Anyone put 996 seats in a Carrera

steve911T · 02-15-2014, 09:19 AM

Picked up a set of 996-2001 seats at a good price and was wondering if anyone had tried to put these seats into a Carrera. Searched a bit and found nothing but I am SURE someone has done this. Thanks for any information. Steve

$ Short · $ Short's Garage

I know 997 seats have been put in my Carrera. You should be able to install 996 seats.

faverymi · 02-16-2014, 03:09 AM

I put boxster seats in a car before. Same design as 996s

Have to get the older 911 brackets/rails that mount to the floor.

The deal was adapting the rails to fit the seats. Minor DIY fabrication. Doable.

Car is gone and I took no pictures.

blockhed · 02-16-2014, 04:36 AM

They can be made to work but are so heavy.

boyt911sc · boyt911sc's Garage

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Originally Posted by steve911T

Picked up a set of 996-2001 seats at a good price and was wondering if anyone had tried to put these seats into a Carrera. Searched a bit and found nothing but I am SURE someone has done this. Thanks for any information. Steve

I also have a pair of 996 leather seats in excellent condition that are being fitted into an '78 SC. It would fit with some modification on the rail/s (brackets). Even if you use the power seats mechanism assembly with the seat/s, a simple fabrication of brackets/rails are indeed required to mount the 996 seats to the 911 frame (up to '89).

Tony

kodioneill · kodioneill's Garage

I installed a set of electric 996 seats in my 85 Carrera and they fit nice.

fanaudical · fanaudical's Garage

I have a set of boxster seats in my '75. I was able to modify the boxster seat rails to make them bolt in. The seat bottoms sit a little higher than stock, but that wasn't a problem for me.

steve911T · 04-02-2014, 06:36 PM

How did you adapt the driver's seat electrical system to the Carrera system? What a mess! Thanks for any help. The brackets were the easy part and the passenger electrics were a piece of cake. Steve

964TargaC2 · 04-03-2014, 02:55 AM

I installed a set in my 90 C2 and had to bypass the seat "brain" on the drivers side to get the electrics to work and as noted they do sit higher

LEAKYSEALS951 · 04-03-2014, 04:05 AM

Did the seat rails/holes in the 997 (or 996) line up with the air-cooled chassis bolt holes, is it that easy? or did you have to use adapters? I saw a set of 997 seats for sale the other day and was wondering about using them.
R

964TargaC2 · 04-03-2014, 06:17 AM

On the front of the rail you just bend the seat rail bracket, the Rear requires a small hole be drilled so the seat bolt can be secured to the chassis bolt holes

There are adaptors available but they are close to $200 bucks for a set and I decided to just drill them, I have since sold the 996 heated seats and put in 996 Sport seats..same method

steve911T · 04-03-2014, 07:56 AM

The problem is not the mounting or the electric on the passenger seat, it is the driver seat electric that, from going through the last 7 years of PP posts, has not been solved ( at least by most mortals on the PP website). What I am going to do is to make a panel that will have 4 DPDT switches to control each motor directly. There is a post where that was done with success. The switches on the driver seat cannot be used due to the fact it is actuated with a 5V power source somewhere located in the 996. I have a few ideas to try but the DPDT switches seem the most likely, cheapest and easiest solution. I did make the brackets to fit the existing mounts on the Carrera and can shoot you picts and dimensions if you would like. Steve