Manual seat bases

[Kcalhoun27]

I think I remember reading the answer on the old forum, but can some one please confirm that if i can locate some manual bases, they are a direct swap in to remove the electric bases i currently have? I had manual bases in my last car and my current truck and definitely prefer them

thanks

[ZHPizza]

Yes you can swap them but I'm still not sure what all is involved as most DIYs are adding heating elements and such. I have a set of manual seats in the garage waiting to swap the bases over to get that extra headroom.

[liam821]

It's a direct swap - but you need to disassemble the whole seats to actually swap it which is a massive pita.

https://thebuildjournal.com/diy/e46-m3-seat-leather-swap-diy/

^ That is to swap the leather, but it's basically the same procedure.

[Kcalhoun27]

Almost seems like itll be easier to buy new seats completely. Isnt that a bummer...

[liam821]

Almost seems like itll be easier to buy new seats completely. Isnt that a bummer...

Pretty much