Installed factory leather seats
 

I haven?t posted in a while but have occasionally checked in to see what?s been happening.

I found a complete set of factory front and rear H3 TAN electric leather seats on ebay the other day and on a whim got into a bidding war with someone but ultimately wound up with the seats and having cloth non-electric seats I was pretty excited with exception of having paid more than I had hopped.

I also found out the hard way that GM uses more than one vehicle wiring harness so naturally none of the harness\connectors were present for a quick install. I did the only thing I knew to do and paid a visit to my buddy at the parts department and after spending some time looking at his monitor, he was kind enough to print me off some schematics.

To make a long story short? armed with the correct drawings I was able to wire and fuse the seats just as they were intended from the factory and they work perfectly. The only down side at this point is that the seats are tan and my whole interior is ebony so I?m trying to decide on what to do about accenting the color just a bit.

Oh yes, although I had always been impressed with how comfortable the cloth seats were I have to admit, the leather is more so.
:D

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Please post some pics when you can.

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How much did the seats run you?

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Since your interior is all Ebony the best suggestion I have would be to ship the leather cashmere seats to me :D

Good job on the wiring BTW.

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Wow, must have taken a who day to do that project. I don't like leather much. Charger has it and i prefer the Hummer seats

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Sorry I didn't post any pictures here but I will put some on my website where I have the rest of my H3 accessorizing pics this evening. I've been keeping a photo log of my progress at www.rausite.com/hummerh3.htm.

I didn't take a bunch of pictures of the install but I have a few, and will take a fresh "after" shot this evening and post the pics.

I wound up paying right at $1900.00 after shipping costs. Yes it hurt, but I just couldn't help myself. I was going to have those seats no matter what. as I recall, I was drinking at the time I was bidding.

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BWI (Bidding while intoxicated) is a very bad thing :D

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What else do you do wile drinking?

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I guess BWI could also be Banging While Intoxicated :D

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Nice write-ups on your website. I was going to let my dealer install the light bar myself, but I may do it myself now.

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Crisco,

An idea for accenting the rest of the ebony interior since your seats are tan. Maybe have an upholstery shop redo the vinyl french stitched padded section of the door in tan vinyl instead of the ebony. Just a thought.

S.

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Steve - SanJose,

Thanks for the input, I think that's an outstanding idea. I originally did not like the cashmere interior because I thought seats, carpet, door panelsand dash trim was just too much of it.

Thanks folks for the kind words about the website, I'm going to go take an "after" shot of the inside and then post the pictures I have of the install on the website.

"Friends don't let friends shop ebay drunk"

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I was watching that auction to see what it ended up at. Cool to see that someone from the forum wound up getting them.

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Ok, I've got the pictures posted for the seats. Sorry for the delay but during the install I managed to missplace my digital camera. www.rausite.com/hummerh3.htm

I think my next project will be a winch bumber.

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Seats look great. Did they come with the car seat, it matches ;)

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Thanks Hummernewbie, the carseat was extra, the sweetie that sits there was a lot extra.

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I like the Cashmere in there too. I think that there's a good contrast, unlike the factory Cashmere interior where it's a little too much of the tan, mixed with black moldings.