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KevinH1990 · 01-25-2023, 07:15 PM

I know I am taking a risk, but yesterday was my birthday and I decided to buy these seats:

The seller claimed they are from a 2009 997 with 51,000 miles.

They have all the options I wanted including heat.

There is a post on Rennlist in which a member named Floridaman said he was able to make seats like this work: https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/1279635-18-way-power-seat-test-help-2.html#post18593747

Although other members had issues.

As Floridaman recommended on Rennlist, I also have the pigtails from the car.

The less complicated side (I assume it is the passenger) is mostly power and ground.

The twisted wires are most likely the CAN high and CAN low which is for the memory.**** I am assuming anything predominantly brown is ground and predominantly red is power.

I have a computer power supply that I can use for 12-volt power.**** My plan is to use this to power the seat and experiment until am comfortable with my understanding of how the seat operates.**** I hope that I am as fortunate as Floridaman and have working seats without too many complications.****

There is a good series of videos on YouTube showing how to connect the seat heaters from 997/987 seats and make them work with 986/996 controls.**** I'm not planning to make use of the CAN bus, so I don't expect to make to be able****to make the memory work.

I welcome comments and suggestions.

01-25-2023, 07:15 PM	#1
KevinH1990 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,723	Starting the process of installing 997 seats in a 997 I know I am taking a risk, but yesterday was my birthday and I decided to buy these seats: The seller claimed they are from a 2009 997 with 51,000 miles. They have all the options I wanted including heat. There is a post on Rennlist in which a member named Floridaman said he was able to make seats like this work: https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/1279635-18-way-power-seat-test-help-2.html#post18593747 Although other members had issues. As Floridaman recommended on Rennlist, I also have the pigtails from the car. The less complicated side (I assume it is the passenger) is mostly power and ground. The twisted wires are most likely the CAN high and CAN low which is for the memory.** I am assuming anything predominantly brown is ground and predominantly red is power. I have a computer power supply that I can use for 12-volt power. My plan is to use this to power the seat and experiment until am comfortable with my understanding of how the seat operates. I hope that I am as fortunate as Floridaman and have working seats without too many complications. There is a good series of videos on YouTube showing how to connect the seat heaters from 997/987 seats and make them work with 986/996 controls. I'm not planning to make use of the CAN bus, so I don't expect to make to be able**to make the memory work. I welcome comments and suggestions. __________________ 2000 Arctic Silver/Black, Hard Top, On Board Computer PNP Rear Speakers, HAES 6-Channel Amp, Avic Z140BH, Painted Bumperettes, 2004 (OEM) Top, Homelink integrated in dash with Targa switch, 997 Shifter, Carrera Gauge Cluster with silver gauge faces, heated 997 adaptive sports seats, Litronics, silver console