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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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I can get a matching leather passenger seat with manual adjuster. Can I swap this for my drivers power seat for a small weight reduction?

Or is it worth pulling the electric motor etc out of my power seat ? Any idea how much it weighs?

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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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You can save around 15-20 pounds and there are manual drivers side seat tracks available out there....
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I've got a set of manual sliders for sale
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for drivers side?
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So a manual passenger seat will fit to a manual drivers side seat tracks?

Or can I just pull the motor off my driverside seat for a weight saving, and if so is it as much weight off as a manual slider?

Thanks for helping a newbie
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Originally Posted by Duffster
for drivers side?
Yup. Have both actually
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Are the drivers and passengers side manual seat tracks both the same, or are they side specific?
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I'm pretty sure they're side specific. This is my driver's side:



And this is my passenger's side:



The driver's side seems to be a lot heftier
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The difference from the passenger to driver seat in my Trans Am seemed to be around 10lbs.

That's the fully optioned leather ones though.

Driver being electric and passenger being manual.

Just going aftermarket on both would be more worth it to me, if you got the cash.
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going aftermarket on both would be more worth it
I agree, but I don't think I'd find them comfortable enough for my 3 hour journeys.

Thanks for all the info and pics LadyDriven, I'll get back to you if I get the seat swap I'm hoping for.
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