2004-5 Deville Bucket Seats

[Camar068]

While out doing some trading on my old brush guard, I came across a Cadillac Deville with great looking bucket seats. I believe they are electric, didn't pay much attention as I was happy they were black leather with no rips or holes. The other good part is he only wants $100 for the set....including what ever brackets, wiring, and console I need.

What do ya'll think? Possible w/o cutting the floor out on a K10? The picture below is one I found on the net for reference.

 

[DanMcG]

Bump, Nice looking seat, but will it fit nicely in a Square?

 

[Old77]

Great looking seat! Worth the $100 to at least take home and see what the possibilities are. If it turns out hounding use them you can sell them again and make a very nice profit on them!!

 

[firebane]

It depends mostly on the mounts to the floor and how high the seats are.

 

[yevgenievich]

Check tge width of it first to make sure it is similar to original bench

 

[Stewzer55]

Yeah, they are bucket seats and the center "seat" is just a padded shorty console with a folding armrest, much like the GMT800+ trucks. I've been thinking about getting one of these for my Olds wagon because the cupholders are pretty good.

 

[DanMcG]

I looked a few Cadillac and buicks today in the salvage yard and I think it could be done with some custom mounts. It was cold blowin and snowin so I didn't look real hard.

 

[Stewzer55]

Brownie points if you can get the heated/cooled seats working too.

 

[Camar068]

Thanks guys, finally had a $100 to spare so I went and got em. They don't have any tears or rips. Hopefully won't take long to test them out n see how they fit. I got the console although it's missing the lid. I'll either buy one or build something to mesh with interior.

With them out of the vehicle (2003 DeVille), I'm a bit worried. The leather on the passenger seat is very hard/brittle. Can this be softened up with saddle soap, armour all, etc?

 

[Stewzer55]

There are products that will soften the leather, I know mink oil will, there are lot of leather stuff that can soften them up.

 

[Camar068]

crap I had a bunch typed up, but hit the x on this tab and lost everyting.

The passenger seat is easy to wire up....orange to hot, black to ground. The drivers seat is a different story. It expects to be hooked up to the computer. Without the computer, I believe it will not monitor the heated seats current flow....thus maybe burning up the seat. A heated bum is at the bottom of the list, so I could care less. Also being hooked up to the vehicle allows for 2 memory positions.

So to install the drivers seat into another vehicle you need:

-12V=large orange, 2 small oranges, and the pink (not sure if it will run the battery down or not. Easy fix is to put all of them on an ignition controlled relay.

-GND = Large black and 2 browns

The link below led me to figure this out. Post #11, I didn't have the grey wire he mentions.

http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/2004-2007-cadillac-cts-v-general/136114-drivers-seat-wiring-diagram.html

 

[Camar068]

oh yeh, don't hook up 12V and ground to the orange/black stripe and black/white stripe. Sounded like a very good cap gun. Pretty sure that has to do with the air bags LOL.

 

[bucket]

oh yeh, don't hook up 12V and ground to the orange/black stripe and black/white stripe. Sounded like a very good cap gun. Pretty sure that has to do with the air bags LOL.

The sound you heard was probably the seatbelt buckle tightening up like it was in a wreck. I think those models had that feature.

 

[Camar068]

lol but I bet they don't smoke when that happens. I initially thought oh **** and laughed.....but then I thought oh **** again.....wonder if the wife thought a gun went off. She was like what the hell was that....I just started laughin' again.

 

[bucket]

lol but I bet they don't smoke when that happens. I initially thought oh **** and laughed.....but then I thought oh **** again.....wonder if the wife thought a gun went off. She was like what the hell was that....I just started laughin' again.

They could have. The actuator goes off with a bang... I'm betting that's what it was. If it was the side airbag, shouldn't it have popped out of the seat?