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  1. #1
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    Swapping Front Seats

    I just helped my bro buy some E38 contour seats from a wrecking yard to fit into his E39. Needless to say, I'm green with envy and started thinking about which seats I can find to improve my driving comfort level... Can we directly swap in E46 M seats? I have a sedan with alcantara interior if that makes a difference. Looking at some of these (in my dreams):

    http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...highlight=seat
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    M3 seats will fit your car, I believe.
    In the market for an E90 M3

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    I believe you can use them, but not sure. Personally I wouldn't put coupe/vert seats into a sedan. I wouldn't even put vert seats in my coupe.

    I know you can get Vader's to fit, but you have to slot the holes so it lines up with the mounting points on the E46. You would therefore have to look for those from a 97 or 98 M3

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    I believe Charlie (CakM3) has made this mod to his zhp. You may ask him about it.

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    Last edited by brettbimmer; 12-10-2013 at 11:49 AM.

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    They bolt right up and the electrical will work too. But they never made M seats for a sedan so you have to deal with the coupe hook thing on the side (used for letting people into the back of the coupe).

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    you can swap M seats into your car as long as you swap the seat rails. I am jealous. I want those seats powered!

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    Yeah, the hooks would look odd but I think having adjustable bolsters and lumbar would be worth it though. I took an 7 hr drive yesterday and the E46 seats just didn't cut it for me. My back was really wishing I had the lumbar option.
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    i just did the swap the hooks i removed and just left the trim piece as far as the seats they "had" power/heat/lumbar but i just used my Manual sport sedan seat frames (no power adjustments) i did this so i did not have to change seat rails i left the heat and lumbar in the frames but my car is/was bone stock with just the sport upgrade so not wired for any of these options so at some point i am going to try to wire/retrofit the lumbar and heat to work (there are diy's for this) but you really have to be Motivated to complete the process (and it took me 2 years just to install the seats lol)
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    If I could get M3 seats with the same cloth/alcantara covers as the stock ZHP seats I would do the swap in a heart beat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brettbimmer View Post
    I believe Charlie (CakeM3) has made this mod to his zhp. You may ask him about it.

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    Charlie did not do this in his ZHP.
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