Recaro Sport Topline Seat Installation Help please

[BigBadBen]

So, I removed my passenger and drivers seat, just the regular full electric OEM seats, had to take the car out of the garage to remove the drivers seat..needed the room to get the seat out. Anyway now I have the air bag light on the dash.

Does anybody know how my new Toplines connect to the OEM wiring harness so the car thinks everything is OK and the air bag light goes out? Is there a resistor or some kind of wire loop I can install that fools the the DME into thinking everything is OK.

TIA...Ben

[Loren]

The airbag light will not go out on its own - it must be reset with the Durametric software, PST2 or PIWIS tester.

Some racers use a 100 ohm resister across the seat belt buckle to fool the airbag circuit (since they are using a 6-point harness).

[BigBadBen]

100 ohm res eh! I will be using the factory buckle not a harness. I would still need to figure out which wire goes where for the seat belt buckle, hang on, as the OEM seat buckle will not be connected to the factory wiring harness, how dos this work....am I missing something here?...I am not sure what the best way is of doing this..any suggestions Loren...I really appreciate the info so far.

How would you do this?

Ben

The airbag light will not go out on its own - it must be reset with the Durametric software, PST2 or PIWIS tester.

Some racers use a 100 ohm resister across the seat belt buckle to fool the airbag circuit (since they are using a 6-point harness).

[Loren]

As I recall the factory seat belt buckle can be taken off the factory seat along with the factory cabling. It then becomes a case of connecting the buckle hardware to the new seat.

[BigBadBen]

Once I took a good look at the seat, I realized the circuit/wiring harness was removable with the OEM buckle itself, I should have realized that ..doh!....Perfect Loren...the project continues. I don't think the buckle mounting to the Reacaro seat will be an issue, I will find out once the seats arrive on Friday.

Thanks again for your assistance, it is very much appreciated! :beer:

Ben

As I recall the factory seat belt buckle can be taken off the factory seat along with the factory cabling. It then becomes a case of connecting the buckle hardware to the new seat.

[Niclas P]

Once I took a good look at the seat, I realized the circuit/wiring harness was removable with the OEM buckle itself, I should have realized that ..doh!....Perfect Loren...the project continues. I don't think the buckle mounting to the Reacaro seat will be an issue, I will find out once the seats arrive on Friday.

Thanks again for your assistance, it is very much appreciated! :beer:

Ben

As I recall the factory seat belt buckle can be taken off the factory seat along with the factory cabling. It then becomes a case of connecting the buckle hardware to the new seat.

How did this turn out ? Did it work ?

I am in the process of swapping my std seat on the drivers side for a Sparco seat. I have electric seats with memory, and to avoid having the airbag light coming on I need to re-attach the electrics from the seat, all or is there a separate connector for the buckle ?

Regards,

[BigBadBen]

Once I took a good look at the seat, I realized the circuit/wiring harness was removable with the OEM buckle itself, I should have realized that ..doh!....Perfect Loren...the project continues. I don't think the buckle mounting to the Reacaro seat will be an issue, I will find out once the seats arrive on Friday.

Thanks again for your assistance, it is very much appreciated! :beer:

Ben

As I recall the factory seat belt buckle can be taken off the factory seat along with the factory cabling. It then becomes a case of connecting the buckle hardware to the new seat.

How did this turn out ? Did it work ?

I am in the process of swapping my std seat on the drivers side for a Sparco seat. I have electric seats with memory, and to avoid having the airbag light coming on I need to re-attach the electrics from the seat, all or is there a separate connector for the buckle ?

Regards,

First and foremost do NOT start your car with the buckle electrical wire disconnected from the connector it attaches to. If you do it will throw an airbag code which the dealer will have to reset for you..cha ching for the "Stealer"!...maybe Remove the buckle and connector from the wiring harness, you will have to disassemble the connector as it has a bunch of other connectors going into it but. ..it's easy to do. You also cannot mess up putting the buckle connector back on as it can only go one way I think. I used a tie wrap to securely hold the connectors together and then some electrical tape. Does that make sense?

Other than that it's a straight forward process.

Ben

[vette67]

Once I took a good look at the seat, I realized the circuit/wiring harness was removable with the OEM buckle itself, I should have realized that ..doh!....Perfect Loren...the project continues. I don't think the buckle mounting to the Reacaro seat will be an issue, I will find out once the seats arrive on Friday.

Thanks again for your assistance, it is very much appreciated! :beer:

Ben

As I recall the factory seat belt buckle can be taken off the factory seat along with the factory cabling. It then becomes a case of connecting the buckle hardware to the new seat.

How did this turn out ? Did it work ?

I am in the process of swapping my std seat on the drivers side for a Sparco seat. I have electric seats with memory, and to avoid having the airbag light coming on I need to re-attach the electrics from the seat, all or is there a separate connector for the buckle ?

Regards,

First and foremost do NOT start your car with the buckle electrical wire disconnected from the connector it attaches to. If you do it will throw an airbag code which the dealer will have to reset for you..cha ching for the "Stealer"!...maybe Remove the buckle and connector from the wiring harness, you will have to disassemble the connector as it has a bunch of other connectors going into it but. ..it's easy to do. You also cannot mess up putting the buckle connector back on as it can only go one way I think. I used a tie wrap to securely hold the connectors together and then some electrical tape. Does that make sense?

Other than that it's a straight forward process.

Ben

Im not so sure about it being a straighforward process. Im in the middle of installing a Recaro SRD sports seat in my 996 and am going to need to attach the Porsche tunnel-side seat belt receptacle to the new seat. I am in the process of doing my homework on it now and looking at hardware adapters, etc. Brey-Krause makes an adapter R-9005 that might be required. Im going to try it without the adapter first.

The situation is that I am using a Recaro floor-mount bracket and sliders, so I know that I will need an floor-mount adapter to get the seat in. I have found side-mount adapters that have the hole in them to mount 996 seat belt receptacles... or you could even drill a hole in a side mount. But with a floor mount you do not get a hole to fit the stock 996 seat belt receptacles.

There is a hole on the Recaro bracket under the seat that might work if my seat belt receptacle assembly is long enough and flexible enough to bolt there and flex 90 degrees up and around the side of the seat. If not then so far the only thing Ive found is the BK R-9005 adapter that might work if it is not going to interfere with the recaro seat hinge which is directly above the previously-mentioned mounting hole.

Im taking pics as I go and once its all done I will post a DIY for mounting Recaro Sport seats in a 996.

[gandrade1]

Im not so sure about it being a straighforward process. Im in the middle of installing a Recaro SRD sports seat in my 996 and am going to need to attach the Porsche tunnel-side seat belt receptacle to the new seat. I am in the process of doing my homework on it now and looking at hardware adapters, etc. Brey-Krause makes an adapter R-9005 that might be required. Im going to try it without the adapter first.

The situation is that I am using a Recaro floor-mount bracket and sliders, so I know that I will need an floor-mount adapter to get the seat in. I have found side-mount adapters that have the hole in them to mount 996 seat belt receptacles... or you could even drill a hole in a side mount. But with a floor mount you do not get a hole to fit the stock 996 seat belt receptacles.

There is a hole on the Recaro bracket under the seat that might work if my seat belt receptacle assembly is long enough and flexible enough to bolt there and flex 90 degrees up and around the side of the seat. If not then so far the only thing Ive found is the BK R-9005 adapter that might work if it is not going to interfere with the recaro seat hinge which is directly above the previously-mentioned mounting hole.

Im taking pics as I go and once its all done I will post a DIY for mounting Recaro Sport seats in a 996.

I am very curious on how you ended up mounting the seat belt receptacles...I am going through the same process, but my seats are Kirkeys. I also want to retain the original seatbelts.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Gus