Got the seats back from Mike the upholstery guy yesterday. Couldn't be happier! I think they look great.
He is still finishing up the headrests, but brought the seats by so I could work on getting them installed.
The stock seat heater elements wouldn't work with the new seat covers, so we installed some aftermarket units.
I talked before about having to wire in a square wave generator to "lie" to the seat controller so it thinks it is connected to the main body computer and enable the seats to work. All still working good.
Got all the wiring finalized into a quick connect pigtail.
And got them installed. Powered and heated BMW seats, with new leather upholstery in a 56 year old car!
Looks a little off without the headrests, but they will be here soon.
And, Mike "signed off" on the custom console I fabricated and took it back to his shop to wrap in leather. Can't wait to get that!
Between the new carpet and the leather seats, it smells like a new car inside. Nice!
Now to install the seat belts. I bought a factory 3-point set but they wouldn't work with these seats. Had the receivers modified by SeatBeltPlanet and now they should be perfect.
And, now that the seats are in, it can be a driver. Just have to bleed the brakes.
I'm going to do that in the next few days and take it for first drive. And then down to Victor, the local Go To exhaust guy and get the exhaust installed.