do you have?

Probably the difficult thing would be dealing with the airbag and the SRS system.

HTH
Steve

RollingThunder · Oct 25th, 2020, 10:04

As Steve says, the year of manufacture of your car is important as the early 'phase 1' cars (upto '98) had a mechanical side impact sensor mounted on the seat frame, whereas the later cars had an electronic trigger.

This is an early example -

The sensor is basically a big red panic switch that gets hit by the door in the event of a side impact.

I'm not exactly sure how the later types work, but I *think* its like a G sensor that measures sideways acceleration.

As all the original seats will have integral airbags, I think you may have an issue getting later seats to work with the originally fitted SRS system - unless you fool the system to disable the entire side impact detection system - which I would strongly advise against lol.

andrewc1267 · Oct 25th, 2020, 18:04

I'm not overly concerned with SRS I'll get round that relatively easy I'm more concerned about what will fit

Oct 24th, 2020, 16:30	#1
andrewc1267 Master Member Last Online: Mar 11th, 2022 22:01 Join Date: May 2010 Location: manchester	Changing seats The front seats are looking a bit tired I would like to put some in front a later model I'm a technician so competent swapping bases or making and welding new ones my car has manual seats has anyone else done this? What will fit ? Are belt buckles the same or would need to be swapped thanks in advance

Oct 24th, 2020, 18:46	#2
SteveSarre Premier Member Last Online: Today 11:39 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London/West Country	Hi Andrew What year and model car do you have? Probably the difficult thing would be dealing with the airbag and the SRS system. HTH Steve __________________ V70 2.5 Turbo AWD Man. 1999 Red V70 2.5 10V Auto 1998 Green C70 T 20V Auto Conv. 2001 Blue, C70 T5 Auto Conv. 2000 Blue V70 2.5 Turbo AWD Auto 1998 Green, V70 2.5 10V Auto BiFuel 1999 Red (scrapped) V70 20v Auto 1999 Green (scrapped)

Oct 25th, 2020, 10:04	#3
RollingThunder Grumpy Old Git Last Online: Today 10:24 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Yorkshire View Photos By: RollingThunder	As Steve says, the year of manufacture of your car is important as the early 'phase 1' cars (upto '98) had a mechanical side impact sensor mounted on the seat frame, whereas the later cars had an electronic trigger. This is an early example - The sensor is basically a big red panic switch that gets hit by the door in the event of a side impact. I'm not exactly sure how the later types work, but I think its like a G sensor that measures sideways acceleration. As all the original seats will have integral airbags, I think you may have an issue getting later seats to work with the originally fitted SRS system - unless you fool the system to disable the entire side impact detection system - which I would strongly advise against lol. __________________ S40 2.4i '07 Japanese import '96 850R - https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=312484 Ex Danish Embassy '96 940 GLE LPT - https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=326071

Oct 25th, 2020, 18:04	#4
andrewc1267 Master Member Last Online: Mar 11th, 2022 22:01 Join Date: May 2010 Location: manchester	It's a 98 -99 V70R I'm not overly concerned with SRS I'll get round that relatively easy I'm more concerned about what will fit

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