Saturday I grabbed a set of sport seats from a local guy, along with the 18" wheels I posted a photo above. My steering wheel, shifter, and knob arrived as well - things are coming together.
I get home Saturday afternoon and I thought, let's be smart and swap these seats now so I'm not dragging these 50 lb seats into the house back and forth - its just 4 bolts and a plug, right? No, you fool, you bought a BMW. The seats were out of an older (2007) car, and while everything bolted up, my seats have what is called 'active headrest restraint' that fires like an seat belt tensioner in an accident.
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A little digging on the internet and a youtube video, I've taken the backs off the seats, swapped the headrests in and plugged them in under the seat. Not a huge deal and rather have the safety features than not. I didnt unplug my battery when doing this, so now I have SRS/Airbag warning lights on too. No big deal to get them reset.
The last kick in the nuts about this, is the sensor that knows if there's a person sitting in the seat doesnt work, either, for the seat belt reminder. Of course I find all of this out after I buy these things and bring them home. This can be disabled/removed through ECU coding, so I'm going to do that and we're done. The only upside to this is that they're pretty sensitive - my work bag sitting on the seat with 2 laptops will trigger it, which is annoying. I pulled the cover off of the old seats, which was a pain, but it looks like the seat occupancy sensor is integrated into the cushion somehow so cant just swap them over.
Going to call Mach V in the morning to make an appointment, I'm hoping they can do the ECU coding, but I'll have them check the balance on the new wheels, pair the TPMS and put them on and hopefully install the intake manifold and tune.
I get home Saturday afternoon and I thought, let's be smart and swap these seats now so I'm not dragging these 50 lb seats into the house back and forth - its just 4 bolts and a plug, right? No, you fool, you bought a BMW. The seats were out of an older (2007) car, and while everything bolted up, my seats have what is called 'active headrest restraint' that fires like an seat belt tensioner in an accident.
A little digging on the internet and a youtube video, I've taken the backs off the seats, swapped the headrests in and plugged them in under the seat. Not a huge deal and rather have the safety features than not. I didnt unplug my battery when doing this, so now I have SRS/Airbag warning lights on too. No big deal to get them reset.
The last kick in the nuts about this, is the sensor that knows if there's a person sitting in the seat doesnt work, either, for the seat belt reminder. Of course I find all of this out after I buy these things and bring them home. This can be disabled/removed through ECU coding, so I'm going to do that and we're done. The only upside to this is that they're pretty sensitive - my work bag sitting on the seat with 2 laptops will trigger it, which is annoying. I pulled the cover off of the old seats, which was a pain, but it looks like the seat occupancy sensor is integrated into the cushion somehow so cant just swap them over.
Going to call Mach V in the morning to make an appointment, I'm hoping they can do the ECU coding, but I'll have them check the balance on the new wheels, pair the TPMS and put them on and hopefully install the intake manifold and tune.