Prius 2008 Power seat, electric

I just installed Camry full power seat into my prius 08, big difference right away, just need to do all hookups, anybody knows where I can find good power (min 30A) somewhere inside the cabin with easy access?

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Mario

 

all.
it's wider but fit, from the same year Camry Hybrid.
I research air bag issue to be the same type, and connectors are the same, so i took a shot.
Never tested it though -). We have such funny anecdote about this:
in arm store:
- do you bullet proof vests handle direct Kalashnikov shots ?
- I believe so, because nobody come back to us with complaints...


There is one extra "unknown" wire coming into original Camry seat power connector power, my research showed that it's not belong to air bag so I didn't worry about it. with other 2 power is fine.
After install all panel indicators are fine.
You can check some photos I started with:

CamryGo
some connection are in:
CamryGo

But of course you need to redo legs as they are won't fit to existing holes, actually in the bar you can see blocked holes which fit Camry seat, but I can't use them as they are just empty without nuts.
So the project is not for everybody, includes:
-1. Get MS in mechanical engineering (kidding), but it actually helps to see how it load it to be distributed in event of crash. Looking at original legs you can see that in such event it should absorb some energy and bend .
0. I used masking tape on middle console to mark original seat contours, in my case I want it lower, little bit further from steering wheel and "more" horizontal.
Steps inludes:
1a. Bought Driver Seat from Camry hybrid 2008 in dismantle shop $150.
1b. Remove (drill out, grind out) 3 of 4 legs, they are fastened and welded 4 hrs
2. Do all fitting/measuring, I actually made a stand for original seat, with all wholes to make it easy. 10 hrs
3. Order new legs from your local Steel Works ($100) . Blue prints are ready.
4. Order Grade 8 bolts for legs
5. Go to you local body shop to weld 3 legs (which were already bolted)
6. Install it.
7. Connect DC, I'll snake wire from good terminal and connect it with fuse.


During my work I listenedd a lot of legalez stuff which I hate, so I encourage all to drop it in this post, let's go technical . It's purely DYI project for joy, you run away from your wife and enjoy.
I'm not sure how your insurance will look at it if something happaned, but I see that people bying aftermarket seats on ebay.

Right now I have DC on cigarette lighter connector which I plug into existing socket or externally into jumper.
I drive only myself my car, so don't concern too much about it but of course still want to do it right.
I plan to to dedicated wire with 40A to feed it.

Also please note that you will have passenger behind you: Camry rails go further into legging area so it might be not confy for them. And it looks like in Nascar car little bit, not cosmetically sound.

You can contact me PM if anything else.

Best
Mario

 

For now I use stock plug just trying do not seat while adjusting, otherwise fuse could go off. I don't have too much time to do this, probably I'll just install stronger fuse on this line.

 

I put more pics on my albums, so you can see how it all looks,
Project completed I connected power to main lighter, running extension under the carpet to under the seat and use simple extension cord couple for connection.
It actually works fine with existing fuses even with full load, so I'll keep it for now.

My butt is very happy now!
Wish Toyota will takes this feedback, give us good seat in Prius!!!!


Best to all
V

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