E89 M-Sports in an E85/E86
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Lovely job. Funny that the mounting points for the E89 are narrower than the E85; I'd have assumed the exact opposite!
smorris_12 said:
It's either that the Germans were lazy or budget constraints. They took the seat base and rails from an E46 and put on a different back so it would fit in an E85. The leather seat base you actually sit on is 48cm wide on the E89 and 51cm on the E85/6.
All Pictures are of the E85/6 seat base
The reason for the extra width is purely for the seat belt mounting point as this is on the rail of the E85 but for the E89 they put it on the seat base.
Everything is tucked under nicely on the other side
The controls on the side of the E85 seat are really bulked out as the metal levers for moving the seat are tucked under the seat base
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Pondrew said:
Thanks
When all the finer details are done I'll rewrite and put it in the how-to section
Still need to sort the passenger seat occupancy sensor for facelift cars. Maybe one day someone will fit a set or I'll find a facelift car I can try the passenger seat in.
Right I'm 6'1" and 200 pounds (15 stone.)
I made an initial comment that you wouldn't want to any taller than me however when adjusting the seat I forgot to use the tilt where you raise the front of the seat base and the back of it lowers. I'm used to electric seats.
So with the seat tilted there is more leg room. I used to have the seat all the way back and tilted as low as it can go with standard normal seats and these e89 seats seem about the same. There is a little less room as the back is thicker. It depends on the position of the back.
I don't fit in e85 M-Sports which is why I tried the e89 seats. My back and hips are too wide. Quite disappointing as I spent ages trying to find some
I made an initial comment that you wouldn't want to any taller than me however when adjusting the seat I forgot to use the tilt where you raise the front of the seat base and the back of it lowers. I'm used to electric seats.
So with the seat tilted there is more leg room. I used to have the seat all the way back and tilted as low as it can go with standard normal seats and these e89 seats seem about the same. There is a little less room as the back is thicker. It depends on the position of the back.
I don't fit in e85 M-Sports which is why I tried the e89 seats. My back and hips are too wide. Quite disappointing as I spent ages trying to find some
Updates:
Measurements for the drill holes in the plates. The plate needs to be 46.5cm long & 7.8cm wide. The holes are 12mm. Remember to do a plate one way and flip over to do the second plate the other way so you have a left and right hand plate.
Look at pictures on page 2 for countersink position, you will need a 20.5 hss countersink. Not enjoyable to do and a pillar drill helps a lot!
I have managed to fit an occupancy sensor from a standard E85 seat into the passenger seat base. Its a very tight fit but worked. No photos I'm afraid.
Part numbers for the electrics if you don't want to use parts from your old E85/6 seats:
2 x Heated seat plug 61138369713
4 x Spade pin for the above plug 61138364835
2 x Small pin for the above plug 61131393723
2 x Electric seat plug (for lordosis) 61138369715
4 x Spade pin for the above 61136901733
2 x Pretensioner plug 61138377143
1 x Occupancy Sensor plug 8369717 (cannot find this anywhere online)
2 x Yellow block harness connector 52108255704 (expensive new at £20 each, source second hand if possible.
Dean'o had some black E89 seats put in his Z4:
Measurements for the drill holes in the plates. The plate needs to be 46.5cm long & 7.8cm wide. The holes are 12mm. Remember to do a plate one way and flip over to do the second plate the other way so you have a left and right hand plate.
Look at pictures on page 2 for countersink position, you will need a 20.5 hss countersink. Not enjoyable to do and a pillar drill helps a lot!
I have managed to fit an occupancy sensor from a standard E85 seat into the passenger seat base. Its a very tight fit but worked. No photos I'm afraid.
Part numbers for the electrics if you don't want to use parts from your old E85/6 seats:
2 x Heated seat plug 61138369713
4 x Spade pin for the above plug 61138364835
2 x Small pin for the above plug 61131393723
2 x Electric seat plug (for lordosis) 61138369715
4 x Spade pin for the above 61136901733
2 x Pretensioner plug 61138377143
1 x Occupancy Sensor plug 8369717 (cannot find this anywhere online)
2 x Yellow block harness connector 52108255704 (expensive new at £20 each, source second hand if possible.
Dean'o had some black E89 seats put in his Z4:
