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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff N.
    You're aware that there are different harnesses based on the seats you install in the car? Try carefully researching in ETK your seat harness part #'s and those from the donor car and I bet you'll find they are not the same. I seem to recall you'll need 2 or 3 harnesses to make it work. One from the main harness to the first seat and then a connector harness from the first seat to the second.

    Or go, back and get them from the donar car. I think this should take care of it.

    I think this you be correct, but cant i bypass all that for the drivers seat and just power it by itself, thats what i did with the pass side? There are a couple of harnesses, here is a link to the pics http://community.webshots.com/album/262047682BPfTzV

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    Default Sure ... you can try to bypass.... BUT

    ..no one seems to know how to do it. Also, I wouldn't assume that "all you need is power". The daisy chain way the wiring works adds complexity.

    I'd get the correct harnesses. They should just plug in and work. How simple is that?


    Quote Originally Posted by e34it
    I think this you be correct, but cant i bypass all that for the drivers seat and just power it by itself, thats what i did with the pass side? There are a couple of harnesses, here is a link to the pics http://community.webshots.com/album/262047682BPfTzV
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    They dont though, the harness in my car is white in color and longer than the one coming out of the seat, the harnesses aer identical in my car for driver side and passenger side. We ran two power wires that are now fused, from the battery, to the seats individually, pass side operates fine, but the drivers side is another can of worms, the wiring is totally different, all i need to know is how to run power to the seat, all other controls dont matter cause the wiring is seperate. The seats are controlled seperately and individually by one power wire each, so this is the main issue.

    Thanks fro any help

    Brad

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