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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 11:15 AM
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I have a 2000 camaro V6 and I found some leather power seats from an 01 T/A . My seats are manual will the power seats work on mine ?
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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Do the seats come with all required electrical parts? Actuators, motors, etc.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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I thought that is already included with the seats ?
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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the seats have a plug at the bottom which should plug directly to harness on the car. the plugs on your car should be tucked underneath the carpet, as your car did not come with power seats. i would think that the plugs would mate, but you never know as the seat is from a t/a and the car is a camaro. if not, you can just cut off the plugs and splice them together. if there is no plug under the carpet, you can just run a hotwire and a ground to the seat and make them work that way as well..

thats assuming youre talking about a power rail. if youre referring to the power lumbar supports, only the firebirds had that option if i remember correctly, so you would have to hotwire the seat to make it work.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake_the_Snake
the seats have a plug at the bottom which should plug directly to harness on the car. the plugs on your car should be tucked underneath the carpet, as your car did not come with power seats. i would think that the plugs would mate, but you never know as the seat is from a t/a and the car is a camaro. if not, you can just cut off the plugs and splice them together. if there is no plug under the carpet, you can just run a hotwire and a ground to the seat and make them work that way as well..

thats assuming youre talking about a power rail. if youre referring to the power lumbar supports, only the firebirds had that option if i remember correctly, so you would have to hotwire the seat to make it work.
cool man thx for the info
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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Power seats suck dude..Especially Trans Am ones, I can't get comfy like I could with my Camaro V6.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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Really? Couldn't get comfy in the TA seats? I'm the exact opposite. My sister's Camaro leather seats aren't in the same league...hell they aren't even playing the same sport as my TA leathers.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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im in the same boat. my ta leathers are much more comfortable than my buddies camaro seats...i just need to fix the driver side cuz its stuck in recline lol
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I am 6'4 so that probably makes a difference. I can get comfy but then it hurts my leg to hit the clutch because the bottom of the seat gets in the way. With the Camaro I just leaned the whole seat all the way back and adjusted the recline, perfect. I am too lazy to deal with all this power ****, if someone has a leather non power T/A seat I will gladly trade.
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ive got non power lt1 style trans am seats. driver seat is stuck in slight recline which sounds like thats what you do anyways lol
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Originally Posted by Jake_the_Snake
the seats have a plug at the bottom which should plug directly to harness on the car. the plugs on your car should be tucked underneath the carpet, as your car did not come with power seats. i would think that the plugs would mate, but you never know as the seat is from a t/a and the car is a camaro. if not, you can just cut off the plugs and splice them together. if there is no plug under the carpet, you can just run a hotwire and a ground to the seat and make them work that way as well..

thats assuming youre talking about a power rail. if youre referring to the power lumbar supports, only the firebirds had that option if i remember correctly, so you would have to hotwire the seat to make it work.
So how would one go about making this ALL work lol
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There should be an electrical plug under the carpet on the drivers side.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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does the passenger side have a connection also ?
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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Is there any way I can hook up the passenger side ?
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bump any one know ?
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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It should have one under the carpet on the passenger side as well if I'm thinking right.
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by LS69TA
It should have one under the carpet on the passenger side as well if I'm thinking right.
Are you sure man because I don't want to rip up my carpet haha. I just got it
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IIRC there's no power to the Passenger seats.
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No plug on the passenger side, it splits from drivers side to power passenger.
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Originally Posted by transam5.7lt1
No plug on the passenger side, it splits from drivers side to power passenger.
cool thx man
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