Audi RS4 Seat Upgrade

[Snakelimit]

Do you have or plan to have leisure battery? As this might help with plan how to connect it other wise you either need to connect to main fuse box. Someone here might help more as mine got fuse under box as was ex rec van

 

[nodecentral]

I have a leisure battery under the drivers seat, if that helps

 

[nodecentral]

My connection blocks don’t map with what was shared earlier - but I’m going to make an educated guess and assume the thickest two wires coming from the drivers seat are expected to be 12v+ and ground ?

 

[Snakelimit]

I have a leisure battery under the drivers seat, if that helps

Try to see if there its fuse box next to battery

 

[nodecentral]

Nope, the only fuse box I have is on the lower dash, to the left under the gear stick ..

 

[nodecentral]

Hi all,

With the weekend in mind, for me to get basic operation (forward backwards up down), is all that’s required from me is to just connect a 12v & GND feed to each of the motors underneath ? And for those to go the opposite way, I would reverse that 12v feed ?

 

[Snakelimit]

Hi yes that what I plan to do you can buy buttons which operate that way if you scroll few pages it’s on/off/on button where it change porality.
If you want just to move them to install then yes you can just swap +and - as dc motor will go other way etc.
I’m surprised yours don’t work as most ppl just connect from main plug, don’t forget to put fuse as well just in case.

 

[nodecentral]

Thanks @Snakelimit,

While I’ve got the seats I’m still in the learning and planning phase, taking the seats out led to me taking the cab floor up, to then buying sound deadening material but then seeing chunks of rust on the bare floor - the latter two of which are my weekend jobs sorted before I can get to the fun part of the seats

Have you tested yours with just a direct 12v - if so is the speed of movement an issue - does voltage need to be adjusted in any way for speed ?

 

[T6Norfolk]

I still need to switch my sears the new fully electric ones have been sat waiting to be fitted for ages now. Once I switch them I can finally sell the other TT supersports seats in the van. Did anyone remove all the air bags before fitting?

 

[nodecentral]

I’ve read different opinions on this, most seem to suggest if you leave them alone they will be fine, and then other have mentioned VW Audi Airbag Lockout Adapters

I assume that’s these …

Is anyone using these (or considering it) ?