940 - Front seat upgrade?

[Mertz]

Originally Posted by 360beast

A common 240 seat upgrade is Alfa Romeo seats, I think 156 maybe? Might be worth seeing if they will work in a 940.

Interesting, thanks for the pointer. As you say, I can't be the first person to want to change the seats in a 940, someone has done it before.

Originally Posted by Forrest

I thought Volvo called the way they reinforced the car to displace energy in a side impact SIPS. I didn’t think it necessarily involved airbags.

The airbag in the seat, if fitted, is mechanically actuated and doesn’t have an electrical connection to the SRS controller. The seatbelt tensioners are, however, electrically operated.

There’s a lot of wiring for the SRS under one of the seats so if fitting a different seat you’d need to be careful not to damage any of it.

Interesting post, thanks. I only saw a connection for the heated seat and one for the seatbelt connection on my car.

I think it's time to go to a breakers yard and measure a few different seats.