Has anyone changed their front seats?

[gregc]

I changed my rear seats, and I've been too busy to get the front seats swapped out. I know the G8 seats are a downgrade because I lose the 8 way controls for the drivers side. I'm hoping the harness is a simple plug and play. I'm looking at the Katskinz website to see different ideas as to how I want my leather seats to look like. The reupholestery is an entire different project saved for another time.

[Navy Lifer]

Steve Eckart has G8 seats in his PPV....he doesn't spend any time here, but if you look back through e-mails I sent earlier, you will see his name and can pick off his e-mail address. He will respond, but most likely would prefer to talk. He's in Texas.

I purchased a full set of G8 seats, and have similar concerns between PPV & G8 seat features, and plan to figure out how to use the G8 base for the power fore/aft feature while keeping the PPV power features--so they are not installed yet. I also want to figure out how to incorporate the seat heaters in the G8 seats. Wiring and function (probably through BCM) could be a challenge. I, too, want to consider something different as far as color--not a fan of going all black, and some lighter colors as part of the seat help make the interior feel more spacious. I've looked at Katzkin myself--like you, no rush.

[The Tech]

not a fan of going all black, and some lighter colors as part of the seat help make the interior feel more spacious.

Sorry if this is off topic but mine is the only PPV I have seen up close. My seats are black cloth but have thin white lines in the inserts as well as what appears to be leather (possibly Pleather) details near the top for the airbag sides and the headrests. The white lines in the inserts are incorporated in the back seat as well. Is this standard?

Thanks,

[Navy Lifer]

Tom, I think you have the same interior--it changes appearance based on natural or artificial light, and in direct vs indirect light. The color variation, whether white or (I've seen this listed) green "thread" in the center and back seating areas, is standard-issue. Black, onyx, or whatever....there was/is no optional color--just the 9C3 cloth vs 9C1 vinyl/cloth mix.

[gregc]

not a fan of going all black, and some lighter colors as part of the seat help make the interior feel more spacious.

Sorry if this is off topic but mine is the only PPV I have seen up close. My seats are black cloth but have thin white lines in the inserts as well as what appears to be leather (possibly Pleather) details near the top for the airbag sides and the headrests. The white lines in the inserts are incorporated in the back seat as well. Is this standard?

Thanks,

All PPVs have the same front seats called eclipse. If you have a a 9C3, you have a matching rear seat with the eclipse cloth. I have a 9C1, with the optional vinyl rear seat.

[elc32955]

You know... I was looking at the Recaro seats in the 2010 & up Cadillac CTS-V's on-line.... those look really, really nice. I wonder if those would physically fit in our cars? There's a few sets of late model CTS-V seats on car-part.com. Cleveland pick-a-part has a matching left/right side set out of a 2012 CTV-V with 16K listed right now in black. I could tolerate the Cadillac emblem on the seat for good comfort like that... lol...

Here's a few shots of one I found on an EBAY listing out of a 2010 car, these are sorta doggy but you get the idea.

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[Tom Slick]

Tom, I think you have the same interior--it changes appearance based on natural or artificial light, and in direct vs indirect light. The color variation, whether white or (I've seen this listed) green "thread" in the center and back seating areas, is standard-issue. Black, onyx, or whatever....there was/is no optional color--just the 9C3 cloth vs 9C1 vinyl/cloth mix.

The fabric is white and black(charcoal grey, actually)... the green is an optical illusion. The good thing is that the material on our seats is higher quality, made to handle more punishment that standard "production" fabric.

Here are a few pics of mine:







Later,
Tom Slick

[elc32955]

Just FYI - I did contact Cleveland Pick-a-part on their Recaro seat set from the 2012 CTS-V wreck with 16K miles, black leather that they had listed on Car-part.com. They want $2,900 for the complete seat set (front & rear matching) plus $450 for truck shipping to my zip, and I have to have a forklift or loading dock to unload at or they send them to the "nearest terminal". Now I didn't try to work them for price reduction any, but considering that the option from GM was $3,400 new, that's still a hefty price on those seats. Too rich for my blood right now!

So, if anyone wants this set have at it! I'm gonna bide my time and try to find a cheaper set down the road... I was doing some picture comparisons and found the sport seats in my Volvo are very close to the same construction as the Recaros. No wonder they're so comfortable....

[gregc]

The recaro seats are comfortable, but not $2900 comfortable. How would you know if the rear seats would fit? I'd just get the fronts even if the seat covers are in so so condition and have it and a rear set of G8 seats reupholstered to match.

Just FYI - I did contact Cleveland Pick-a-part on their Recaro seat set from the 2012 CTS-V wreck with 16K miles, black leather that they had listed on Car-part.com. They want $2,900 for the complete seat set (front & rear matching) plus $450 for truck shipping to my zip, and I have to have a forklift or loading dock to unload at or they send them to the "nearest terminal". Now I didn't try to work them for price reduction any, but considering that the option from GM was $3,400 new, that's still a hefty price on those seats. Too rich for my blood right now!

So, if anyone wants this set have at it! I'm gonna bide my time and try to find a cheaper set down the road... I was doing some picture comparisons and found the sport seats in my Volvo are very close to the same construction as the Recaros. No wonder they're so comfortable....

[elc32955]

A lot of the CTS-V interior trim looks very close to our designs if not identical. For instance the assist handles in the rear appear to be the same type design from casual glance. I took a good look at the non-Recaro seat, and they appear almost identical to our frames. I'd be willing to bet we could take a set of AQ9 seat skins and foams, remove our cloth and foams, and pop them right over and they'd fit (not sure about the police cutout though on our frames). I'd be willing to bet some of the base design for the 2009 & up car was sourced from Holden, or at least very strongly influenced by it. Probably in a desire to promote consistency between the parts line manufacturing operations I'd guess, one day they do Caprice seats, another day they do Holden seats, etc etc.... of course the Recaros are a completely separate line in the US plant.

We need to take a good look at CTS parts when sourcing seats and misc. interior for our cars, seems like at least on some items there could be interchange there. Here's a shot of the 2012 CTS rear seat, compare to ours and you see what I mean...

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