Although I do not take my 2006 GT to the track (I have a dedicated fox for that) I do enjoy taking spirited drives on my local winding back roads each chance I get. With a sticky tire/suspension combo I quickly realized how inadequate the stock seats are in these cars. As my car is my daily driver, I wanted to retain the functionality of a sliding/reclining seat. As such, I decided to install a set of Corbeay A4 wide seats in my car.
Much to my chagrin, there is no simple plug and play swap for these cars due to all of the modern electronic sensors incorporated into the seats from the factory. I wanted to retain the functionality of my factory (non SRS) seats, without worrying about airbag codes constantly flashing on my dash, as well as maintaining the intended degree of passenger safety in case of a wreck. I scoured the web but found little useful information on the subject, so I studied the ford manual and dove right in.
Starting with the drivers seat, I disassembled the side fairing and went about removing the harness from the frame.
I then went about disassembling the harness, removing the only part I needed to transfer, which consisted of the connector to the chassis harness, seat belt sensor plug, and seat position sensor plug (off screen bottom right. Everything else in the harness is just distribution of power and wiring from the switches controlling power adjustment functions. I clipped the black and green wires and sealed them off with shrink tube.
Here is the resulting harness I was left with, which I transferred over to the new frame, along with the seat belt buckle.
I then installed the seat into the car, connecting it to the factory harness. You can see the yellow plug which is for SRS equipped seats. Since mine was optioned without them, it is plugged with a simulator from the factory so that the ECU won't throw any codes.
I then bolted in the seat and turned the ignition on. The ECU immediately threw an SRS code 49, which is for the seat position sensor. I removed the sensor from the factory seat and plugged it into my modified harness, and the code went away.
Much to my chagrin, there is no simple plug and play swap for these cars due to all of the modern electronic sensors incorporated into the seats from the factory. I wanted to retain the functionality of my factory (non SRS) seats, without worrying about airbag codes constantly flashing on my dash, as well as maintaining the intended degree of passenger safety in case of a wreck. I scoured the web but found little useful information on the subject, so I studied the ford manual and dove right in.
Starting with the drivers seat, I disassembled the side fairing and went about removing the harness from the frame.
I then went about disassembling the harness, removing the only part I needed to transfer, which consisted of the connector to the chassis harness, seat belt sensor plug, and seat position sensor plug (off screen bottom right. Everything else in the harness is just distribution of power and wiring from the switches controlling power adjustment functions. I clipped the black and green wires and sealed them off with shrink tube.
Here is the resulting harness I was left with, which I transferred over to the new frame, along with the seat belt buckle.
I then installed the seat into the car, connecting it to the factory harness. You can see the yellow plug which is for SRS equipped seats. Since mine was optioned without them, it is plugged with a simulator from the factory so that the ECU won't throw any codes.
I then bolted in the seat and turned the ignition on. The ECU immediately threw an SRS code 49, which is for the seat position sensor. I removed the sensor from the factory seat and plugged it into my modified harness, and the code went away.